r/LGBTQMentalHealth

In the last couple of years, I ended a very long term relationship. I haven't felt much since then, for anyone except for a straight woman who I would see on occasions at my art studio. She started really leading me on with lots of flirtation etc, so naturally I developed feelings. The biggest issue was that she had a male partner and it would have never worked out. Anyway, I realized this after some time but I had all of this pent up sexual energy due to having this big crush and recently starting HRT.

I had met Teresa a year ago, and asked her out at the time but she was in a messy sort of breakup/relationship with her ex, and I realized I didn't want to pursue it, even though she was open and wanted to experience polyamory. So I was like...nope not for me. But when I had the crush on the art studio person, I wanted to meet up with Teresa to see if she would be into something casual (I had heard she officially broke up with her ex and was wanting to be sexually free).

So we went out, I told her what I was looking for and we ended up sleeping together a few times. It was awesome because I felt alive again and that I still "had it". It really helped me get rid of the feelings I was feeling for the straight woman. But during this time, she has taken a long time to text back, is a little flaky and it has definitely showed me some things that I want in my next non-casual relationship, which is good!

I wanted a little reassurance that she was into continuing our arrangement, but I just got back from a friends weekend together and there was no romantic energy at all. Was I hoping for a make out session? No. I was definitely not expecting anything really to happen. But what I was hoping for was when I left and leaned in for a hug, that she would say "lets be in touch this week" or some sort of slight flirtation, and there was nothing. I don't think I am really made for casual relationships, and my sex drive has mostly shut down. I am starting to feel like its a sign that this vibe is not for me.

Have any of you experienced this? I'd like not to be lectured on how to be in a casual relationship, and to "get over it" because that is the nature of it. I completely understand that. But there are levels of casualness and I am wanting a bit more communication with Teresa.

I would like to hear if this makes sense to others and if its good to listen to the low sex drive as a sign to protect myself and to stop this casual affair, to move on to find something better.

I (30F) am having trouble with my dad supporting me being gay. I’m having a hard time coming to terms with this and wanted to reach out for some advice. My dad says he loves me but cannot support me being gay because of his religion - he’s a Christian. As a result, he was not invited to my wedding. Now that I am married, I can’t think of anything else that he would really need to show support for in this matter. Should I just forget about how he feels and carry on the relationship? Or if you were in my shoes, would you call the father-daughter relationship quits?

I have this very close friend of at least 7-ish years on discord. It's (this friend uses it/its pronouns) a transfem young adult in Brazil. This started some weeks ago when my friend went completely silent for 3-5 days. On the second day, I dm'ed it and it started telling me that it was planning to kill itself in November and gave a bunch of reasons why. Some of these reasons included the impression that nobody would care if it disappeared (I told it otherwise but it didn't say anything in response.), the possibility of it running out of money to spend on hrt, the feeling that it's working out and hormones aren't making any difference in it's body, the feeling that it hasn't improved as a person at all throughout their previous relationships, the fact that they feel very desperate for physical affection that it can't seem to get irl, and probably other things I can't remember off the top of my head. I tried telling it to call the brazilian suicide hotline, but it responded by saying that they wouldn't understand because it's transfem and brazil is very hostile towards members of the LGBT community. It started talking to people on discord again recently and I started to think that it was getting better. But then it put the countdown to it's suicide back in it's bio after it was removed for a few days. I badly want to help this friend, but I can only do so much since I live in the united states, a completely different country. Even though it's only supposed to happen in 4 months, I'm still really scared that it's going to go through with it. I'm trying to be there for it as much as I can, but it still doesn't feel like it's enough. I would really like some advice on how I can get through to it and help it at least get into a good enough headspace where it doesn't feel like suicide is necessary. I would dearly appreciate any advice at all, I cannot stress enough how fearful I am about this.

Raga, dobbiamo parlare di quello che sta succedendo su TikTok in questo periodo perché la situazione sta sfuggendo di mano. Avete notato anche voi questa sfilza allucinante di profili misogini nei Per Te? È una roba sistematica: l'algoritmo ha deciso che l'odio e i "breathe air" d'accatto tirano un botto, quindi continua a promuovere clip tossiche tagliate ad arte solo per fare rage-baiting e scatenare il panico nei commenti. Il problema è che più la gente si incazza e risponde, e questi scalano le views. i profili maggiori in questione sono loro 3 @tweex.qu , @il.freaky.di.firenze , @cacc34

Ok so me and my bf want a third gf but he’s looking for them by himself instead of looking together I see couples all the time on these dating apps looking for a third gf when I try to bring this to his attention he told me I have no experience in getting girls and that he not about to do what the couples do on the dating apps. He’s trying to get a girl to fall for him and once she falls for him then he can tell her how to act with me. And another thing is he’s not telling these girls that he has a gf on the first day even if they are bisexual cause he doesn’t want them to cut him off. Idk what it is tbh