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[talon]
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Androphobia is a fear of men. I'm 15 years old, and I don't think this is just hormones, because many girls my age don't have this problem. I can admire males from a distance and I can find them attractive, but I just don't want to get near them. I have one male friend, but he's not the most masculine guy, and I've known him my whole life. My father has always lived with me. I am very uncomfortable around men that I don't know well, including my psychiatrist (I've only known him for a couple months).. I have no idea where this fear came from. It's more than shyness. I feel like every man I meet is going to rape me, because it really seems that way. In middle school, there were some guys who would go behind me and do nasty things. The guy friend I have now even says dirty things to me and comments on my boobs, but I'm not scared of him. I'm scared of the creepy old men who talk to me when I go to the store alone, also, sometimes I get approached by strange men in cars and so I am afraid to go alone. When I say I can't go there alone my parents call me childish. My friend's mom's boyfriend touched my thigh and that's turned me against him. I can't stand speaking to a man on the phone if I can't see his face. It really bothers me. I recall my aunt's boyfriend saying weird things to me that I found disturbing. But I have no memory of being really abused sexually by a male.
This is affecting my life because I can't be alone with any male besides my friend or my dad, when, sometimes, I have to. Also, how am I supposed to ever be in a romantic relationship or in the future or even FRIENDSHIPS with the opposite sex if I am like this.
This is affecting my life because I can't be alone with any male besides my friend or my dad, when, sometimes, I have to. Also, how am I supposed to ever be in a romantic relationship or in the future or even FRIENDSHIPS with the opposite sex if I am like this.
