Poll Has Ptsd Effected Your Sexual Preferences?

[Privateer]

It's had no influence on my preferences. I'm still a strictly women-only guy.

My sex drive, on the other hand, has gone completely berserk. It's like being fifteen years old again.

 

[JustBe]

I misunderstood...should have read more carefully. No it hasn't changed my sexual orientation, Yes it has greatly impacted my sexuality.

 

[Invisible-Guy]

@ Rumors, I agree. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies, including a chance for happiness.

 

[Ice_Fire]

To me, it's kind of a chicken and egg question. Having been abused by males and a female, I struggle with sex, regardless of what gender my partner is. I've always wondered 'who I am' with regards to my sexuality, whether it has been influenced by the abuse, but I just don't know. So I'm at the point now where I am just accepting that I am bisexual- I am attracted to people, regardless of which gender they are (if any, I think it can be more of a 'grey area' than society wants us to think it is).

 

[Britt.f7]

I don't think it has effected my preference. Maybe because I was first attacked by a female babysitter and later by a group of boys.

But the PTSD has definitely effected my sex life...in a negative way.

 

[Horntoad]

Sex, what's that?

I often too feel like saying sex, what's that?

 

[Stacieamy]

Be careful how you interpret this data. The cause of the ptsd can have a big impact on this answer.

 

[sami cat]

As far as gender, no. But it has affected me in the sense that I dont trust men of a certain ethnicity. I'm talking about sexual relationships only.
Not sure how common that is.

 

[hodge]

It hasn't changed my orientation, but I definitely get triggered by men with facial hair. Thank God my hubby likes to have a smooth face:-)

 

[Stacieamy]

To me, it seems like gender is just a way of telling the, pardon my french, but the slots from the pegs...

I want to clarify something that many people have trouble understanding. I am about a year from my degree, but I am a psychology major with a minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies, and, well, this isn't brain surgery, but it is confusing.

Your biology is your sex, how you identify is your gender, and your sexual preference is entirely separate from both of these. To put it simply:

sex = between your legs
gender = between your ears (brain)
sexual preference = in your heart (emotional)

 

[Lionheart]

I wanted to add that I was hyper-sexual for awhile due to sexual abuse trauma, but again I don't think ti was actually the PTSD itself, however I am open to the fact that I may be wrong.

 

[Ronin]

As far as to gender and orientation, no.

But I'm not able to be a part of subcultures I was a part of anymore, because of triggers.