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Jedi Amy said:So it's really normal then? That's good to hear I guess.My mom always that that homosexuality is something that people choose but I guess it could be something that alot of girls struggle with.
Is there anyone who's been through the same thing who knows how to deal with it? I don't have any doubts that it's wrong but it's still really hard sometimes.
I thought this would go away but with school starting it seems to just be getting worse and worse now. I'll spare everyone the story of how it happened but I ended up kissing anther girl yesterday I knew it was wrong but at the time I just told myself it wasn't, now I regret it more then anything.
I'm gonna prey about it tonight, but I dont know how I'll be able to give it up! I really need any advice I get get because I'm still too scared to talk to anyone in real life about it.
Don't worry. Just pray to God. He'll bring you through it. Just keeping watching Him, and sinful thoughts tend to fade, even a bit, a little at a time. Then you have the strength to turn away and not look back.So it's really normal then? That's good to hear I guess.My mom always that that homosexuality is something that people choose but I guess it could be something that alot of girls struggle with.
Is there anyone who's been through the same thing who knows how to deal with it? I don't have any doubts that it's wrong but it's still really hard sometimes.
believe me i know what your going through im going through the same thing but in reverse:suppose to be attracted to girls but attracted to males tooThis is something that's been bothering me for a while now, but I didn't wanna ask any of my family members or real life friends because I was scared of what they might think.
It seems like the last few months in addition to be attracted to guys I also seem to be attracted to girls in the same way. I don't want to be and I've been trying to ignore it and say that it's nothing but it's not going away.I'm just wondering if that has happened to anyone else. I mean, is it normal for girls to do this after hitting puperty or am I just werid??
This is an excellent post and I agree completely.I strongly believe that women are just more naturally warm and affectionate, generally speaking. And these affectionate feelings can be mistaken for erotic feelings when you are young, especially during the middle teens. Women relate to each other in a completely different way than men relate to each other.
What you must realize, though, is that how you handle these feelings will determine what eventually becomes of them. If you encourage the thoughts instead of diverting them (i.e. - fixating on them) or if you continue to act out these thoughts, you will be encouraging the thoughts to become more long-lasting and to lead you onto a path of emptiness and shame.
There are even straight people who have some degree of homosexual attraction, but they don't fixate on those thoughts and don't act them out. Thus they can have happy, fulfilled lives with families and a strong relationship with Christ - they are not missing anything by not indulging those thoughts and not acting on them.
Society tells you that you can't know whether or not you like something unless you try it first. This is just plain wrong. As a person who is in middle-age, I can tell you that there are about a dozen things from my middle teen years that I wish I could un-do. Whatever you do today will be with you for the rest of your life.
Fixate on the Lord, read His word, and pray a whole lot. These things will keep you and nourish you.
You're in my prayers. God bless you as you work this stuff out.
This post here is an example of what I am saying. Be wise. Don't go any further down that road.Well, I had thoughts for the longest times about kissing, and having sex, with girls and having girl friends. After a while I started doing those things and called myself bi. After I met my fiancee Anthony, those thoughts and feelings I had just disappeared for them and only there for him, and very strongly for him. Now, I'm no longer attracted to girls, and don't do anything with them and say committed to Anthony. It can be very confusing and frustrating growing up at times, but you will get though it.
I hear ya! Thanks for sharing!Hey, let us know how prayer went. I will pray too!
And, you don't have to answer, but was this kiss a kiss on the lips (...maybe like some people do with their grandmother, or mother for that matter)... or more-so of a kiss?
I can relate to your situation. I have struggled with same sex attraction... but I knew it was wrong, so nothing ever came of it. I figured it was normal, and yeah... shrugged it off. Until... an older woman kissed me on the lips. She didn't mean anything by it... she does this with her family. It made me get all tingly... totally in the flesh!! It wasn't right. *sigh*
I think a problem teens make for themselves (atleast the girls) that that they think showing affection by pecking eachother on the lips is okay... and I don't think it is. My friend was innocent in it all, but she had no idea what it did to me. And then there's that "if i say something, she'll stop.. but I don't want her to.. oh, but I DO.. no.. i don't..." BAH!!! =P
Yeah, even before the older woman kiss, I had a very good friend of mine kiss me on the lips... on a few occassions. I was able to control my feelings/flesh and not think anything of it. It's not easy tho!!
Wow, I think you've been brainwashed! There's nothing wrong with admiring someone! Thinking someone is cool has nothing to do with homosexuality...But occasionally, I will watch a movie or something, and think, "Wow, that actress is stunning/so cool!" Then I automatically feel guilty, like I shouldn't be thinking such a thing.
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