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When I did it it felt like I was coming out even though I’m not gay, my mom was not freaked out and I told her the symptoms and why I was scared of it. She searched it up and we got a therapist.
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I only told my mom I had ocd. Not what subset.
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- 6y ago
The people closest to you know your tendencies and know your attributes. They will help you understand clearly who you have always been and what they see in you. Keep them close to you because you go through a lot of dark period in OCD and you need to hear who you are! If they truly thought you were gay they would surely tell you. The people who love you want to see you happy. If they thought you were gay and thought you’d be happier gay, then they would share it. The best medicine and healing for us is through our loving support.
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- 6y ago
What I am going through is having an encuera of coming out, but instead of it being about my sexuality it’s about telling my parents about my ocd. My head just keeps telling me something else but I know this anxiety is about not knowing how to tell my parents about my ocd. I sent a text message to my mom because I am not sure how to tell her in person. But what I am asking is if anyone else has ever felt that anxiety before too
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- 6y ago
The thing is even your closest friends may not understand because it was even hard for me to understand it myself. I told my friends and some were supportive, others thought that their may be a "meaning" as in I was trying to come out of the closet but now I know they were just trying to support me and didn't want me to feel afraid. We've talked about it more and they have opened up. It's a confusing thing for most people but remember that you don't need reassurance from people - you just gotta accept the what if
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I told my mom and a close friend of mine. My mom doesn’t really understand the OCD part, but she was understanding about the intrusive thoughts and panic and knows me well enough to know that what I was experiencing wasn’t my usual self. I was super nervous to tell her though!! I felt like I was going to throw up and I started crying afterwards. And when I told my friend they were actually really understanding too (they and their sister both have OCD). At first I didn’t tell them the theme but when I finally did they already knew that this was a theme of OCD. I was mostly afraid that they would misunderstand me or think I was a bad person. I’m going to an OCD specialist soon so I guess we’ll see what’s up.
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I’ve come out as both queer and having ocd. They’re not really the same, although there are similarities .
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Can you explain the differences ?
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I think it’s that instead of being scarred about turning gay it’s that they are scared of turning straight
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*scared
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I mean I don’t have HOCD exactly I think, although my Ocd makes me doubt many things. But for one thing coming out as queer is different bc people tend to understand it better? Less explanation required right? But I think the similarities are that you join a community and stuff. Also coming out is not a one time thing regardless of what you come out. You have to keep doing it. Idk if that helps. I think people are nicer about being queer if you’re somewhere liberal than they are about having ocd .
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- 14w ago
I’ve had so many moments of clarity with my OCD that I love my boyfriend and I’m beyond willing to go through this to be better and be with him. in the back of mind I’ve in a way known I was at least somewhat sexually attracted to women (I’m a woman) since the start of the ocd it was always like “okay. Fine, but I don’t want to date a girl” I only just realized this after the ocd started, I never really argued with this. my ocd has always revolved around if I’m romantically interested in women and not men. I’ve done so many compulsions through this year and a half and 9 times out of 10 have come to the conclusion that I don’t want to be with a woman romantically. I always end up feeling like I know I love my boyfriend. But the doubts don’t stop about whether I want to spend my life with a woman instead, my heart literally breaks to think of not being with my bf and imagining him with someone else. I don’t want to be with a woman I know deep down somewhere underneath the anxiety that that’s not what I want. It doesn’t feel natural for me, unfulfilling. I want to tell my boyfriend about the possible sexual attraction to women (ik it’s still ocd related) but I’m scared that once I tell him, I’ll realize that I actually do want to be with women and not with him. Ugh I’ve spent hours today ruminating about this after being solid in my commitment with him for a little while, I’m stuck in this loop and idk how to get out right now
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Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please
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Has anyone experienced their reputation affected or misunderstood because of a societally taboo OCD theme? Others catching wind of your obsessions and misinterpreting it, assuming the worst? I’m intentionally keeping it vague because I don’t want my specific situation to get reassured, but it’s been a real tough pill to swallow knowing that people close to me (and anyone else they might talk to) think of me differently. I’m unwilling to share about my OCD because I feel pretty confident it will be taken as an excuse or denial, and feels compulsive and reassurance seeking. Let me know if anyone here has experienced anything like it, how they handled it, exposures you did.
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