Anyone else feel like sometimes they can be rational when talking/responding to other people when they’re panicking. Like for example, explaining that what they’re saying or freaking out about doesn’t 100% mean they’re in denial or that what they’re explaining sounds like OCD. But when it comes to me that rational part doesn’t work at all!! Even if I’m stressing out about the same thing as another person with HOCD. I’ll be like they have HOCD but you’re just in denial and faking HOCD. Anyone else relate?

Massively. I actually feel like my HOCD has flipped into now thinking that ocd is what has made me think I was straight when actually I wasn’t. Even tho I was calm and confident when I was straight and now that I think I’m gay im depressed and nervous and anxious.

My problem is the over bearing evidence that I’ve managed to ruminate to hard into finding

@BradOCD Same! Rumination is my biggest compulsion

@cc97 Do you feel like you’ve found ‘evidence’ to support your HOCD thoughts through so much rumination?

@BradOCD Yes !!