I don't know where to begin. I'm over here because you guys are fairly sane and don't bullshit. I think I have AAP/AHE of some sort. Heads up, here is a sexual history of me. Armchair psychologists you might enjoy this. But I feel like I need to say this to someone, because it's all just going around in my head and driving me insane. I feel like I can't talk about this on reddit or some moron will either tell me I'm a totally valid genderqueer or tell me that blanchard was completely wrong. I can find AGPs out there but finding AAP/AHEs is much harder.
I can't remember where it started. I remember having crushes on boys as a kid and at around puberty I felt like that stopped kind of. I forget when I first had a fantasy about gay men/boys (boys because I was a teenager). I used to daydream and make up stories in my head (r/maladaptivedaydreaming material) as an escapist thing. I'm fairly certain things started out heterosexual and then eventually the guy characters became gay. I'll be damned if I can remember what age though or what prompted it. I think about 14? This was around the time of the gay marriage debate - was that where I heard of the idea? I can't remember. I remember being fascinated by gays/lesbians. I remember being really into queer as folk as a teenager too (brian and the blond one). When I was ~17 I discovered yaoi and fanfic - I doubt I have to explain further than that. I also remember looking at a heap of lesbian porn. It would make me wet but it didn't really do anything for me. It was a strange time. I remember reading fanfic and then looking at pictures of boobs. I got nothing on that one. I've never fantasised about having a penis beyond fantasising about having gay sex. I don't want a male body. I remember having a crush on a guy when I was 18 who was bi and effeminate, I didn't fantasise about him. I've met gay men as an adult and don't find them particularly attractive. I got a boyfriend in my 20s and didn't fall in love with him. I think I just wanted to know what it would be like. Sex with him sucked. I didn't enjoy touching his body or his dick. He was also a bad kisser, I hear a lot of guys are until you train them. Oddly enough after that AAP/AHE fantasies became harder and harder to engage with. I kept thinking of my ex's body and it kind of ruined it. I get what Blanchard means when he says it's about fantasising about a gay male relationship. The bodies aren't so important. I'm not into it because it happens to be guys, or because I get off on being a guy. It's the relationship that's the allure.
Sexually I feel hollow. I also just feel so alone. I'm scared that all my future holds is cats, tea, and slightly shitty fanfic. I'm not crazy enough to transition and inflict myself on actual gay men. I like my body. I've been a bit of a tomboy my whole life but I know I'm not masculine in the way a grown man is. At the moment I'm just wondering what other sexuality I have left in me.
So here I am. I feel completely drained and exhausted. There is pretty scant information on AAP/AHE on the internet— beyond people wanting to deny it. So I want to talk about it. Like, you can find women talking about their fanfic or yaoi obsessions, but no-one's really linking it to paraphilia (or being honest about it being a paraphilia). You can add me to the collection you have going on here.
For the armchair psychologists out there I'm happy to take questions and feedback. Honestly, It would just be nice to have someone to talk to about this.
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