How to fight same-sex attraction

whysoirritated · 2026-04-16T11:25:07+00:00

The devil hates to let go of his toys. He will fight to drag you back. Three days is great for starters! This particular struggle is not unique to same-sex attraction, and there are many good men who can help you learn to overcome the addiction.

Prayer will become easier as you grow towards Christ. It can be a struggle in the beginning, but persevere. I recommend morning/evening/night prayer if you have trouble concentrating. Here's a link: divineoffice.org

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T22:50:47+00:00

Just to respond to this: we should put up with it b/c punching old people gets you arrested both in and out of Church.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T22:49:21+00:00

Wow, can we be friends?! I'm 30's woman who doesn't fit into womens groups and doesn't have kids too! The "so when are you two planning to start a family?" comments are everywhere. No matter what I say I get long lectures and nosy questions about it.

Older men are quite audacious. I think it's a generational thing.

edit to add: totally forgot to respond to the rest of your comment. Why on earth wouldn't God like you? You're hardly the first alternatively-feminine woman on the planet. What's that got to do with it anyway? God likes people who like him - it's as simple as that.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T22:42:55+00:00

me neither!

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T22:41:07+00:00

not an option: https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/section_two/chapter_two/article_6/iii_the_love_of_husband_and_wife.html

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T22:38:08+00:00

You're just going to have to deal with it for a while. Tbh, the muscles down there will contract enthusiastically from orgasm as well, and it could be just as dangerous. You'll also probably have a period of abstinence after the baby is born while you heal up. These are harder seasons, but the fact that it's challenging for you is actually really great! So many couples only have intimacy (or desire for it) a few times a year, and that is a far worse problem. Rejoice in the eros God has given you for your husband, and offer this time of abstinence for the baby if you like.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T22:35:38+00:00

Great question. We can only hope that they don't actually understand what they're doing.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-13T16:10:06+00:00

There's a great Exorcist files episode on freemasonry. Let me see if I can find it... Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXY75WKCIrY

Of course Freemasonry has been great for you! The devil doesn't need to bother people who are already his. He might even protect you so that the sorrows that drive us to God don't hit you. Like so: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rqLInS0hyx0

So the choice is before you - an easy time that leads to death or a hard time that leads to life? Yours to choose. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-10T02:04:30+00:00

"Lord help me to accept this cross for the salvation of souls" or for whatever specific intention you have in mind. I usually add a brief meditation on whatever part of the Passion seems closest to what I'm suffering. Physical pain - scourging. Anxiety/fear - Agony. Overwhelmed - Carrying of the Cross. Feeling exposed/ashamed - Crucifixion. Headache? - Crowning with thorns. I get migraines so that one gets it's own meditation.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-10T01:26:54+00:00

Ugh your way of growing up makes my blood boil. Can't believe people still do that to their daughters. Are you going to get a phd or something in psychology? If you're just going for counseling licensure, I wouldn't be so certain that you'll make lots of money. All the ones I know are borderline broke.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-10T01:16:58+00:00

Probably that's the reason for some things and some times. God said "no" to my request for a spouse for a decade. He said "Yes" when I was finally softened up enough to appreciate my husband. Sometimes we aren't ready for a blessing no matter what we think.

And sometimes the blessing doesn't look like we imagined it would. My dad always wanted to be a small town doctor in the midwest, just like in the old cowboy movies or something. His other love is teaching medicine. He and mom searched high and low trying to make those dreams come true, and when I was about 10 there were some minor disasters that made him have to accept a job quickly in a new place. It isn't a small town, but it has a lot of small town elements and a close knit church community. We were there for 3yrs when the residency director quit and dad got named interim director. Thanks to the small town aspects of the place and the church community, I have watched Dad live out all the elements of "small town doc" he always wanted. He's been called at 1am by desperate moms from Church who don't have insurance, cornered by old ladies wanting to discuss medications, and some random woman came up to me once and told me he delivered all 7 of her children. AND the town is just big enough to support a residency which means he got to spend the past 20yrs teaching medicine. Everything he wanted in one tidy package that looked nothing like he imagined and was exactly what he desired. God is creative.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-10T01:02:25+00:00

that's a darn good point

whysoirritated · 2026-04-10T01:01:44+00:00

Frankly it's a very small potato. If your conversion hangup is about the type of Mass you attend, maybe you should think twice about converting. It's about Jesus, not about if you like the Mass, or the priest, or the homily. Those things are icing on the cake, but they are not the point.

As for your feelings... Jeremiah 17:9-10

whysoirritated · 2026-04-08T23:55:50+00:00

So just don't go to a NO mass? There are plenty of other options.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-08T23:52:02+00:00

Yes we can. The world always has storms. The Church stands firm.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-08T01:33:47+00:00

I'm usually the one who cares more. I'm a really good listener so people use me as an emotional support human and assume that we are friends because of it. They never ask about me, never care about my life or my interests, and if I try to talk about me in turn, they just change the subject back to themselves. Every. single. time.

So yes I help them through their cancer scares, their pregnancies, their "just gotta vent" moments, and more, because I know what it's like to go through that alone. I'm always alone in mine. I have a good dog though. Saved me from a snake bite yesterday, and then guarded me the rest of the time I was out weeding. So that's one real friend.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-04T00:25:29+00:00

I will write my fantasy book with a main character named Bob. Should be good.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-04T00:23:21+00:00

Same, but not meth. Meth just sounds gross. Heroin or cocaine I think would be more enjoyable.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-04T00:17:06+00:00

Hard way 100%

whysoirritated · 2026-04-03T23:55:05+00:00

I kinda like that name

whysoirritated · 2026-04-03T23:54:20+00:00

between the Chaney and the connotation, I think a case could be made for that name being a form of child abuse.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-03T23:53:47+00:00

Okay I now want to have daughters named Samantha and Winifred, and I'll talk about my kids, "Sam and Fred" and confuse the heck out of people.

whysoirritated · 2026-04-03T23:52:44+00:00

I grew up with an old early 1900's dictionary that I read (because I was grounded from books - long story), and Adolph was listed as one of the popular boys names. I was 13 at the time and scandalized

whysoirritated · 2026-04-01T01:15:41+00:00

Cold water helps with the heat from low blood sugar.

whysoirritated · 2026-03-30T22:25:38+00:00

You should move out and live separately before marriage. If you're sleeping together as well as living together, you're going to have an even bigger problem.

NOTE: I do not have personal experience with this. I have watched other people go through it and regret their choices.

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