The point with lack of sex resulting in sexual frustration makes sense only in case of people who have sexual needs. You can skip that - if you don't have sexual needs it is understandable that discussing emotions going hand in hand with that makes little sense to you.
As for the diagnostic manuals, I agree with you that they are not gospel etc. However, based on knowledge we currently have, conditions which are seen unhealthy or dysfunctional have been defined. You can deal with it or reject it and if you are ill (or dysfunctional) you can call it a different mode of existence.
""Needs" implies there is only one, single course of action: I MUST have sexual relief. "Otherwise" implies there is a conceivable alternative, so it is not true that you MUST have sex after all."
What I mean is this:
A person with healthy sex drive needs sexual release and they either have it or experience sexual frustration. I suggested that there are only these possibilities for such person so the term "needs" is accurate in their case. Other possibilities are irrelevant because they are applicable only to people who don't fulfill the condition of having sexual needs such as you are.
Sexual needs?
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The point with lack of sex resulting in sexual frustration makes sense only in case of people who have sexual needs. You can skip that - if you don't have sexual needs it is understandable that discussing emotions going hand in hand with that makes little sense to you.
As for the diagnostic manuals, I agree with you that they are not gospel etc. However, based on knowledge we currently have, conditions which are seen unhealthy or dysfunctional have been defined. You can deal with it or reject it and if you are ill (or dysfunctional) you can call it a different mode of existence.
""Needs" implies there is only one, single course of action: I MUST have sexual relief. "Otherwise" implies there is a conceivable alternative, so it is not true that you MUST have sex after all."
What I mean is this:
A person with healthy sex drive needs sexual release and they either have it or experience sexual frustration. I suggested that there are only these possibilities for such person so the term "needs" is accurate in their case. Other possibilities are irrelevant because they are applicable only to people who don't fulfill the condition of having sexual needs such as you are.