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- 3y
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- 3y
Hi, I understand your doubt... Are you facing this issue with a specialist ?
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- 3y
No I donāt have the resources to find one and its honestly exhausting rn my hocd is a little less than my health ocd but its still present like o heard a radio ad today where this girl was talking about being demi sexual and my friend also said that she is one in the most natural way possible and i felt like i related to her and felt I wasnāt alone and why would i feel that if i am not that like I donāt understand the point of these thoughts when they have no meaning according to ocd but if they do feel so real why do i feel okay with them and like natural with them because if i am getting these thoughts they would mean something right.. and like when people on here tell me i am straight i laugh and donāt believe it but why wouldnāt i like idk what to do amd what to feel why donāt i feel completely straight and i feel that does mean something and i am just trying to deny it
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- 3y
@Brave through Hi I understand what you mean...if you read the post in this app, many people is describing the same cycle of thoughts. That might make you aware how ocd works and how it's tricks are. Secondly, look at the video on YouTube by Nathan peterson about hocd. That should help you a bit. What you need now, is to start a process of recovery and you cannot do it alone. You need a cognitive behavioural therapist that understand your inner fears and schedule a plan to overcome them. Remember your fears are something different from your sexual orientation. Now you're victim of your fears, so let's solve these first. Then when you'll feel fine, you can explore you're sexual identity if you still require. Anyway, find the money to get to a therapist. That's the only way For your initial steps you need a help of someone then you'll maybe able to walk alone Oki š?
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- 3y
@AndreaRolle I understand what youāre saying but just you saying that i can explore later makes me feel weird about it like why canāt i accept or what is this and if i am supposed to know later and change later why not know now like i am finding this very difficult there are times ik that these thoughts are irrational but those are few in comparison to the ones that feel real and normal and then this and rn I canāt seem to get help cause there arenāt any good therapists around me idk what to do??
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- 3y
@Brave through Hi, yeah I knew it was teiggering. It triggers me a log as well! š I answer to that, may be, may be not, and I do something else to do without giving importance to the problem. The point here is not to ruminate š We need to differenciate our ocd from our sexual orientation. These are two completely different things. Give your brain a break, do something different, do sport or engage with friends. About a therapist, you can do very well online too! Use this app for example Or look online ocd treatment Just keep moving otherwise you drawn
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- 3y
@AndreaRolle Do i even believe it ocd anymore do i want to get better what if i come out of it accepting what i feared what then?!? And like with these two years of facing this am i at a point where i have gotten used to it and when i shouldnāt if i am okay with the idea if being in ocd instead of getting help and being anxious and living with that uncertainty that means there could be some truth to my denial otherwise i should be going to therapy rn what do i do?!? Like do i even want to be with guys and do i even feel attracted to them anymore if i do why would i not be okay with someone flirting or question it or fear it? I am sorry for ranting
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- 3y
@AndreaRolle And also thankful nothing makes me feel better but just know that i am not alone is enough :)
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- 25w
when iām not thinking about a compulsion so i do things āregularlyā does that mean itās not OCD? iām just confused is it all in my head? am i just faking it in my head all this time? sorry for posting so much my mind likes to go spiral lol
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- 21w
iām trying to not let the thoughts bother me but itās just so stressful. even me typing that feels like iām lying when i know iām not. iām scared because even my therapist tells me that itās just ocd, but in the back of my mind i slightly donāt believe her, and its making me scared that i AM like those people and im gonna act on something. sometimes in social moments i get a quick thought of me being an outcast because im like those people who are sick in the head and act on that stuff, and it just makes me feel like i truly am gonna eventually act on something. another thing that bothered me is earlier my mom yelled at me for not doing school work (it was well deserved im really slacking on it) and i had like no reaction to her screaming. it had me thinking what if i have no empathy etc etc, and what if i get mad that she yelled at me and i do something involving those thoughts. how do i TRULY know itās ocd? like i try to remind myself and be like ādude, your therapist said itās ocd, she isnāt wrongā but the back of my mind is like āshe is wrong, itās not ocd and she just happened to misdiagnose you. you are gonna act on those thoughts and itās your fateā. please someone respond if you read all of this, im really struggling
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- 9w
I want to start by specifying that I am not diagnosed. This feels too real, yesterday I was fine about this, I didn't feel much, I didn't think much and I felt fine, Today I woke up from dreams I had (not explicit) but I really feel like I am this, I don't know how to explain it, I feel like I sexualize everything, I feel like I like it and it makes me uncomfortable, I always feel different from everyone else, but in a bad way. I don't know how to explain it, but I really feel like this is who I am, and what happens to me is that I can't identify with OCD. I avoid everything that reminds me of this And I feel that sometimes I downplay the issue of my "OCD" as if it were not serious and it is
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