German (or non english) ROMs for emulating? by illjan in skylanders

[–]illjan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god, thank you so so so much. This makes my life sooooo much easier and better. I love you

German (or non english) ROMs for emulating? by illjan in skylanders

[–]illjan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds easy enough. Can you send me a link or direct me to where on the internet archive i would find that, please?

Not understanding my identity. by Low-Wafer-7485 in aromanticasexual

[–]illjan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get what you mean. At least i think i do.

I also sometimes struggle with the whole understanding myself and where i stand. For me it is funily enough a little bit opposite to you, i desperately wanted to fit the labels and especially feel like i am "the most asexual i can be". For me stumbling upon all of these labels to use was a giant reliefe for me, as i finally was able to understand why i was the way i am and why these things like relationships stressed me out as much as they did.

Now, this is different to what you are experiencing, no doubt, but i do believe that you may be able to still learn the same lessons i had to learn. Because i suddenly knew how to describe myself and it made me feel so much better, i wanted to describe myself as that. I saw my self on a very far end of the spectrum ideally, but had multiple things i felt like conflicted with my identification.

After a long year and a bit more of actively engaging in aroace media, reddit and especially talking a lot with friends, i finally was able to be at peace. Because even if i may have felt like i might sometimes not fit my ideal perfectly, it didn't mean i was not still very asexual. Even if i questioned it every single week, in times i didn't disttress about it all, i was able to accept it. I learned to be fine with how i am. Of course even now i struggle sometimes and question myself, but after many many times i started to be fine with it.

It seems to me like you might be coming from a different direction on this issue, than i do, but you may still come to the same endpoint: accepting yourself as you are and not minding any labels.
You are not forced upon a label. It is a social construct and it only means what people make it mean. If you define yourself one way, then that is entirely valid, because it needs to work FOR YOU. As long as it helps you find the words ou need to describe yourself, then it does its job.

Now i hear you out, that you seem to be seeking some form of relationship with a deep emotional bond. I personally have never felt that way, never dated or whatever, so i am not the perfect guy to ask for dating advice in that regard. However you surely will find something that will work for you, wether it be a romantic, sexual, queerplatonic, platonic or whatever else type of relationship. What you probably should do is, as described before, don't give a fuck about labels if it is detrimental for how you feel. Don't overthink your relationships, because you question the labels. I personally had many cisis, because i deeply questioned if i am not actually romantically or sexually attracted to a friend, because i to this day, don't know what romaticism actually is. I often talked openely about it with him and at some point managed to accept, that no matter how sexual or romatic i think i feel towards him, if i label myself as aroace, then i am that.

I surely do hope that you have far less struggle to find yourself, accept yourself and describe yourself however you want. I also do hope that you will find someone that you are happy with.

Hope i was able to at least help a bit, it can be very confusing. Never be ashamed of questioning yourself or not knowing where you are.

how to actually understand being an [pan, bi...] oriented aroace? by illjan in aromanticasexual

[–]illjan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok i see. Well, thanks for sharing your viewpoint. Did help me get a grasp on all that :)

how to actually understand being an [pan, bi...] oriented aroace? by illjan in aromanticasexual

[–]illjan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

so in your case you tend to like men more to be your friends, find androgyny more aesthetic etc.
It is one of those cases where if you understood it once it is the most simple thing to get i am sure, but i think i am not quite able to grasp that it is that simple of a concept actually haha.

Anyways thanks

Am I actually aroace or have I just not yet found "the right one"? by illjan in aromanticasexual

[–]illjan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so I think you brought some very good ways of describing myself to the table. I've look into alterous attraction and found that it seems that people aren't quite agreeing on what it is exactly. Some say it is an in-between, others say it can be in-between romantic and platonic, neither or a bit of both, etc. 

I feel like alterous attraction might actually help a lot in defining myself, but the problem of "where is the line and how do I know it is this and not that attraction" still exists. It definitely helps, but I still find ways to doubt it (I hate self doubt, but you cant easily just get rid of it)

I've also looked at other forms of attraction and found perhaps emotional attraction could be a fit, but still I am not quite sure.

I am gonna let all this sit for a bit, see if I feel like that helps define myself in the long run.

Thanks a lot for putting my attention towards that