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- 3y
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- Date posted
- 3y
Hi there! Thank you so much for reaching out on here. Iāve been in your exact spot. I understand your sadness and confusion. Iām so sorry. However, the good news is that there is treatment and it is HIGHLY effective for most people. Have you started ERP therapy through NOCD? I never knew my life could change so drastically. I still have OCD, and I still have flare ups (in one right now), but I know that OCD doesnāt control me. Sit with uncertainty as difficult as it is. Youāre stronger than you know. You can do this!
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- 3y
Hey.....I did have treatment but unfortunately I run out of funds. This is on my mind constantly and it feels as tho I want my feelings I just don't know how this is ocd anymore. I'm not sure my medication is working but I know it doesn't do miracles. I really find it hard to feel what I used to for women like the excitement has gone.....are you from the UK?
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- 24w
So i started to feel like a lesbian again and that i have to be one. I dont want to be one. I just dont. But being straight feel like a lie now. I question my whole life, my feelings and everything. The biggest indicator of this must be that i will be slowly 21 year old and ive never dated anyone and i dont really find anyone attractive and i dont even know if i truly was attracted to someone and im scared of relationships i might have trauma or have anxious avoidant attachment. Help me. I do feel lost. Really lost. I dont know who am I anymore. I feel like that i must have been gay my whole life now. I feel like an alien. I sometimes feel like 2 people are living inside of me.ššš
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- Date posted
- 21w
Sort of a rant that probably sounds stupid and Iām kind of seeking reassurance⦠Iām still a relatively young teenager so I know Iāve got time to work all this out but Iām really confused about my sexuality. (Iām a girl) Iāve never been in a relationship (I donāt know if I want to be which is why Iām writing this) and sometimes I feel like Iāve never really had a crush and I just convinced myself that I did because I wanted to feel normal⦠but then maybe thatās false memory ocd??? I donāt really want to be in a long term relationship with a guy and idk about girls but idk if thatās just cos of my age??? Some days I hate the idea of ever dating, marrying or doing anything sexual. Other days I wish my mental / physical health was better so I could date someone! Everything I feel goes up and down a lot and idk why!? I have bad sexual intrusive thoughts that make me unsure whether anything that I think is real and my parents recently split up after not getting along for a few years. I donāt know if itās my age, my ocd, my parents bad relationship, my sexuality (am I attracted to guys, girls? Am I ace!!!!???) Or something else but I have no idea who I am and I KNOW Iām young and have time but some other perspectives might help???? Can I ever be in a relationship if I have ocd like this? Also Iām really struggling not to compulsively seek reassurance and I donāt know who to talk to about all this irl I know I probably shouldnāt share this with random strangers but also idek if I care anymore š
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- Date posted
- 20w
My boyfriend is ftm, and Iām very supportive of him and his journey with gender. It opened a lot of conversations between us about each others gender/sexuality. Iāve known for a long time that iām pan, but Iāve struggled a lot with my own gender. My OCD causes me to doubt myself a lot, one day i feel hyper feminine and have no desire to identify as a man, but the next day I am extremely dysphoric about my body/hair/voice and wonder if Iām ftm as well? and then it goes away the next day. Some days I donāt even feel feminine OR masculine. I spend a lot of my time ruminating over if iām trans, and abt the possibility of me spending the rest of my life either not knowing, or settling for whateverās easiest for myself and everyone around me. I donāt know if I actually believe Iām a man, or if Iām pretending, or if itās just in my head. Its like I donāt know what to trust since my opinion is different every day, and it feels like I canāt trust my own intuition. Itās starting to affect my sex drive, my sleep, my self confidence, and my self image. Itās really confusing me and Iām wondering if anyone can relate or has some advice. Thank you:)
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