Hi, I saw some other AMAs on here, so I hope it’s ok to post one too, otherwise I’ll gladly remove it.
I’m a 23yo trans woman and I have Hypersexuality, formerly known as nymphomania. I’m attempting to get an 6C72 Diagnosis under the ICD-11, although it’s unlikely I’ll get one soon.
Hypersexuality combines a high sex drive with a compulsive behavior disorder (to make it clear: high sex drives alone does NOT equal hypersexuality). Due to this, a lot of my life revolves around sex and intimacy. As it’s a disorder, there is also a certain level of distress that comes from it.
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I never really felt like touching others, I’d rather be touched myself.
I have this one compulsive behavior where I feel strongly urged to kiss a person whenever our faces are close. Very awkward feeling to have to suppress when somebody is looking over my shoulder at work. This also doesn’t discriminate people I dislike or am not into, which makes it more annoying
Okay, this is weird, I also have that!
I don’t think I have hypersexuality, just a high libido.
But ever since I was young I had this sort of intrusive thought about kissing people. It’s not necessarily when our faces are close, but it is a trigger. It also mostly happens when I first meet someone, and then it dies down.
And it is weird that there is no correlation to how I feel about this person. I had it towards people I dislike, people I find repulsive, etc.
I seriously never told a soul about this as I thought it is a very unique situation. Wow!
I think it’s actually not that abnormal itself. For me it’s just a lot more than an intrusive thought. There were situations were I had to aggressively pinch myself so I wouldn’t actually do it. The marks from that were visible for weeks
That does sound rough 😔
For me it is a slightly compelling intrusive thought, at most I have to shake my head to kind of “shake it out”