Hello, I have something confusing to share and had been wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences before.
I am a woman in her twenties, previously in a very loving relationship that lasted almost 5 years. But my story will start here:
everytime in the past that I had found myself attracted to someone, I would persue them or hope that they would find me attractive as well. Many times it turned out that they did like me, but the moment I learned of that fact, I wasn't attracted to them anymore! It was like I would get this aversion to them and couldn't even see them as being attractive or sexy. That always confused me greatly, and has brought me quite a bit of grief.
When I met my ex, I was incredibly enamoured by him, found him to be extremely attractive, and persued him. When I learned that he liked me as well, I didn't have an aversion to him, and we started dating shortly afterwards. I was in such relief that I could still like someone after knowing that they liked me as well.
There were some sexual frustrations after a while. We had sex and I never experienced an orgasm, and I didn't give much thought to that. (I've never had an orgasm from masturbation, and cannot seem to be turned on by doing so). A few years went by (still no orgasm, no matter what we tried), and slowly I started losing my physical attraction to the wonderful man. Nearing the end of our relationship I could not see him as a lover anymore, and even the slightest hug or kiss on the cheek would make me want to cringe and leave the room. What I don't understand is how I can lose such an interest in someone whom I had been in a wonderful relationship with. I've never been sexually molested, never had any tragic or scarring incidences in a sexual manner. I feel absolutely wretched because never having an orgasm (while a bit annoying sometimes) wasn't something that I would base a relationship on. But why did I lose my attraction to this man?
Anyone else with something similar?