TW: antidepressants, mention of unsightly act
So when I was a teenager, I was loaded on antidepressants and some painkillers (mainly for my cleft palate between operations). The pursuit of romantic love became an obsession of mine and I had a few girlfriends (on and offline throughout high school). Even did the thing.
As time went on and now that I'm an adult living on my own completely free of medications, I've come to realize I don't even get crushes. Nobody I see on dating apps or in person is even remotely interesting or attractive. Some people I am just immediately grossed out by the moment I see them. The idea of marriage or finding a forever partner just seems incredibly stupid now that my brain is free from all the garbage the hack psychiatrists forced on me before I became a legal adult and knew where to draw a line. It's like seeing the world through a new, entirely unfiltered lens.
And now I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience, honestly.
So when I was a teenager, I was loaded on antidepressants and some painkillers (mainly for my cleft palate between operations). The pursuit of romantic love became an obsession of mine and I had a few girlfriends (on and offline throughout high school). Even did the thing.
As time went on and now that I'm an adult living on my own completely free of medications, I've come to realize I don't even get crushes. Nobody I see on dating apps or in person is even remotely interesting or attractive. Some people I am just immediately grossed out by the moment I see them. The idea of marriage or finding a forever partner just seems incredibly stupid now that my brain is free from all the garbage the hack psychiatrists forced on me before I became a legal adult and knew where to draw a line. It's like seeing the world through a new, entirely unfiltered lens.
And now I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience, honestly.
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I'm on antidepressants. My sex drive has decreased loads and I'm numb a lot of the time.
My boyfriend was on and off antidepressants. He doesn't says that watching porn doesn't get him hard anymore. He watches porn but says he doesn't mastubate.
Different for everyone I guess.
Hm. Porn disgusted me when I was on them and now I think I'm even more disgusted by it.
Interesting. All I know is it f us up
No, I love women and my love for women has not been changed by antidepressants.
Have you talked to a doctor?