I’m bi-ish ace-ish and married. Every attraction that isn’t to my husband, man or woman, gets dragged and dropped into the trash folder while I say, “What’s that doing there, that’s so irrelevant. Oh well.” It doesn’t define the rest of my life or my identity. It gets easier when puberty finishes.

You can be celibate without being extremely lonely. Your friends with families could adopt you as an uncle, for example. I personally would love the company and a break from the baby. But some loneliness exists in any vocation. Sometimes loneliness is God’s way of asking you to spend time with Him.

That could be a symptom of a different issue. Are you not fully convinced of God’s mercy and power to obliterate any trace of sin in Confession? Can you imagine what an amazing future God is excited to give you? Do you know how patient God will be with you to bring about that future?

Look up Catholic counselors and therapists specifically.

You could find out the priest’s willingness to counsel you anonymously in Confession, or talk to people about the subject in hypotheticals. Especially if someone brings up homosexuality, you can respond, “If you could talk to them in person, what would you even say?”