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Solar_Eclipse

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so i’ve always kind of thought of myself as “pansexual” but never really thought about sexuality beyond that. i usually identify as “queer” although i know not everyone is a fan of that term, it’s just what fits me. i realised recently that i think i’m somewhere along the lines of both grey-asexual and grey-aromantic. i’m nearly 22, so it caused a bit of a crisis for me. i was rethinking every relationship i’ve had and realised i never had feelings for any of them except one. my pronouns are also she/they. so far i’ve only told one friend about this, and i’m not ashamed or anything and i don’t think i’d be judged by anyone, i just don’t want to explain myself. with my friends and family, there’s never been a need to “come out.” they’d support me no matter what. but it’s a shock to yourself when you’ve used certain labels for so long and realise there’s others that fit too. i’m not saying that i’m not pansexual (i am) and i’ll probably still identify as queer, but now i know myself better. do other autistics struggle with their gender and sexuality? i mean i know everyone does, but i’d like autistic anecdotes more than allistic ones. ❤️

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    • beingnotseeming

      704d

      @beingnotseeming I will add that I did a deep dive on identities when I was first figuring things out and I definitely attribute some of that to my neurodivergence

    • beingnotseeming

      704d

      I’m lucky in that I don’t grapple much with my queer identity I was able to find labels that fit me well pretty easily and haven’t looked back. We use a lot of the same labels which I think is pretty cool! I don’t really come out as gray aro or gray ace often either. I generally just stick with queer/pan/bi when it comes to orientation.

      • beingnotseeming

        704d

        @beingnotseeming I will add that I did a deep dive on identities when I was first figuring things out and I definitely attribute some of that to my neurodivergence

    • minime273

      705d

      It's actually theorized that autistic people are more likely to be queer (esp trans and/or nonbinary) than allistic people are. I, personally, am neutrois (which is similar to agender, I just say "my gender is nope" most of the time though), asexual, and grey-panromantic. Gender is weird, sex is off-putting to me, and even if I don't crush often, I can like people of any gender. I'm hella proud of who I am :D

    • AnimalBoy

      705d

      I never came out as aro and I don't really have plans to, it would make explaining my past and current relationship a lot more difficult and I know at least some of my family would judge me. I've only ever felt Romantic attraction once, and some alterous attraction a few times leaning both romantic and platonic depending on the person, over all most of my attraction is either platonic or sexual. It doesn't change anything about my life, I'm still dating the person I'd be dating and I don't think my parents would think much of it if I stopped pursuing relationships in the unlikely event it doesn't work out for whatever reason. I'm pretty sure my brother is in a similar boat, he doesn't seek out or seem to want any kind of sexual or romantic relationship and hasn't really since high school and largely the only reason they question it is because he's also jobless and lives with our mom still, no one can tell if he's actually happy like this but relationship wise at least he seems to be. I guess sometimes it's easier just to live your life without really explaining it, and if it doesn't bother you I can't imagine any reason you should have to.

    • BecauseLogic

      706d

      My birth gender is female, but while it doesn't feel right, it doesn't feel wrong either and no pronouns feel 100% correct. I recently found a term called "autigender" and it really made sense to me. I would suggest looking it up yourself if you're autistic and questioning your gender

    • Solar_Eclipse

      706d

      i go by my birth name, and honestly hate when people get it wrong or shorten it. my name is kaytlynn, but i’ve been called kathleen and kathryn and people often shorten my name to kate or kat. my name isn’t gender neutral but i also don’t really assign gender to names. i’m most comfortable with she/they, and i don’t like having to choose between she/her and they/them because it just doesn’t feel right. but understanding now (years later) that the reason i was never interested in relationships or sex was because it takes a lot of emotional attachment for me to be attracted to someone and want to be in a relationship with them. i’m perfectly okay with the idea of marrying or not marrying. i don’t really want or need a relationship and knowing that it comes from being grey-asexual and grey-aromantic makes me feel more comfortable in that view. because it’s not from a place of depression or pessimism, i just don’t feel any interest

      • keegan

        706d

        @Solar_Eclipse and that's completely okay. I definitely understand that. I'm glad you're able to find yourself and connect with something that makes you feel more like yourself

    • keegan

      706d

      I also now go by Keegan instead of my original name given to me at birth and I also go by they them pronouns

    • keegan

      706d

      I definitely feel on that same page. I've always identified as bisexual in the beginning and came to terms with the fact that I was pansexual but the thing I struggled most with was my identity after spending time with some friends that are non-binary and figuring out that my boyfriend was non-binary a few months after dating him. It all kind of made sense to me and it made me feel like that's how I might identify. It made me feel more like myself

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