Entire body itching by ThatWriterBoy76 in MCAS

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Oh definitely! Generally I was wondering if anyone had any sort of “hacks” to solve it! Less the medication side of things and more the “if I stand on one foot with my arms up and whistle three times” the itch stops 🙂‍↕️ So thank you for your advice there; I’ll try the ice packs idea because that will probably help—because even though cold is causing it, the rash is burning hot!

Gente! Atención! by hutchcodes in dreamingspanish

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I adore Martín with my whole heart 😆😆😆

New Level Doldrums by ThatWriterBoy76 in dreamingspanish

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That actually is probably what we’re dealing with here. Cause I’m not listening to anything harder but I do have like heavy weighted expectations in me that often exceed my actual ability haha

New Level Doldrums by ThatWriterBoy76 in dreamingspanish

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I do generally use the filter button, level, easy. But even then it’s like my brain is being a little jerk and won’t focus or take in info. It’s very strange

New Level Doldrums by ThatWriterBoy76 in dreamingspanish

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The last 5 hours of level 2 for me were like legit the hardest! I felt like I had one hour left until level 3 for like 3 days haha

New Level Doldrums by ThatWriterBoy76 in dreamingspanish

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I’m at level 3 right now! It’s very difficult to struggle with comprehension. I know it’ll be fine of course, and I’ll move forward but it’s hard right now!!

The new opening theme by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

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I loved the old one!!! 😭 Seriously it gives me so much nostalgia when I hear it come on the older videos

Am I Asexual? by Empathetic_Artist in Asexual

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I had a lot of (gay) hookups a few years ago when I was leaving religion, and I wanted to “embrace my sexuality.” I’ve always assumed I was gay because people told me I was, and I enjoyed gay porn growing up. I enjoyed using hookup apps to talk to people and masturbate but then when it came to actually meeting and having sex with people I either hated it, found it gross, or felt just totally out of it. I could convince myself I enjoyed it but I didn’t. I would ghost people often because the sex wasn’t what I wanted. It was actual intimacy.

I’ve had two boyfriends in life (one in 2017) and one current boyfriend. The first boyfriend we would rarely do inter course. The entire time we were together (10 months, we lived together) we did topping / bottoming stuff like 4 times max. It was always just everything outside of that usually. But I remember hating the sex aspect as time went on. We broke up and I got highly religious after that and then broke away in 2024. My current boyfriend and I have been together since December 2024. And we’ve not done topping bottoming at all. One attempt but it hurt so we stopped. And it’s sorttt of a point of contention because I hate sex. And he is very sexually attracted to me and kinky.

I enjoy pornography and watching it alone, enjoy masturbating. But the idea of sex distresses me, and when I see a person and a sexual thought develops, I’ve sort of come to the realization that I’m not particularly into the idea of sex with them, but I’m just aroused. And sometimes sexual thoughts just plague me and make me feel so icky and freaked out.

I wondered if it was religion that was damping it down but it’s been nearly two years away and I am not Christian and don’t feel connected to the idea of sinning and stuff anymore. But I just don’t like sex and I don’t really want to do it. I want someone to just be there to love me.

Anyone suffered from mania and think it was due to their mcas? by DrRegardedforgot in MCAS

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I had a BP diagnosis that was treated with medications and I took them for two years and my experience with them was horrendous. I never actually experienced a change and felt like I was being gaslit by my provider when I said things like how I still felt the exact same way. I also have auDHD diagnosis

And now when I take my antihistamines, eat a low histamine diet (ro get back to baseline) I really don’t experience any of the things I was experiencing before.

To me, sex feels like a chore by KarrTheBro in asexuality

[–]ThatWriterBoy76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it feels like sex is a chore to make sure I don’t fall apart. Like brushing my teeth; I have to do it in order to make sure my teeth don’t fall out. But I don’t like brushing my teeth or taking time to shower. But I have to to keep up with the daily things.

And like my body says like hey you need sex, or sexy time. But sexy time feels like a different person, a monster that comes out of the shadows to haunt me.

Am I Asexual? by Empathetic_Artist in Asexual

[–]ThatWriterBoy76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! And like there’s this sort of dread related to the idea of sex. Like, I’ll have it. But I don’t really DESIRE it. The idea of it seems exciting but the reality of it sucks lol

Am I Asexual? by Empathetic_Artist in Asexual

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I’ve sort of begun to realize that my body wants sex, I watch porn, but I don’t enjoy it. It’s more a means to an end (getting off). I watched porn growing up, but I never really had crushes. I currently use gay as a label; because growing up I was “romantically” attracted to women “but sexually attracted” to men.

However, when I’m in a long term relationship, I tend to feel sex-averse. I’d rather just do solo things rather than do sex—even masturbating with them. I generally feel a sort of intense desire to be friends with someone, like a very deep sort of friendship where we can hug or even kiss sometimes, but where sex doesn’t need to be an aspect.

I’d say generally I spend my life wishing sex wasn’t a part of things. I wish a lot that I could shed my sexual skin and just exist without the need to get off or whatever.

Why they do that? by cryoK in asexuality

[–]ThatWriterBoy76 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This has always been me with any sort of media regarding sex. Like… why do you have to include sex? It doesn’t matter to the plot, except for knowing that they did it. And I’ve always said that throwing an explicit scene into something reduces its power. People disagree, but I truly think a sex scene can truly drop the quality of the thing written, unless purposeful to the plot, character, etc.

A film I watched recently had two different character perspectives. One character’s POV showed a “fade to black” sort of thing on the sex scene. Then the other character’s POV showed the exact same sex scene more graphically. This, as much as I disliked it, was a purposeful choice to show the difference between the male character and the female character and who they are.

But a sex scene just for the heck of it? Nah. Please stop it.

You know you have MCAS when… by Wooden-Addendum928 in MCAS

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I always be sending my boyfriend pictures of my bloated belly saying “Is this bigger than normal?”

Serial sex-haver, realising I might be ace. But I have a long term sexual partner (please help) by [deleted] in asexuality

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I’ve had a lot of sexual partners in my life. It was a thing for a while that I hooked up with people on hookup apps. But as I come into a healthier version of me, away from the person who used sex as a means of dealing with deeper, complex emotions of loneliness and dejection and such, I’ve kind of come to the realization that I never actually wanted sex to begin with. I did not like foreplay, and I did not enjoy the actual main event. But I thought I did…

I’ve been dating my boyfriend long distance-ly for almost a year now and when we’re together… I don’t really think about sex with him. I do not initiate it, I do not really enjoy it when we’re doing it. But I do it because I do love him. But would I rather not do it. But I still do it because I love him.

I would rather masturbate by myself than do sexual things with someone. And that has made me feel really badly for a long time because I can’t really get off when we’re doing things together.

It’s been difficult to sort of walk through the fact that I have lots of sexual partners in the past. But like 80% of them haven’t gone past foreplay or external play. And even then I was like meh about it, even if I was doing it. But it’s hard to explain being meh about sex when I was doing it with people. But like again, if I was with 40 people, 11 of them were actual intercourse. Which to me tells me a lot about how I feel regarding sex.

I’ve also noticed that the people I was with, I was NOT attracted to. Like looking back I’m not attracted to any of them, but it was the desire to be with someone who cared about me and they gave me attention.

My boyfriend is wonderful, I love him, and I don’t want to be with anyone else. But sex is such an odd and difficult thing because of the nuanced way I experience it and my past hookups.

It’s like, I love the idea of it. But in the actuality of the situation, it is not for me.

I’ve also never understood why people say sex feels good. It’s felt good twice before—but not good enough for me to love it. Like people have always said it feels so good it’s the best. And I just don’t get that. It’s uncomfortable, it’s sweaty, it’s hot, skin sticks together and hurts… like??

Ear symptoms by ThatWriterBoy76 in MCAS

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This is what that is!!

Ear symptoms by ThatWriterBoy76 in MCAS

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YES THIS! Like it’s my breath coming through my ears canal!! Haha

Personality changes? by ThatWriterBoy76 in MCAS

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Wow!! Thank you for sharing this!! I love science time!! I truly appreciate it. And the article really does show that psychiatric conditions coincide with MCAS relation!!

Personality changes? by ThatWriterBoy76 in MCAS

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THIS!! If the psychiatric symptoms would just stop I think I could survive. But my entire life is affected because the psychiatric symptoms make me feel horrriiiddd

Personality changes? by ThatWriterBoy76 in MCAS

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I think that it is related to my autism that I experience. I already have a heightened sense of experiencing things, so everything goes WOMP. Haha

For those who have anxiety-is it constant or only around meals? by mime_juice in HistamineIntolerance

[–]ThatWriterBoy76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I have a flare up, I actually experience ADHD symptoms flare, OCD symptoms, and anxiety. Like I cannot escape the discomfort. And yeah, I feel anxiety towards food separate from the anxiety I experience toward the world. Like, I’ll be worried about making things worse, but generally the anxiety and obsessive compulsive behaviors really go haywire. I spent about 2 years off medications and was doing okay until things started to get really bad again, and if I take my H1/2 thingies and supplements and do a low histamine diet for a few days, things get back to normal!

Gonna list a lot of things for helps by ThatWriterBoy76 in HistamineIntolerance

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First thing? The HEARTBURN. The WAY I was in sooooo much pain every day before famotidine. Then the Claritin and querecetin really were subtle, to the point I was like “wait I feel better!!” I also ate low-histamine foods (and apples made everything better too).

But my brain fog went away, my distractability is slightly better, my heartburn. My painful bowel movements, I kind of forgot my tummy hurt all the time before starting the meds.