Tears of a Yellow Rose

[tearsofayellowrose]

I feel like there is a big misunderstanding about asexuality that even some asexuals fail to understand:

Sexual Attraction ≠ Libido

Sexual attraction, from what I've researched (as I am asexual so I've never actually felt it myself), is looking at someone and thinking I want sex with them. It is the attraction.

Libido is the sex drive or appetite for sexual activity.

The best way I've heard it put is:

Libido is like feeling hungry,

Sexual attraction is like having a craving for a specific dish.

You can still have a libido/sex drive and be asexual, as asexuality is the lack of the sexual attraction.

[smokedvanillagumbo]

posts I hate:

mine

yours

[tearsofayellowrose]

that guy's

[fishinyourwalls]

kinda crazy how I have so much to live for icl

[tearsofayellowrose]

5 posts!

[gnocchioli]

Imagine all the things I could do if I just did them.

[tearsofayellowrose]

I love this song and want more people to see it.

[tearsofayellowrose]

tired but I don't want to sleep so I do nothing

[tearsofayellowrose]

This is too relatable...

Next to them, my shit don't feel so grand But I can't help myself from feeling bad I kinda feel like two things can be sad

-AJR (World's Smallest Violin)

[do-not-u-dare]

if you respond to “I want to temporarily die” with “that’s called sleeping” then you do not understand me.

[tearsofayellowrose]

Sometimes I want to temporarily stopped existing.

Just pop out.

No feeling. No consciousness. Temporarily disappear.