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This is one of the biggest triggers for me. It always makes me feel lonely bc Iāve seen no one talking about it. Iām trying to learn how to not give into the compulsions because I feel like Iām always trying to āfigure it outā until I āfeel rightā ???
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Yes!!
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This is literally my biggest trigger! I mean is ot okay to say that they are attractive in a way but not want to be with them romantically or sexually?
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@Tan??? Iām scared about giving reassurance but I also know that as humans it is completely normal regardless of your sexual orientation to find people of not your preferred SO attractive. Like I think women are beautiful but that doesnāt mean I want to be romantically involved with oneā¦.even though SOOCD lovessssssss to latch onto that. I still struggle with this too, everyday is difficult. Iām learning alongside you:)
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@lindsš (Like saying that women are beautiful is really triggering and messes with me, but Iām trying to lean into the uncomfortableness and uncertainty!)
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@lindsš Like with me I can say girl women are beautiful but when I see a masc lesbian I mean I am a girly girl so Iām not thinking they are attractive because I admire or want to be them so it makes me like I really find them attractive
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@Tan??? I understand that so much. Honestly, I donāt know why. Attraction is broad,and it doesnāt mean you want to be with them. But with SOOCD it feels so so real, like right now talking about it I feel a lot of resistance and like I want to avoid talking about it because itās so triggering. But we just have to learn to lean into the uncertainty. Like when these feelings pop up being like ā maybe, maybe notā and doing our best to just let the thought and anxiety (or not) be there. I understand your struggle deeply. This has been my biggest ruminating thought recently. And every time I see a masc lesbian I spiral and get super triggered. It makes it feel so incredibly real. But you arenāt alone, we got this:) Also Iām not a specialist but this is just what Iāve learned (and am still practicing)
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This is the biggest issue with my hocd? Does it feel like real attraction to you?
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@Tan??? Yes
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@cc97 I need some advice on how to cope with this I know I donāt want to be with them but if I even think they are attractive I think omg Iām lesbian and have to leave my husband
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@Tan??? Iām so sorry Iām still struggling with this as well so I donāt have much advice to give. The most advice I can give is too remember that thoughts donāt equal truth. Try to sit with anxiety. Youāre stronger than this!
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Has anyone experienced where you love woman everything about them, even to the point where you still can get erections watching normal porn, lesbian porn etc. but you find your self still admiring a good looking man. Iāve went through the groinal responses when seeing a man but honestly after watching porn and realizing itās not about sex it went away. On the other hand even when thereās a male and a female in a picture I canāt stop looking at the male and judging, but the minute theyāre naked Iām fine and looking at the woman. I started watching porn at a very young age so Iām wondering do I only sexualize woman and admire the man so in everyday life I donāt see her as beautiful because sheās not naked ? I understand as a straight male I can still think guys are attractive but why do I constantly notice them more than women? I also can admire and see when a girl is beautiful in the face but then if a dude thatās more attractive than me pops up in staring at him. Has anyone experience this?
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I wouldnāt really say I have SO-OCD, but it manifests in some areas of my TOCD. Like if I see a woman for example my thoughts will go āwhat if I like her but as a man?ā like my thoughts say Iām a straight man instead of a straight woman. And itās really bothering me. If I see an attractive woman my brain will re-wire and imagine myself as a man looking at an attraction woman and it gets super uncomfortable that I have to like shake my head and say āno no no no noā multiple times to get the thought out. I know that counts as a compulsion but itās hard to not do it because itās so triggering. Now I donāt mind if I like women, however Iām really scared that Iām actually a straight man who likes women (or at least a bisexual man, considering I like men) and I hate it because I donāt want to be a man. Like Iāll think of my desired relationship as a woman dating a man but my OCD will switch it up to me being the man dating the woman, which is the opposite of what I want. I donāt want to be a man at all and I donāt want to date a woman, both of those are the opposite of my desires, but Iām still so scared. Iāll accept myself if I actually like women and am a bisexual woman, however I heard that being bisexual can mean being trans which scares me (for the record it was said in reddit by a sub which is mainly focused on a pseudoscientific phenomenon, that is still believed by the members to be true, so itās definitely not a trustworthy statement, but my OCD will use anything to work against me) Does anyone here relate a little? š„²
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Have any other experienced mentally going through your past, and finding proof that you once looked at that masculine woman and thought she looked good or something, and now that is a total trigger for you. I mean, i have always been romantacally and saxual into men, and never have i ever wanted to be in a sexual relationship with a girl, that thought is really distressing to me, and actually makes me so sad. But these mentally reviewings has me finding episodes where i have looked at a masculine woman, and found her pretty, attractive or something. But they all looked like men .. and again, i could never see myself being sexual or haven a romantically relationsship with a woman, even thought she look like a man .. Have any other in here find themself in this endless tourturing loop, where you find proof of things ⦠I mean, i have one thousands proofs that im into men, i have been in a relationship for 8 years new, but still these other pictures make me doubt everything about myself, and i am really sad .. Please tell me, that anyone else in here have experienced this, and know that it is normal for HOCD ..
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