Apothisexual Dysphoria: the extreme discomfort and dis-identification felt by sex repulsed people towards any sexual feelings they may have, such as libido.
Updating this term; I think it should be called “sex repulsed dysphoria”, as sex repulsed is a more widely known term than apothisexual.
I’d also like to update the definition to include any sexual traits, whether their feelings such as libido, or sexual organs, or other things; and also to update it so that the term can refer to any amount of this dysphoria, not just “extreme discomfort”.
Also a clarification that this is not the same as disliking one’s sexual traits due to gender dysphoria.
Glorious work, OP.
As the creator of the dysphoria model of sex repulsion (a thing you may or may not have been aware of, I learned a hard lesson on my fandom blog last year about not assuming people are already aware of a thing I made) I find this a very useful addition to the theory, which originally only encompassed repulsion as a type of social sexual dysphoria that arises in response to an externally imposed expectation of sexuality that one does not possess. The idea of it arising in response to internal feelings or traits a person does not want is incredibly compatible with the existing work I've done on the dysphoria model and I'm honestly a bit disappointed in myself for not filling that gap earlier knowing it's definitely a thing I also experience.
Thank you for this.
Edited to add: This was posted in 2020??? Oh my fucking god y'all my life is a lieeee I am so sorry for making your post from 2020 about a thing I made a couple months ago
Hey no worries! I’m glad it resonates with you (and others)! (Although I did have a mini heart attack reading “Glorious work, OP.” in my notifications and not knowing if it was sarcastic or not, thanks to Tumblr(tm) lol)













