u/Current-Control2176

Hi everyone.

As a lay practitioner of the dhamma , with no resources for practicing other than the internet, i suffer from strong sensual desires for food and for sexual fantasies.

What is the best antidote for strong sexual desires?

I want to ask also about my sexual orientation, i have always been a homosexual, and because i live in a society that doesn't accept any thing related to homosexuality, it has always hurt me psychologically, meaning being different and not being able to reach out to anyone about my feelings, it brought me great shame especially when i was young and still to this day i feel that there is something wrong with me .

Is there a real distinction between heterosexual and homosexual sexual desires in buddhism?

Or are they the same,meaning they are just desires and hindrances?

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Hello everyone. I hope you are doing well.

I want an advise from buddhist practitioners here.

I am someone who came to buddhism not long ago, i was born in an abrahamic religious environment, and i still live in it.but i never believed in the religion of my society (i live in a very close minded conservative abrahamic society).

I came upon the buddha's teachings after great suffering. I was always an odd person, i never fitted in, i suffered since an early age from depression, isolation and loneliness,

The dharma changed me , it changed me internally, how i see the world ,how i see myself and others, and i am so grateful for this , grateful beyond words. Grateful for the buddha and his teachings.

My practice is good, i suffer from the hindrances, but its good in general as a lay person with no hope of ordaining as a monastic.

But i still suffer from my depression, it's like a cloud that follows whenever i go, i have been on antidepressants a couple of times .but i hate them ,for me they just mask the problems.

How do i deal with my past? With the depression that follows me?

How do i deal with the loneliness?

How do i deal with the society that i live in?

Ps , i am open to all schools of buddhism but i am a follower of theravada tradition.

Thank you for reading.

Hello everyone. I hope you are doing well.

I want an advise from buddhist practitioners here.

I am someone who came to buddhism not long ago, i was born in an abrahamic religious environment, and i still live in it.but i never believed in the religion of my society (i live in a very close minded conservative abrahamic society).

I came upon the buddha's teachings after great suffering. I was always an odd person, i never fitted in, i suffered since an early age from depression, isolation and loneliness,

The dharma changed me , it changed me internally, how i see the world ,how i see myself and others, and i am so grateful for this , grateful beyond words. Grateful for the buddha and his teachings.

My practice is good, i suffer from the hindrances, but its good in general as a lay person with no hope of ordaining as a monastic.

But i still suffer from my depression, it's like a cloud that follows whenever i go, i have been on antidepressants a couple of times .but i hate them ,for me they just mask the problems.

How do i deal with my past? With the depression that follows me?

How do i deal with the loneliness?

How do i deal with the society that i live in?

Ps , i am open to all schools of buddhism but i am a follower of theravada tradition.

Thank you for reading.