Possible? I'm gay and want to be straight. Help!

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Harvey

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You could try dating and socializing with them as a social experiment to see if you like it. If women get and hold your attention, go for it. If not, accept who you are, and make the best life you can for yourself, and enjoy it.

I'm not gay, but working around the entertainment biz, it's impossible not to know a number of gay people. Like every other group, some are among the nicest people I know, some are raging assholes, and many fall in between. The biggest problem you face is the biggoted reactions of others. I'm not minimizing that. Unfortunately, gays face a lot of prejudice, so if you stay with that, put yourself in more friendly, less hostile social settings that.

The bottom line is, if you don't accept yourself, you'll be wrestling with it until you can resolve that inner conflict. Good luck.

To those who say being gay is a choice in every case, you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.
 

katka

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I don't care about active - I don't want to be a homosexual whatsoever. I don't even want to think about gays/guys.

I used the term "active" because once the "hole" has been poked it can't be unpoked. I did NOT use the term "active" because I think that it is state of mind, or in your mind.

This might work too!

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Sure thing. Here's how...


Get pictures of hot guys, and pictures of hot girls, as well. Sit down nekkid, and look at the pictures of the hot girl. If nothing happens down there, look at the ones of the guys. If something begins to happen, slash your arms with a sharp blade. Then look at the girl again...if nothing happens, go back to the guys, slash your arms, etc. etc. etc. until you are either bloodless or too scared to NOT get turned on by the women!
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wfbberzerker

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Sure thing. Here's how...


Get pictures of hot guys, and pictures of hot girls, as well. Sit down nekkid, and look at the pictures of the hot girl. If nothing happens down there, look at the ones of the guys. If something begins to happen, slash your arms with a sharp blade. Then look at the girl again...if nothing happens, go back to the guys, slash your arms, etc. etc. etc. until you are either bloodless or too scared to NOT get turned on by the women!

ahhh... i knew lordmaul would be posting in here :D
 

TommyVercetti

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I think it can be done, churches have something special for your kind of people who want to turn straight. I did a quick search on the internet and this was one of the articles that came. Pretty informative.

Article
 

glenn1

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I'm tired of all of the criticism, being ostracised, being taken out of the crowd, etc. I want to be straight. HELP!

You don't need to be straight, you just need to be a man. Tell those who criticize and make snide remarks to go f**k themselves, and stop worrying about your private life, as it's none of their business unless you allow it to become so. Be the best person you can be and stop worrying what others think about you, as if they base their opinion of your value as a person on whether you're gay or straight, their approval isn't worth having.
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: Dudd
You know, I've heard that every girl is only a couple of drinks away from a girl on girl experince, so maybe if you're gay, a couple of drinks will set you straight, at least for a few hours? I'm voting no, though.


It's true!

But with guys it's different we actually become more homophobic the more we drink. Weird.

Anyway to the starter, be yourself and don't let society tell you any different.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: notfred
ahem*Skoorb Effect*ahem
ya think? :p
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Azraele

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To the prove its and prove its not, please, this thread is neither the time nor the place for such petty bickering.
 

GeekDrew

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So far nobody has guessed that I'm gay until I tell them, and they don't even believe me when I do.

but do you find women even remotely attractive, I mean sexually?
Nope :(

Stand up for who you are. Stick to your guns, put your nose down and plow away. It's not easy, but it's you, and life never is easy. If it weren't one thing it'd be another, so stick to who you are...Be yourself.
If only it were that easy... sadly, I don't like who I am. I know that many people disagree with my lifestyle, but I accept that. What gets to me is that I don't like myself.

Dress normal if you don't already.
I already do.

really dude you need help that you can't get here. resist the sausage, just go get drunk and laid and see how much fun it is
I'm not even into the sex that much... it's actually more fantasy, jacking off, etc. I've also never even tasted alcohol, nor been laid by a woman. A couple of my best friends have taken it upon themselves to make sure that I've been drunk and laid in one night before I graduate.

were you molestered? because sometimes people who are end up gay, and i guess if they got therapy or what not they might stop acting out like that. others, i believe, are naturally gay, and there's not much that can be done about that...
Nope, not molested. Natural, AFAIK.

Andrew
 

WinkOsmosis

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I don't get it. You like men. How do you propose you change? If you really like men, why would you want to change?
 

LordMaul

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Originally posted by: Jellomancer
I don't get it. You like men. How do you propose you change? If you really like men, why would you want to change?

Because liking men....when you are a man....is...well...severely gay.
 

LordMaul

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Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
Originally posted by: LordMaul
Sure thing. Here's how...


Get pictures of hot guys, and pictures of hot girls, as well. Sit down nekkid, and look at the pictures of the hot girl. If nothing happens down there, look at the ones of the guys. If something begins to happen, slash your arms with a sharp blade. Then look at the girl again...if nothing happens, go back to the guys, slash your arms, etc. etc. etc. until you are either bloodless or too scared to NOT get turned on by the women!

ahhh... i knew lordmaul would be posting in here :D

Gee, ya think?!
 

NikPreviousAcct

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NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: LordMaul
Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
Originally posted by: LordMaul
Sure thing. Here's how...


Get pictures of hot guys, and pictures of hot girls, as well. Sit down nekkid, and look at the pictures of the hot girl. If nothing happens down there, look at the ones of the guys. If something begins to happen, slash your arms with a sharp blade. Then look at the girl again...if nothing happens, go back to the guys, slash your arms, etc. etc. etc. until you are either bloodless or too scared to NOT get turned on by the women!

ahhh... i knew lordmaul would be posting in here :D

Gee, ya think?!

Sheesh... isn't he a dummy, LordMaul? I mean gosh... EVERYBODY knows that you flock to homo threads like man on ...

okay nevermind.
 

WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: BillGates
Being gay is a choice....

nope, no it's not

Prove it.

no. being gay is not a choice.

Yes it is.

no it's not.

Well Nik.. if it's a choice, I'd like you to prove it by being turned on by a picture of a naked man.
 

glenn1

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If only it were that easy... sadly, I don't like who I am.

I think that's the issue, not you being gay or straight. You should be able to have a satisfaction with your sense of self and not conflate that with your sexual identity. I think that you may wish to consult with someone who can help you deal with the first issue, and that may well lead to a diminishment of the second as a consequence.