Is it normal that i'm physically unable to love?

I've been in numerous short relationships and in almost all of them I was the one that ended things. Everything always starts off good but I find my attraction to my partner always vanishes within about 5-7 months, sometimes just 3 months. I've had crushes that lasted for longer though but that was because we never dated. It seems like I only have interest in people when I'm not dating them. I also am reluctant to tell attractive people that hit on me when I'm in a relationship. I don't necessarily lead them on or reciprocate any flirting they do, I just let them flirt with me and am polite. In my mind I'm worried that if I tell them straight up that I'm dating someone then they'll stop speaking to me and potentially find someone else they're interested in. I know going into every relationship that it unfortunately won't last long no matter how much I wish it will, and so I choose to keep people that are interested in me close by. This way when I'm single again they'll be there as something to fall back on and take my mind off the emptiness.

I feel awful doing this because I feel like I'm betraying my partners even though I don't flirt with the other people and have never cheated in my life nor ever will. I have no empathy or guilt when doing the things previously mentioned until a few days later when it finally hits me. I also wish I was able to fall in love and have a long lasting relationship. I feel shitty and disgusting and I'm scared I'm a psychopath or sociopath or something. I wish I was normal

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57% Normal
Based on 7 votes (4 yes)
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  • Whomstdve_Done_This

    This isn't normal, but I don't think you're in the wrong for being this way. Love isn't really something you do; it's something that happens to you. If you feel for some reason that you cannot love, see a psychiatrist. If not for the partners you may have, do it for yourself, as worrying and suffering over this for the rest of your life is unhealthy.

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    • JonathanOo

      I agree. Or it could be that you haven't met that person that makes you never want to be with anyone else. Either way do some self therapy, it's good for the soul to figure these things out before you miss out on something you'll regret forever

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  • CapriSun

    How can you physically be inlove lmao

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  • Grangletras

    You could be asexual in a romantic way. Idk, I would talk to a therapist, NOT BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG, its just someone who understands motives and is trained to see things. It really helps, trust me, just don't think that you are crazy or something, think of it as enlightenment or solving a mystery

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