Linz194
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Linz194
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Aplaroace
Tldr: platonic attraction is a thing. I'm aplatonic because I don't feel it. No other word or condition fits.

(Btw this is sent on a different day because I deleted the other post as I had made a mistake)
January 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
There's no other word or condition that describes this, and I have looked. It's not the same as being apathetic, asocial, neurodivergent, traumatized, etc.

I don't consider aplatonic a mental disorder because one can be aplatonic while also being mentally healthy.
January 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And it's not because they were bad people or anything. They were friendly and nice and I respected and cared for them.

I just didn't really care about being friends or spending time with them.
December 31, 2024 at 1:07 AM
I didn't miss my friends even if I haven't seen them in months. I didn't feel upset when I was no longer friends with them. If I enjoy spending time with them, it's because of the activity and not because they're there.
December 31, 2024 at 1:03 AM
It's enjoying the time spent with friends. It's missing them if you haven't hung out in a while. It's feeling upset if you're no longer friends with them. It's feeling happy that they specifically are friends with you.

And I've never experienced that.
December 31, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Friendship doesn't have as much commitment as romance does, so I feel that platonic attraction is harder to notice. However, it's something that most experience. And something I don't.
December 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM
I'm aroace too but I don't think it's nonsensical. Nor is it just for the sake of feeling special or having a new word.
I think it's harder to understand being aplatonic unless you're one yourself. But I'll do my best to explain why I label myself as aplatonic.
It's long so there's a tldr at the end
December 31, 2024 at 1:00 AM
It's a word to describe people who don't feel platonic attraction, aka the feeling of wanting to be friends or continue to be friends with a specific person, It's similar to asexual and aromantic
I know friendship is seen as universal, like romance is, but there are other ways to connect with people
December 30, 2024 at 5:12 AM
I'm not disagreeing with you about humans needing human contact, because they do, but being aplatonic doesn't mean being unable or unwilling to interact with others.
December 30, 2024 at 4:47 AM
?? Just because someone's aplatonic doesn't mean they won't have any human contact. It just means they don't feel platonic (friendship) attraction. And attraction isn't the same as affection.
December 30, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Sooo I know this was posted 5 months ago, but from what I've seen (at least on Tumblr) it's usually plato favourable/indifferent/etc. I think friendship is used too though, just less.
October 18, 2024 at 3:15 AM