How does everyone practice acceptance? I want and need to start accepting that I can feel sexual arousal to certain thoughts of sexual acts (lesbian sex/oral). It’s something I feel like I was always ashamed of feeling arousal/turned on for but I need to accept that it can be arousing but have no meaning behind it. My hocd makes me think it MUST mean I am a lesbian. My erp is good, my anxiety has gone down, I just need to practice acceptance of this and I’m hoping it will help me in the rest of my recovering and then help me in my own sex life as well and I won’t feel as anxious or avoid sex with my bf due to certain thoughts that come up especially when arousal/orgasm comes after I have an image or thought.

Sexual Orientation OCD

Anon1294

Date posted: 4y

A really great accidental exposure that has always stuck with me was seeing a bunch of tik toks of completely straight women confessing they watch lesbian porn… which I don’t even do! That opened my eyes that women seem to enjoy seeing another woman being pleasured so they can picture themselves being pleasured correctly instead of being railed 😂 It’s a really common thing with completely straight women!

f***ocd

Date posted: 4y

Hi Cory, women can feel arousal from alot of stuff, that does not represent your sexual orientation. Try not to let these intrusive thoughts dictate your choices. These is an article by nytimes on "what women want" if you want give it a read, might help

Corie

Date posted: 4y

Yes! I’ve read and know that but of course OCD will not listen to logic or any rationalization so that’s why I would love to just add acceptance to that mix even if I know logically it’s common

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