I am i gay i think i am
Sometimes we’re not.įor example, it’s possible to be romantically attracted to men but sexually attracted to men, women, and nonbinary people. Sometimes we’re romantically and sexually attracted to the same groups of people. When it comes to orientation, we usually refer to romantic attraction (who you have strong romantic feelings for and desire a romantic relationship with) and sexual attraction (who you want to engage in sexual activity with). There are a few different forms of attraction. Having a sex dream about someone of the opposite gender doesn’t necessarily make you straight.
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Having a sex dream about someone of the same gender as you doesn’t necessarily make you gay.
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However, none of those things - sex dreams, sexual thoughts, or even feelings of intense attraction - necessarily “prove” your orientation. Sometimes, we realize this because we have sex dreams, sexual thoughts, or feelings of intense attraction toward people of the same gender as us. Many of us grow up to assume that we’re straight only to find out, later, that we’re not. So, in putting out the boxes, you not being heterosexual could also mean that you’re homosexual, bisexual, asexual or even pansexual (a term that I just learnt).It all started with a sex dream - does this mean what I think it means? Even if you choose to experiment with something today, it doesn’t mean that’s the choice you have to stick with forever. Are you drawing conclusions at large from a small pool of references around you?Īnswer: Bad heterosexual relationships in your family or friends circle, a small group of girls in your surrounding that you are not attracted to, or having great guy friends and one broken relationship, can easily be just a small sample of reference.Īnswer: Sexual preferences, just like your identity, will evolve and may change over a period of time. Here are the points to ponder upon:Īnswer: Aligning or avoiding any point of view about how one should grow up will either make you a rebel or a conformist in your choices of music, dress, lifestyle and even sexuality.Ģ. In this case, your obvious question is ‘am I gay’, which can also effectively be ‘what is my sexual orientation?’ Before we even put out the boxes (for you to put yourself into), there are three points to bear in mind, simply because feeling attracted to alcohol doesn’t make you an alcoholic. Having said that, people do ask themselves questions about their sexuality at many ages and at different points in life, so let’s acknowledge that it’s never easy! This plagues many adults too, who often confuse being emotionally comfortable with each other as sexual attraction. It can be of many kinds-emotional, physical, intellectual, and sexual, but quite like an oasis, attraction can be real or illusive, something you will never know until you discover which is it.īeing physically attracted to someone who dresses or carries themselves well, is comfortable with their body, or is confident or charismatic maybe different from being sexually attracted to them-which is more to do with desiring a sexual encounter or continued physical intimacy.
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Response by Aditi Surana: Attraction is a wonderful thing-closely comparing to the poetic description of the Sanskrit word ‘mrugjal’ meaning mirage, which in Sanskrit is explained as ‘the longing of a thirsty one yearning and hoping to be quenched’.