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What are asexuality and demisexuality? Do I need to put a label on my feelings?

Profile: CaringTeresa
CaringTeresa on Aug 9, 2016
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Demisexuality is a specific sexual orientation where an individual feels sexually attracted to only people that they have an emotional bond with. Some demisexual individuals have a decreased interest in sexual activity. Asexuality is where an individual lacks any sexual attractive to anyone and they also have less interest in sexual activity. If you do not feel comfortable putting a label on your feelings, I do not believe the you need to. It is up to you.
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Profile: friendlyphoenix
friendlyphoenix on Oct 24, 2016
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To me, sexuality is a sliding scale. Asexuality and demisexuality are a part of this scale. In extremely simple terms, asexuality means that a person does not have sexual feelings or desires towards others. A demisexual person, on the other hand, has sexual feelings or desires towards others that they feel an emotional connection with. Putting labels on your feelings can be helpful. It can help you feel like you belong to a group of likeminded people. But it is not always the case. Some people choose not to label themselves at all. It's up to you! No one knows you better than you. Sometimes you may prefer different labels, multiple labels, or none at all. Whatever you're most comfortable with is your best identifier.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on May 8, 2017
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Asexuality is when you feel no sexual attraction to anyone. You can still want sex, and have/enjoy sex, but you don't get that desire from looking at a person or anything like that. Demisexuality is when you are only sexually attracted to people you are close to/have a preexsisting romantic attraction towards. You don't have to label yourself if you don't want to.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Sep 12, 2017
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Asexuality is when you don't experience sexual attraction to anyone. Demisexuality is when you only feel sexual attraction to people once you have a very strong bond with them (for example, you might be attracted to one of your best friends but you wouldn't feel attracted to celebrities or "hot" people you didn't know.) You never have to put a label on your feelings if you don't want to, the point of labels is to make you feel more comfortable, but some people don't feel comfortable with specific labels and that's perfectly ok
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Oct 16, 2017
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Asexuality is when someone does no feel sexual thoughts or emotions at all (Aromantic is kind of the same but you dont feel romance to anyone) while Demisexuality is feeling love or romantic/attracted, to someone due to a deep bond with a certain person. You never have to put a label on anything, if it is how you feel and dont know how to explain it, then just feel how you feel!
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jan 1, 2018
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Asexuality is lack of sexual attraction. Demisexuality is when you don't feel sexually attracted to someone until you form an emotional connection. And no, you don't need to put a label on your feelings if you don't want to.
Profile: ClassicalMetalhead98
ClassicalMetalhead98 on Jan 16, 2018
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Asexuality= No sexual attraction or urges towards anyone Demisexuality= Sexual attraction can occur only to those connected to one in an emotional bond Of course not! Labels aren't for everyone and you shouldn't be pressured to use one.
Profile: ParkerJames1163
ParkerJames1163 on Mar 12, 2018
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Asexuality is having no feeling for sexual contact and demisecuality is having sexual feeling or contact but only after a strong emotional bond is formed. No you don’t have to put a label I️ still don’t really have a way to put my feelings so I️ have a label because it makes me happy, but you don’t need one.
Profile: AzulFresa77
AzulFresa77 on Apr 3, 2018
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No, you don't have to, asexual means you have no romantic attraction and demisexual means you take time to know someone before falling for them.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Feb 3, 2020
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everyone can interpret labels differently so I just saying how I see them and I can't for sure say this is how others see them. To me, Asexuality is when you aren't attracted to anyone and don't want a relationship weather that is intimately or romantically, demisexual is when you need to feel a connection to someone to be attracted to them and want to be in a relationship of the romantic kind. As far as the second question goes you don't need to have a label by any means! you could not have any labels at all or use an umbrella term of some sort like queer.
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