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MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
You're either asexual or you're not. 😂😂
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@MaryJo1996 Consciousness in the brain operates on a series of interconnected feedback loops. The vast majority of studies on Asexuality deal with brain legions that connect two different brain regions together.
Think of a cranial nerve as a highway connecting two cities together. A brain lesion is a disruption of flow from one city to another.
A to B, B to C, C to D, D to A.
A to B, B to C, C to A
Is two seperate feedback loops. No indication of a lesion if this is a noticable pattern in 99.99% or subjects.
If someone is able to do A to B, B to C, C to D, D to A BUT NOT C to A, when everyone else is able to do it, we assume a lesion. A disruption, along C to A.
If most of the population can pull off the complex behavior of D to A and C to A, but you land someone who can only do one or the other, we assume a brain lesion. I have at least two in my left hemisphere linking two and from language processing centers. Lots of people have them somewhere. It isn't uncommon.
You can further verify a lesion, using specific tests or scans.
A sexuality comes in a few different forms, and different competing theories don't completely overlap. Mary isn't the center of the universe here. Brain lesions pop up all over the brain. It's very common. Countless syndroms are caused by them.
Specific treatments for asexuality tent to target brain regions instead of fixing the lesion issue. They suppress or make them hyper active. It requires a high degree of very competent diagnosis and scanning to get right, and so most suggested treatments remain stuck in hypothesis because it's hard to secure funding for them with big ethical questions as to which comleting theory is correct for which individual. You can't just assume everyone who is diagnosed has the exactsame specific cause, and most theories further more are lesion based. So you'll have scientific peers giving one another the stink eye when drug testing comes up, if a drug can work, because it will be applied to a wider set of the population (those previously diagnosed as asexual) than those for whom the treatment specifically targets.
And it is a low amount of the population that suffers from asexuality. It isn't the most lucrative field in neurology to invest in.
The OP just has libido issues. Could be a lesion, but unlikely. Likely just other factors like stress, recent negative relationships, change of focus, esrly menopause, etc. More than likely it will clear up soon on it's own.
I have no doubt you are a Asexual Mary, I've seen your posts, you are fairly generic. Yes, most studies on asexuality is lesion based. Yes, I am a boring person who reads scientific studies on this sort of thing. Yes, it negatively affects your sense of self, who you accept as authorities, your sense of others, your theory of mind about me, etc. 50-50 chance you'll block me for a sense of cartharsis. But I'm right. It's almost always lesion based. You'll find this out if you look into scientific studies. Take note of different models for what specific brain regions are involved. A few competing metatheories exist. They likely all have a solid basis and will someday be seperate syndromes once our understanding advances enough to drop the Asexuality category all together.
Example: most asexuals are less likely to drink or do drugs (high inhibition) but a subset of the population is much more active, or highly selective on which drugs they use while refusing to ever consider another type. This indicates two seperate potential syndromes with lesions hitting one kind of neuro transmitter vs another type.
And if you block me fine, I'm still right and you'll likely going to be facing a doctor who will tell you the same thing in a few years when you hear about a new trearment being approved. "Why do I need further testing, we already know I'm a asexual?" The above is why.
Think of a cranial nerve as a highway connecting two cities together. A brain lesion is a disruption of flow from one city to another.
A to B, B to C, C to D, D to A.
A to B, B to C, C to A
Is two seperate feedback loops. No indication of a lesion if this is a noticable pattern in 99.99% or subjects.
If someone is able to do A to B, B to C, C to D, D to A BUT NOT C to A, when everyone else is able to do it, we assume a lesion. A disruption, along C to A.
If most of the population can pull off the complex behavior of D to A and C to A, but you land someone who can only do one or the other, we assume a brain lesion. I have at least two in my left hemisphere linking two and from language processing centers. Lots of people have them somewhere. It isn't uncommon.
You can further verify a lesion, using specific tests or scans.
A sexuality comes in a few different forms, and different competing theories don't completely overlap. Mary isn't the center of the universe here. Brain lesions pop up all over the brain. It's very common. Countless syndroms are caused by them.
Specific treatments for asexuality tent to target brain regions instead of fixing the lesion issue. They suppress or make them hyper active. It requires a high degree of very competent diagnosis and scanning to get right, and so most suggested treatments remain stuck in hypothesis because it's hard to secure funding for them with big ethical questions as to which comleting theory is correct for which individual. You can't just assume everyone who is diagnosed has the exactsame specific cause, and most theories further more are lesion based. So you'll have scientific peers giving one another the stink eye when drug testing comes up, if a drug can work, because it will be applied to a wider set of the population (those previously diagnosed as asexual) than those for whom the treatment specifically targets.
And it is a low amount of the population that suffers from asexuality. It isn't the most lucrative field in neurology to invest in.
The OP just has libido issues. Could be a lesion, but unlikely. Likely just other factors like stress, recent negative relationships, change of focus, esrly menopause, etc. More than likely it will clear up soon on it's own.
I have no doubt you are a Asexual Mary, I've seen your posts, you are fairly generic. Yes, most studies on asexuality is lesion based. Yes, I am a boring person who reads scientific studies on this sort of thing. Yes, it negatively affects your sense of self, who you accept as authorities, your sense of others, your theory of mind about me, etc. 50-50 chance you'll block me for a sense of cartharsis. But I'm right. It's almost always lesion based. You'll find this out if you look into scientific studies. Take note of different models for what specific brain regions are involved. A few competing metatheories exist. They likely all have a solid basis and will someday be seperate syndromes once our understanding advances enough to drop the Asexuality category all together.
Example: most asexuals are less likely to drink or do drugs (high inhibition) but a subset of the population is much more active, or highly selective on which drugs they use while refusing to ever consider another type. This indicates two seperate potential syndromes with lesions hitting one kind of neuro transmitter vs another type.
And if you block me fine, I'm still right and you'll likely going to be facing a doctor who will tell you the same thing in a few years when you hear about a new trearment being approved. "Why do I need further testing, we already know I'm a asexual?" The above is why.
MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F
@Dignaga
Again, you really don't know what you're talking about.
Lesion; A region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury
Again, you really don't know what you're talking about.
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SomeMichGuy · M
You want to have sex with the letter 'A', be my guest! lol
SW-User
Hmm why