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Does anyone else find other people to be repulsive?

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So I 34f, grew up with not much contact. Hugging, but I never would ever hug my mom first. I also would never tell her that I loved her first either. And I grew just never hugging my sister. I most definitely was not allowed to hug my older brother (mom was paranoid). I didn't have friends and wasn't allowed to date, but I always knew I felt different. I was mostly drawn to women.

I did start liking men, but when it came to porn, I found all genitalia to be repulsive. I couldn't believe that it could be so ugly, but I was fine with butts and boobs lol. I slowly got used to male genitals, but other things they'd do in the movies I didn't wanna see, I would get disgusted. Took a while for me to get used to seeing certain acts.

But now I still feel the same about people in person. I can't understand how anyone could think of another person in a sexual way. It feels wrong to me. Even the most attractive person I could try to think, "Could you have sex with them?" And I immediately think of all of the bodily functions humans have and feel sick. I didn't even wanna touch another person's hair, took a while to get used to braiding a coworker's hair.

I asked the same coworker if she ever thinks her bf smells bad and she said, "That depends, if he was sweaty from work he would obviously smell. Anyone could, but that's what a shower is for. I'm attracted to him a lot though, so no I don't think he smells bad. " and sure that makes sense, but I meant in general. Also knowing that people sweat is gross. Saliva is also disgusting. I wonder if I'm more of a germaphobe than anything, but I can pet my dog just fine, does anyone else feel this way?

Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:49 PM UTC

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