Hey Gay GAF,
I need to vent. I don't normally post in this thread but I always want to. I'm having severe sexual problems I need to discuss with other gay guys (btw, I'm a gay male). I don't know what to do. I'll try to make this as brief as possible. If anything needs elaborated more, please let me know.
So I'm 25, and one year ago this April, I was diagnosed with epididymitis, prescribed medicine, and seen urologists and 4 general physicians to solve a chronic pain in my testicles. I'm seeing a therapist about this chronic pain, but needless to say it's nearly ruined my life.
Aside from the chronic pain, my testicles are visually different from what they used to be, but only in a way that I would be able to notice. Every doctor I've seen has said that if I weren't complaining about pain, they would have said I was 100% normal. I'm confident this isn't psychological and this pain is indeed very real for me. This visual change, aside from "hanging" differently than they used to, has resulted in "shrinkage". Am I confident my balls have shrunk? No, I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty convinced they are much smaller than they used to be.
Why is this bad? Well, I am already not blessed in the region, especially in regards to my testicles. They've always been small, but I was okay with them. Am I okay with them being even smaller? No, I'm not. It borders on the "are they even there?" level and it sucks. I've already had a date where this topic came up, and I was rejected because of it. Not that i care for this particular person, and the right person WON'T care, but damn, can you imagine the self-esteem blow? Feels bad, man.
This is just the sexual frustration levels of my problem. I haven't even gone into the chronic-pain aspect of this yet. I'm in constant pain all the time, and it truly sucks in a life-damaging way. I can't even exercise in order to help get that dream physique I've always wanted and was on my way to getting before this problem sprouted.
So that's a little bit of background. More problems have come about: Recently, I've been worried about testosterone levels. I have no sex drive anymore. I've never been sexually active in that I am probably the least promiscuous person ever, but I was horny often and would masturbate at least daily. Now, though? I can barely masturbate once a week. When I do, it's not like it used to be even just a couple months ago. I eat a really good diet and eat foods that supposedly support testosterone production, but I'm starting to believe my testicle problem is starting to have new problems. The doctors can't figure it out, and that's what scares me. (I have not had a chance to talk about testosterone levels yet because this is a more recent problem). I haven't actually had a blood test to find out if testosterone levels are normal or not, but I will be scheduling an appointment this week.
AND in addition to all this, I've discovered that I'm probably sexually incompatible with every other gay guy. I'll be blunt: I have little to no interest in anal. Both top, bottom, whatever. This is going to be a problem for me, isn't it? This is getting into another problem, though. I just wanted to throw it out there since I'm in rant-mode.
So, I don't know what I'm trying to get out of telling you guys about this. Just wanted to vent and if you have any advice, my god....please give me some. I feel completely beside myself and I'm tired of internalizing this stuff.
In many ways, I feel like I've been permanently damaged by all this. It just sucks. It's like a "Why me?" situation, I guess. A health condition that has ruined my life and I'm unsure how to cope. My therapist isn't very good and I honestly feel like other gay guys from GAF will be able to help me more.
Wall of text, I know.....but.....I appreciate anyone who reads my story.
I'm just so worried I'm losing my sexual identity because of this, I guess. I don't really know. I'm so fucked up right now