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- 3y
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- 3y
I think those people were always gay they just tried hiding it. I wouldn’t believe everything you hear on YouTube, people make stuff up all the time.
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- 3y
Hey you seem to have good advice could you help me too i saw this pretty girl on Instagram who is funny too and the thought that came which didn’t feel intrusive at all and felt like thats my truth and i just run away from it was that oh she’s funny and pretty nice person to date?!? Like someone straight would think nice person to be friends with but someone like me who i guess is in denial and not accepting it thought the former and i was like would i date her?!? Seems fun?!? Do i want to date her?!? And i should have said no if its ocd but I didn’t have an answer and it felt like even if there was one it would have been yes or it was and I don’t know how ocd can do this and not my denial cause it feels like i want it and also like if i say no to it or question it thats wrong and i am faking it cause that particular thought felt to real to be fake…
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- 3y
@Brave through Hi! So I’ve been 100% straight my entire life and in the beginning of this year when my ocd was the worst it’s ever been I randomly started getting groinal responses and major anxiety whenever I would see a pretty girl. At first I was terrified and thought I was turning into a lesbian, but then when I stopped caring if I was a lesbian or not the groinal responses and anxiety completely went away. Ocd only targets what we care about most, so if you’re terrified of being gay it’s going to try to cause doubt and make you think you’re gay, when you’re not. I recommend you just agree with the thoughts and try your hardest not to ruminate, the more you fight the thoughts the more they will appear. I know how scary these thoughts and feelings can be but they’re not real and literally don’t mean anything.
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- 3y
@Anxioushumanchels Idk its so hard to believe myself like i see you are confident in who you are but i feel like i dont even believe in what i am anymore and like this friend of mine who is completely straight has a habit of calling everyone baby and she did to me as well and i felt like i was ignoring what she was saying cause her saying baby which is the most normal thing for someone to say was affecting me and i was denying it because i might be feeling something and it felt like i was and i knew i was but still denying it and avoiding it cause i am scared?!? Idk how to eveb put it but i think it was real and it felt too real to deny it and then that feels like i do have something for the same sex cause thats why i am running from it and its like that just comes as proof and then this is such a small thing that too from someone who is straight now for someone who isn’t and says something more than this how will i react why do i feel as if i will like it or be okay with it cause a lot of my friends who aren’t staraight say things in joke i take it in joke but it pings me in ways where it feels like i want it and then what all this was a lie …?!? Sometimes it feels like I don’t even believe in ocd and this is just me in high denial… what do i do?!? Just earlier saying i never want these thoughts to coming to a point where i feel like i might want or like then what does that mean?!? Like what am i ?!! Am i even the straight girl i was once?!?
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- 3y
@Brave through Ocd is an intrusive feeling disorder, it will try to convince you of literally anything. It will cause fake groinal responses, weird thoughts and feelings in your head, etc. None of this is real. The problem is that you’re giving these thoughts and feelings so much energy and believing everything your ocd tells you. Whoever you were before the ocd is who you truly are, don’t let ocd convince you otherwise. I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this, I know it’s beyond confusing..
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Seeking reassurance and ruminating will only make things worse.
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- 3y
Thank you yeah I know I agree with you people know it doesn’t just come out of now where
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- 23w
First I want to start off with, as a kid, my brother touched me inappropriately, I watched him do the same with my cousin, than later on I did the same to my cousin. I feel great shame for it and I have yet to forgive myself. Now, since than 10 years later, I have always loved women, fantasized about women, constantly prayed to have one and do things to be with one 1 day. I struggled with porn a lot as a kid because I was shown it at such a young age. I remember first watching lesbian porn, than moving to guy and girl, than countdowns, etc. I was so hooked that it took an identity crisis to end this porn addiction. (I have only been sober for 3 weeks.) Now I only mention this because I think my porn addiction somewhat ruined me, same way as what I did in the past did. A year ago, I started to talk to a childhood crush I had, and things felt so great. We started to get along but I knew all I wanted to do was have sex and move on as wrong as that is. I ended up falling in love with her and asked her to be my girl. 9 months in, we were having constant arguments and she had this problem where she couldn’t give me a break. We were with each other 24/7 and it felt like dealing with a sister at some point. I remember talking to my friends and asking them what would they do and they always advised me to leave but I was not willing to because I knew I loved her and the way I was feeling was temporary and couples argue. Couple weeks in, I started to have these thoughts that we weren’t going to work out and that I no longer found her attractive. I kinda ignored them because it simply wasn’t true, I still found her attractive and would get hard ons for her yet, I still had this mindset that, “Oh, there’s other hotter girls” and, “Your ex looked so much better.” and I couldn’t stop these thoughts. One day I randomly woke up and remembered what I did as a kid, my whole world felt like it flipped. The thoughts were now, “what if you don’t like her because you’re secretly gay?”. I first laughed at the thought because of how ridiculous it sounded, but than it just kept going. Two weeks from a cycle of unwanted thoughts (1st stage of my ocd), I finally got over the thought with simple toughness and determination, I did lots of research on what was going on with me and went with the, “thoughts are just thoughts” method. I was doing well until we watch a netflix documentary “American Murder: Gabby Petito” and all of a sudden my mind began to think, “What if I’m secretly a psychopath and want to kill my gf?”. For about a week straight, It’s all I was able to think about. It scared me so much and I didn’t know what to do. I started to get urges to KILL my gf. I didn’t know what to do so I left the room and crawled up in a ball, crying to god asking for help.These thoughts went away but were quickly replaced by, “You want to kill your gf because you’re just gay”. This sent me into such great panic, I couldn’t eat for days and couldn’t feel anything but anxiety. Days went by and I finally went to a doctor, at first I started to feel better as If I was getting help and things were going to be okay. The thoughts went away again as I began to start doing more things and get out of my room (head). I felt like I was back again, I was able to love my gf, I started to go to church, I felt that god was real and than boom. Here I am again and this time things have gotten really bad. I can’t stop “checking”. As soon as I wake up I check if my gf is “good” enough for me. I check my past and see if I have ever done anything that show signs of being gay. I check out other girls and guys to see whether or not I like one or the other. Even when I accepted the possibility that maybe I am just gay, my mind will fight me and tell me that I’m more than just gay. Truth is, I don’t know anymore. I’ve always loved girls and my gf. I don’t know if this is OCD anymore but I wish for my old life again. I’ve always been so proud of my sexuality and loved everything about it. I never been homophobic but gay stuff does make me uncomfortable. Each day feels like I lost another part of me. I feel like I can’t live like this anymore. I lost all my belief in god, my morals and value feel so weak, and my life is no longer a fun enjoyable thing to look forward to. I need help.
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- 22w
This is killing me slowly day by day, im a straight female 20 years old, i started getting hocd after a break up with an ex and coming off intense use of 🍁🍃 for a few years on and off, i think it has messed up my brain so bad… my hocd is weird because ive been with men my whole life always wanted to be with men.. i also used to always question every relationship “do i love him? Does he love me? Am I with the right person?” Anyways after my hocd triggered my tocd due to researching hocd and finding they can often be linked, I started getting tocd and it’s worse then ever because it’s not who I want to be and I’m going back to situations where my abusive ex partner called me a “man” during a fight. I’ve always been a tomboy but never had same sex attraction. Help. This is killing me. I haven’t been able to study or leave the house most days, and work! I’ve lost motivation for everything and I’m in a dark hole. I need some success stories please
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- 20w
i'm positive i was attracted to women before this got a thought when i was high thought really really deeply into and changed my life now im 24/7 scared im gay ive always been attracted to girls but early in my sexual life where im at ive always got with girls and seemed a little disapointed after would love help and to hear past experiences
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