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Didn't expect to find 3 pages when I logged back in!
I'll try to say as much as I can and want considering the questions I got and the on topic comments.
Let me state that I do not have a physiological problem having sex. Morning erections are present almost every day. I am not depressed. Anxiety is not really an issue for me. I used to have some fear of social situations, but I moved passed that, psychedelic experiences really helped me in that. I do feel sexually attracted to a lot of people (mostly women), but I do not feel the urge to act upon it. I do fantasize about it, sometimes. My girlfriend knows this and has it herself as well and I think I'm pretty healthy concerning that.
My girlfriend has a lot of things in common with me. I am a bit more rational-oriented, always looking for new things to learn about the world. She is more emotionally-guided, always feeling her way through situations. We talk about everything, including this subject. It is a touchy subject though. We also went to see a therapist once (next week again) to help us deal with some of the ways in which our relationship doesn't work, and he was really good, am happy we did it. Me posting this is probably the result of what has been going on since our session.
We haven't really experimented much, probably because I am (we are?) a bit afraid. I just can't see myself having sex anywhere but in the comfort of our home (yes, we live together) or somewhere we can be very private. I don't like to share my fantasies, because I am afraid of judgement or that she might want to leave me.
The feelings of guilt and shame are just prior to the sexual act. Especially when she approaches me and kind of overwhelms me with the idea of sex. I never feel guilty or ashamed or afraid when having sex.
I only feel comfortable when I initiate the process. I need to be in control. Needless to say I don't feel comfortable often.
I sometimes (maybe once a week) watch internet porn as stress relief. My girlfriend knows I do this sometimes and says she don't mind, but I still hide it.
I hate giving oral sex.
Receiving it is almost too much to bear, I'm really sensitive and I resist orgasm which makes it quite a fucked up situation.
I feel sad because of all of this.
What I meant with the cultural taboo is maybe a bit too vague. I grew up in an environment where nobody talked about sex. I found my dads Playboys and Penthouses, but always got the feeling that it was something bad from the people around me. I never talked with anybody about sex until I had my first girlfriend. I never felt comfortable discussing it with anyone besides my girlfriends until a few years ago.
I am in my late twenties.
Hope you can understand my point of view a bit more. It is a bit fragmented, but ask and maybe I'll answer.
P.S. One more thing that may be interesting. I never thought of myself as being attractive or beautiful or a sexual being. All through my teens I was pretty much the only guy in my class never to succeed with women (only one girlfriend in highschool and we didn't have sex). My current girlfriend always thought I was crazy, because she said I was the most beautiful man she had ever seen and fell for me in an instant. I have problems believing this, but everybody seems to think I am very good looking. People want me to be a model and do fashion shows every now and then, but I don't feel comfortable doing it and I don't like the whole idea about the fashion industry. My clothes are two years old on average. I don't shave, just trim my beard every month. I haven't got a haircut in over a year. I do shower. I use deodorant. I am polite but fart in public places when nobody can prove it was me. Still people think I'm gorgeous and I am beginning to notice they naturally look to me for an opinion or an idea, which makes me kind of not wanting to be responsible. I want to run away from all these silly people who judge me (although in a positive way) but don't know me.