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Jan 21, 2015, 02:17 PM
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I am overwhelmed with anxiety when i watch any form of sex/nudity/sexuality in films, tv, advertising, social media, music videos etc etc..
If my boyfriend wants to bring a movie over I check the 'parents guide' to see if there is anything in the film that will trigger me and 90% of the time it will have and then we can't watch it. It's horrible  we can't even watch TV together because I am constantly waiting for something sexual to come up..I have asked my boyfriend not to tell me about movies/tv shows he has recently watched because if I am aware of any sex/nudity in the movie, I become anxious and have negative thoughts which leads to arguments. I believe I act like this because I have low self-esteem and experienced sexual trauma when I was younger. Does anyone else have similar phobias/anxieties? Do you know any strategies to help me overcome this? Sometimes it does feel lonely and isolating |
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Jan 21, 2015, 09:48 PM
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Well, I have my own sex / gender-related issues. I won't go into them here. But I do the same sort of thing you're doing. I avoid, as much as possible, things that I think are likely to trigger me. I have a YouTube channel. And I subscribe to lots of other YouTubers' channels. But if any of them start to upload videos with highly sexualized content, I drop my subscription to that channel.
For me, this is a fairly easy circumstance to accommodate. In your case, it sounds from what you wrote that it is a much more troublesome situation. Generally problems such as this are dealt with via a program of gradually increasing exposure to the troublesome stimulus. I don't know that this is something you can really do for yourself, though. You need to find a therapist, or a program, that provides this kind of therapy services. Otherwise, the types of strategies people who have panic attacks use, may be of help to you. 
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Jan 28, 2015, 01:02 AM
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A good therapist might be able to help you desensitize and view sex in a healthier way? I used to feel very similar to you before finally becoming comfortable. The body is beautiful but trauma can warp that concept :/
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