Georgetown Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I don't know for sure if I have anything weird going on with my hormones at the moment, but it would not surprise me. When I was a kid, I did have weird hormone stuff going on and went through puberty very early. I'm pretty sure I'm asexual because I developed sexual feelings before I was mature enough to realize I was "supposed" to associate these feelings with naked women and other such related things. I think having something "off" in terms of hormones or having some partial physical reason for being asexual in no one diminishes the reality or legitimacy of the orientation. Just because something is different in someone's body does not mean it's any worse. I personally think it's better in my case! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yeah, I have messed up hormones, low testosterone among other things. They put me on a monthly testosterone shot for a while... didn't seem to be doing anything though. It certainly didn't cause me to start being this strange sexual creature like everyone was having me afraid that I would :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lachesis muta Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Hey there, I think I understand what your talking about. I started puberty when I was between 10 and 11 years old! I have many medical problems, and one day during an exam my doctors said they noticed changes/developments too drastic to be naturally short term. After their diagnostics they "spilled the beans" explaining why it is and what it means. Five years later, I was no longer the only one at school growing up. But as I watched/heard how other people play with this new found functionality, I was stumped. We studied this stuff in class and yet no one cared it seemed. All of a sudden, the only thing that mattered was having a partner to experiment with! Soon enough I was the odd man out despite the fact I accually started first. Regardless, I think the fact that I too was young when it all started and that I was educated at a younger age played a big part in who I am today. Now if that had any part in my being asexual, it was very little. Despite some busted organs, I still matured naturally! I AM NORMAL! But, hormones dont run my life. They do their job, I guess. Because it was all natural, it didn't change me in anyway. It wasn't my physical status that made me an asexual really (even though there would be traumatic health concerns due to current medical issues of mine if I weren't asexual), it was my mental status! My individualism is who I am. Its why I am me and why I think/feel the way I do about certain things. This is the "glory" of being human I think. We make choices/feelings in our lives. And due to mankind's diversity, our choices/feelings are just as vast! Think about it, frogs and whales resurface when they need to breath, but man can choose to hold their breath till the very end! Sorry for being so long and strange. I am just saying that since we had a similar history I guess you could say, I understand why things are diffrent for people like us. But, I call all the shots in my life. This history might have helped you find a place you were comfortable and thats good if thats what you want. But, it took more than just "early blooming" (I think thats the term) and manipulative hormones to drive me to who I am today! Thank You Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Think about it, frogs and whales resurface when they need to breath, but man can choose to hold their breath till the very end! Drowning yourself is actually pretty hard even if you want to do so, unless you do something that actually makes it such that you have no way to surface (such as by attaching a weight to yourself). It's not the quickest form of death, and that gives time for the body's self-preservation instincts tend to kick in, which will usually have you scrambling to try to reach the surface -- which you'll usually succeed at, unless you've ensured beforehand that you can't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellastokes Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I don't have any hormonal problems that I know of. Puberty worked pretty much as expected for me, only I didn't get acne and I didn't grow very tall. But, everything else developed very normally. The only strange thing I could cite would be this point in time where I was 14 where I actually experienced the sex hormones. I became aroused frequently, and for a while it was very strong, consistent and stuff I had a sex drive, and then it just stopped and now I rarely feel that way at all. When I do, it is like just for a few seconds and it is weak as hell. *shrugs* I don't mind, but people say that's weird to experience such a drastic drop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wintermint Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'm a female with higher than normal testosterone, so theoretically, I should have a higher than average sex drive, but I don't. The imbalance does cause other issues, so I take birth control pills as a treatment. I think the pills have knocked my libido down a peg, but not by much - it was rather low to start with. I didn't start my period until much later than my peers, which sort of did influence how I thought about sex - I think I felt that since I hadn't physically matured fully yet I was probably not ready to be having sex. This and other factors during my teen years led me to make the conscious decision not to have sex. I don't believe my hormone problem or any of those situational factors directly have anything to do with my actual level of attraction to people or desire to have sex with them, though I can see how they could play a role Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cali87 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Nope, no hormonal issues here. I did mature much later then my peers though, I didn't start my period till I was nearly 15, I remember that throwing my doctor off because my mom was a very early bloomer. I was also very small till then, always the smallest person in my grade(I am now several inches taller then average). However this follows my dad, small late bloomer-till mid high school. I'm 27 now though, and my hormones are all completely normal :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shockkkk Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yeah my hormones are normal, but I just want to say that hormonal imbalances are nothing to take lightly - they can cause all sorts of problems and you really should see a doctor about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lachesis muta Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Drowning yourself is actually pretty hard even if you want to do so, unless you do something that actually makes it such that you have no way to surface (such as by attaching a weight to yourself). It has nothing to do with drowning or death by any means. It's just an expression one of my professors used back in college. It's bases refers to one of Schrödinger's theories (cant recall the exact name at the moment) of limitations and existence! Personal limitations can be expanded or nullified do to changes and abnormalities in one's self. If you know your body and mind well enough, you can make things happen that are by nature rare or "unnatural". I have a medical condition that causes heart failure. Many day to day experiences such as riding an elevator or sprinting can induse strokes, heart attacks, and even a coma once! This is one of my limitations. But, I dont need to do the things that have cuased these problems in the past. They aren't restricted to those activities alone! The way my body feels after an incident allowed me to understand just how and where things were going wrong inside of me. Who, what, when, and where had nothing to do with it. Why these things happen to me and how I can prevent/invoke them helped me bypass my limitations and alowed me to return to daily life! But, I cant remove them from my existence! They will always be a part of me and helped to make me who I am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loomborn Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Naah, my puberty started when I was 10-11 years old but no hormone issues there that I'm aware of. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syphon Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Nobody has ever checked my hormones (that I know of), so I'm assuming their normal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Nobody has ever checked my hormones (that I know of), so I'm assuming their normal. That's a little strange logic though, don't you think? It'd be like if my mom said that she assumes she doesn't have breast cancer because she never bothered getting a mammogram. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syphon Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Nobody has ever checked my hormones (that I know of), so I'm assuming their normal. That's a little strange logic though, don't you think? It'd be like if my mom said that she assumes she doesn't have breast cancer because she never bothered getting a mammogram. Well, there has certainly never been any signs or causes for concern that stood out. Even if I did have a hormone problem, and could made sexual, I wouldn't want it anyways. Being a sex-repulsed ASEXUAL is much easier to handle than a sex-repulsed SEXUAL (which kind of sound like torture >.>) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Ah, well, there's numerous other things that can go wrong with us that are connected to our hormones yet have nothing to do with sexuality, so I wasn't necessarily suggesting it for that reason. o_O It's good that you haven't had any signs along those lines, though. With me, I decided on a whim to have my hormones tested due to having a period of my life with some wild emotional flux (just rapid ups and downs on a daily basis, it was getting difficult to deal with) and knowing that hormones can potentially have an effect on one's emotional state. If it wasn't for that whim, I wouldn't have found out that I have low testosterone, high cortisol, and other sorts of imbalances that could have contributed to the way that I was. I get frequent blood tests due to various health conditions of mine, but hormones are apparently something they don't test for unless they have a specific reason to or unless it is actually requested (they ended up having to draw a few more vials out of me, presumably for a more thorough test). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mona Lisa Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which messes with my hormones, lowering my progesterone and elevating my testosterone. I have normal levels of estrogen. However, I am still a libidoist, and the treatment, which is the pill, actually lowers my libido a little bit but does nothing to make me want partnered sex. Any person who makes the argument that asexuality is nothing more than a hormonal imbalance is simply ignorant in my view, and I'm easy proof that that's not the case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Syphon Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Phillip027, I just used low hormones in relation to sex drive as it seems to be the one everybody mentions first. I'm glad to hear you figured things out though. Emotional ups and downs aren't a roller coaster anyone should have to ride :) . I'm intrigued. Maybe one day I'll have my hormones tested, just for curiosity's sake of course... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Phillip027, I just used low hormones in relation to sex drive as it seems to be the one everybody mentions first. Everyone certainly had me worried about that when I started getting T shots, that's for sure. I guess maybe some degree of multiplication of libido is what generally occurs so that's why I was being warned about it, but we all know what happens when you multiply by zero... The funny thing is, what had me so worried about potentially changing in that regard was the fact that, had I developed some sort of libido, it would have felt purposeless and undirected, and therefore way more foreign and odd. Possibly like how some childfree people might feel about their junk (you know, the whole "what are these here for; I'm never going to use these!" argument). But now that I'm in a relationship where I actually can and do experience/express a limited degree of sexuality of sorts, I'm not at odds with it, because it feels properly directed and has a purpose. It doesn't feel foreign or strange to me. And I know it's not due to the T shots or anything -- I stopped with those quite some time ago XD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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