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Hey brother - talk to a therapist. I know you’re scared, but it’s best to get professional help
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Hey, your feelings are valid and it’s okay to feel the way you’re feeling. 💗
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I dont like feeling how I feel
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@Imaan7 Same I totally get you 🤎
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I agree about talking to a therapist ! I have had my own experience with sexual orientation OCD; it really doesn’t matter to me what my sexuality is, what bothers me is the thought of not knowing something so important about myself and not being able to make a decision. I have found out my sexuality, though ! I am bisexual and I do find myself trying to figure out if I’m attracted to trans men and women, as I’m a trans man myself and feel like it’s somehow wrong to have my own preferences. I’ve decided that even though I really don’t experience any sexual attraction to trans men or women, if I some day discover that attraction is there, then I will embrace it ! I don’t plan for my preferences to change, but if they do, that just means there’s more sexy people out there to see 🤣 Try to slow down and allow yourself to truly figure things out. It really bothered me feeling like I couldn’t decide and couldn’t tell how I truly identified, but know that this is not permanent and you will discover this part of yourself, whether it’s you discovering that you were right all along, or that your sexuality is something different. Dreams mess with my brain too sometimes. Try not to pay attention to them, they’re most likely your subconscious projecting and twisting your worries and anxieties around. It’s ok and valid to take your time, even if deep down you feel there’s nothing you need to figure out and you know they’re just intrusive thoughts, try to be patient with yourself and your mind. You only have one. 🤍
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Did you figure it out during hocd? What age did you figure all that out?
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@Imaan7 I didn’t figure out through a specific subtype. I sort of just allowed myself to realize that yes I was obsessing over the situation but that the questioning I was going through was genuine. Once I removed that mindblock, which I’m not even really sure how I did that, I was able to see my truth. I think part of me knew all along but I was overanalyzing it too much and didn’t know which thoughts I could trust. Plus the reality of being bisexual was something that I wasn’t familiar with, and that change intimidated me at first. This whole thing lasted over two straights months, I woke up one day with the thought in my head and it didn’t go away. It was so frustrating that I was brought to tears a few times, but I was able to adjust to the thought of truly being bisexual and the idea of being with a man, and it became less scary over time. This was in the summer, I am 22. No matter your age, it is valid to question your sexuality and to have ocd about it.
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hi guys i added to list. i’m freaking out i just need some help. signs of comphet (comphet is when lesbians who don’t know it and just follow norms and believe there straight) ive felt: “I never felt anything when kissing boys and totally thought that was normal… I talk to men, go on dates, but I think it’s to keep my life ‘interesting’ and have something to talk about with friends.” • lack of deep, natural emotional connection • • talking about my boyfriend to other people made me feel “cool”, “worthy”, “interesting” and felt like a way to prove myself • being able to clearly articulate all the reasons I liked a guy crush/my boyfriend (he’s smart, funny, kind, handsome, etc) whereas with a girl crush I can’t exactly put my finger on why I like them but I’m just naturally drawn to them • never missing my exes or feeling heartbroken about them (i would feel sad from being lonely and no longer having that daily routine of having someone to talk to, but didn’t necessarily miss that specific person) • i was always very hesitant about “becoming official” with a guy i would be seeing and would make him wait before deciding to date because i “didn’t know if i really liked him or not” only being aroused by their the man’s desire for me • Thinking I was cooler than other girls because I didn't spend any time thinking about how cute boys were or being "boy-crazy". I was under the impression for a while that I must just be less shallow than other people because I didn't really take looks into account when I had a crush on a boy, I only factored in their personality. chasing the ego boost more than emotional closeness agreed with friends or mom about someone being attractive even if you didn’t feel it—another big flag being bored, ditching serious commitment, chasing the drama again it also feels like i’m acting a lot of the time to make it more romantic cause i cringe When you fantasize about men, it is mostly just enacting a kind of narrative. More focused on movement than features- the men in your fantasies might be faceless or blank-featured or their bodies might symbolize some emotion. you might not even be in the in the fantasy, but instead another faceless woman might be. You might even imagine yourself as the man. The narrative follows the sexual script, but the details are more vague and abstract and might even shift and change throughout the fantasy. i dont care about like what guys looks like. like my sister saw a video of a guy working out and was like got damn omg gotta like that. if i saw that i would prob be like damn to try and prove something to myself but i don’t really understand what i should feel it feels like i relate to so much comphet after i read it on reddit and it doesn’t even make me want to cry and die anymore. it feels like i tolerate men or have done it for attention or because i thought it was going to happen at some point cause it was what was happening around me like sister and friends. i’m scared ill never find someone i want to marry that’s a man it feels like it’s all just comphet and i don’t want to actually be with a man the more my meds work and anxiety lessens the more the fear feels real because i can’t get myself anxious about it anymore. i can about other stuff but not this. i always told myself i don’t chase i attract. maybe thats cause i never wanted a big badly enough. maybe what im missing is a girl what if that ends up feeling more real Straight people don’t need to talk themselves into what’s hot. like during the hocd break i would try and like see what was “hot” and and be like yeah that’s hot. i also i refused to masturbate to women and not think about it because i didn’t want it to prove that i still liked it but i mean idk if that was left over hocd
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Anyone experiencing loss of attraction to opposite sex (what you had before any of this)…? I get the feeling that I like what I see in the opposite sex but then hit with what feels like depression or numb with makes me feel sad.
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Y’all I think I’m dealing with false attraction but idk and I can’t tell. It’s bugging me. It’s one specific (female) friend of mine lately. Idk if it’s cuz she’s a lesbian and it’s playing on my soocd or smthn. I keep having groinal responses around her. I don’t see her like that but I’m worried I either am starting to or already do and am suppressing it but I have had no interest in her in the last 2 years she’s been in our group. This started somewhat recently and every time someone makes a sexual joke or smthn (like flashing or twerking) it causes a groinal response and I just kinda shut down. I don’t feel anything in the crush sense of the word. And it’s bugging me that I’m having these thoughts and I keep having thoughts of my bf and then my friend gets placed into the thought and it just makes me upset. Annoyed. I feel this tightness in my chest and it’s not good. I like seeing this friend but I don’t get excited seeing her. I wonder where she is when she’s gone but I do that with all of my friends, if one doesn’t show to our group dinners I ask. I worry I’m making too much eye contact when we talk. I keep checking if I’m feeling anything anywhere but it’s just a persistent groinal response and I’m worried it’s attraction
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