The gay community has always been a marginalized group in a vulnerable position compared to mainstream society. Due to social pressure, they can only suppress their sexual orientation and live hidden among ordinary people. Like people who like the opposite sex, homosexuals also have various psychological worries. We have excerpted some common psychological problems in gay psychological counseling cases for the benefit of netizens.

1. Confusion about self-identity

Psychological experts say that confusion and confusion about self-understanding are the most common types of gay psychological counseling. The lack of a sense of belonging and identity often puts a huge mental burden on those seeking help, which can be improved through gay psychological counseling.

For example, although some help seekers have the experience of liking the same sex or even having sexual contact, they do not know whether they are truly homosexuals. Others, although they cannot help but like the same sex, resolutely deny themselves. .

2. The emotional tangle of homosexual love

Homosexuals, like heterosexuals, will have conflicts, frictions, betrayals and breakups in love, and love changes between homosexuals are more frequent. There are also gay people who suffer terribly from falling in love with straight people.

These angry, sad, and hopeless feelings will cause psychological problems if they are simmered for a long time, which will undoubtedly cause damage to the mental health of homosexuals. And gay counseling can help solve these problems.

3. Treatment of various psychological disorders of homosexuals

Homosexuals often cannot be accepted by their families and society smoothly. Therefore, they are under a lot of psychological pressure but cannot find a channel to vent. They are prone to depression, anxiety, insomnia and other psychological problems.

On the other hand, STDs and AIDS are highly prevalent among gay men, so there are no longer a minority of homosexuals with symptoms of STD and AIDS hypochondriasis. These symptoms of psychological disorders can be effectively alleviated and eliminated through homosexual psychological counseling and treatment.

4. Psychological adjustment of the "well-intentioned third party"

This "bona fide third party" is not an object at the level of civil law, but refers to some people of the opposite sex who are in a relationship with a homosexual or during a marriage. They (she) are often forced by the homosexuals from their families and society. Pressure on the chosen object.

When these unknowing third parties know that their lovers or partners like the same sex, the idea of ​​being betrayed and used is undoubtedly a huge mental blow. Gay psychological counseling can help these "well-intentioned third parties" relieve and eliminate the depression, anger, irritability, anxiety, insomnia and other problems they face due to such problems.