Since I'm new here I'll explain a little about my situation. I've always been celibate and without some sort of sex therapy (if that's even still around) I'm pretty sure I'll always be celibate. Some other important things to note: I'm not doing this for religious reasons, I don't have any physical sexual disfunction (I get aroused and orgasm way to easily to be honest), and I don't think there's any problem with trauma (although someone did mess with me and made me touch them and stuff) but compared to what has happened to anyone else, it barely registers as "sexual assault". I just honestly think that sex and sexual thoughts are wrong. It's hard to explain, but just for some perspective...I feel a lot better about having homicidal thoughts than I do sexual ones.

But with all that in mind, I have some questions if anyone can answer:
How do you mentally go about being permanently celibate? I mean, I constantly think about sex/relationships etc...
How can you ever be emotionally intimate with someone if you're never in a relationship?
Is there a way to stop the need to masturbate too? Is it even ok to do that? I mean, it gets painful at times if I keep avoiding it. But it usually makes my sex drive higher rather than lower.
Are there any ways to actually lower your sex drive?
How do you avoid seeing other couples, or sex-related things on TV without staying in your room your whole life. (Note that seeing people kiss disturbs me...although I do admittedly watch porn and it bothers me in a completely different way).
What do you tell people when they ask you why you don't date and why no one likes you enough to ask you on a date?
Does it get easier or harder as you get older realizing you'll never have sex? Never be touched? Never be kissed (well again anyway, I kissed someone 9 years ago)? Never be married? Never love anyone or be loved?

I'm just wondering if anybody has experience with being celibate and how you cope with it.