For awhile I've always felt different from a whole lot of others ever since I was a kid, and being the middle child made it difficult for me to figure out myself medically just due to what my birth giver thought she could get away with. I've "dated" before in school but it was either pity dates or just someone who needed a date to prom. Even though in my heart I thought it was legit, it never was and I ended up calling it a "six-month curse" due to how long the "dates" lasted. I've read up on some stuff people post in r/You Should Know and r/Life Pro Tips and can kinda understand some things like: trying to set some time for human touch like massages or professional cuddling (first time I've ever heard of that) and if you want companionship electing for a pet can help. But I just honestly feel like deep in me, I want a partner in life. There's not much I know about the dating scene other than some apps like Hinge or Bumble. I tried

Reddit is still surprisingly bad on the main subs sometimes, we have to call it out to get rid of it. January 12, 2023 at 12:29AM

I'm so sorry. January 12, 2023 at 12:26AM

I am male, 23 years old. I do not have any dating or romantic experience and at this point, it starts to bother me. I am an introvert, but definitely not asocial. I have some very good friends and I spent a lot of time outside of the house. During high school and college, I had some female friends too. I never directly asked a girl out. Anytime I considered doing something like that was with some of the girls I was already friends with and they figured it out in a friendly manner, so nothing further ever happened. And probably no girl has ever liked me enough to make the first step. It is very difficult for me to approach full strangers. Besides, in a regular bars where people go out with their friends, it rarely happens. It is much more common in nightclubs, and in those places, people usually drink a lot of alcohol, which for them probably makes it easier to relax and communicate. I am not much of a drinker, and alcohol does not have any good effects on me, so I assume places like

Yeah, I'm in my teen years, almost 18, so I guess hormones do play a big role here. The time it annoyed me the most though is in cases like me giving or recieveing phisical touch like hugs for example, or even when I'm just complementing people. Note: Not at any moment I think of any sexual fantasies, expirience sexual attraction nor get desire, I just get aroused. It just happens and I really hate it, and my objective is to focus on the other person or at the moment, and not to worry or try to control the arousal. That's why distractions wouldn't work. When I'm alone, it annoys me too and that might help, so thank you. January 11, 2023 at 11:27PM