- Username
- Iann
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Im exactly in the same place as you. When my boyfriend was here and we had sex, i couldnt get out of my head. I kept analyzing whether or not i actually enjoyed it, and it took me 100% out of the experience which my ocd really took hold of. For months i was genuinely in the worst place id ever been in. I feel like youre exactly where i was back when this started, just the reverse. Im not sure if ive made progress or its just started to bother me less, but youre not alone man.
Seriously, you need to go see a therapist. This has gone way too much, you seriously need help if these thoughts are as distressing as they sound. You know who you are and I know how upsetting these thoughts can be. Seriously get a therapist or enlist on some courses online, but it tears me apart seeing someone that is suffering with hocd as much as you are
Hocd/so-ocd is scary!! Its intrusive and mean. It latches onto whats important to you and for a lot of people (myself included) its their sexuality. I dont want to reassure you because thats not how you beat this, but i can tell you that you arent your brain, and right now your brain has you convinced because youre so wrapped up in this obsession you have no choice but to beleive its true. If you can, look into mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy to help you through this. You need to accept that the thoughts are there and not interact with them. Notice them, but don't engage. I know its hard, and i know it seems fucking terrifying but the less i engage with them the less power they have. If you keep pushing and pushing and spinning and saying "IM NOT GAY IM NOT GAY IM NOT GAY" Youre feeding it. Youre giving it power. Whenever my so-ocd acts up and says "youre not a gay man, youre straight" i go "thanks ocd" and move forward. Some days this works great and im in a fantastic mood. Some days it doesnt and i have an awful day. It takes time and you literally need to retrain your brain from this habit youve formed. Ive been where you are and i know how hard it is.
i’ve been going through the exact same thing on and off for months and some days it kills me, other days i’m like wtf that’s so stupid. i know it’s so hard to not engage and when it’s bad, it seems like nothing can fix it, but just know you’re not alone and it’s your ocd talking! u can do it
I just can’t take this anymore. It’s too much. I swear I’m not homophobic in the slightest I’m just not comfortable with being gay. Though my mind is saying that I am and it can be so convincing. I don’t even know what’s real anymore.
I just don’t get how this obsession can be so overwhelming. I had scrupulosity and Rocd and I swear it wasn’t as intense as this.
I completely understand. But you seriously need to have help. The online mood Smith course about hocd is very good. Please try it. You are really suffering and it shows
This is exactly what I am going through. My thoughts are a little better now, but I was just yesterday in the same place as you are right now. I sure it does get better
Have you tried not engaging with the thoughts? Just think that you brain is puking out trash because of your disorder. See your mind as a theater, and you're a spectator
Im so lost. I can’t find my carnal attraction like i used to. The one thing I am trying to be is true to myself. I keep watching porn to see if something, ANYTHING gay turns me on. And I never get excited. I just get anxious, a weird feeling, and i don’t like watching the “act”... I even try to will myself to like it but it just doesn’t pop up. But anything with a woman in it..boom I’m in the mood... But the doubt just creeps back in bc I’ll see a guy, say “oh he’s cute, could I do it with him?” Then I get anxious and say “that was a gay thought, you’re gay” but I just can’t prove it to myself I honestly do not care what I am at this point...I just want to be true and put the doubt behind me.... How do I do this? Someone please.
Lately I've been having a lot of groinal responses, don't want them to be there. Before any of this even happened to me, I don't think I ever had a groinal response looking at another man, it makes me convinced that I've always been gay. I don't wanna be gay. This morning I had a dream about a rapper, it wasn't sexual but for some reason I was hard? I have always been a fan of his music and that's it. Now that's fueling my thought process even more and convincing me that I'm gay and I've been in the closet for a while At the same time i keep crying looking at my ex cause i miss her so much. Another thing to note that whenever i see good looking men or men that are gay i get groinal responses, whereas before this I don't think any of this happened to me. Whenever i look at these men i have to actively take a few deep breath's to catch up my breath, i can feel my heart beating. And most of the times I'm not even thinking anything sexual when ilook at these men it's weird. None of this brings me happiness at all. At this point I'm scared of my own groin cause i don't know what to expect or what's gonna happen. My brain keeps going you're in denial I've always been into women, as far as i can remember, I've lost complete attraction to them especially after my break up and getting depressed and having anxiety. And i keep thinking find a man attractive and if i get a groinal response, " wanna have sex with him" where as before any of this happened to me, these thoughts never even came to my mind, my 22 years of life feels like a complete lie and i hate myself, I've lost all motivation to do Normal things, i feel sleepy, i don't feel confident, loss of attraction, loss of libido, loss of will power, my thoughts keep morphing from " you might be gay" to "you are gay" to "you're bi" to "you're gay" to " you're in the closest" to "how are you gonna come out?". None of these thoughts make me happy, it makes me more confused and scared and kinda uncomfortable, and weirded out too. Another thing i did was since December till March i watched gay porn and barely got aroused and didn't really find it all that hot.? But my brain ignores that i understand now that it was a compulsive thing that's why i stopped but now i get so many groinals it's so weird Can someone tell me what's going on with me? Please please please someone take the time out of their day to read this and respond, thank you! 😩😩😩
My mind keeps jumping to conclusions that I’m in denial and i have to come out , crazy how a thought went from “what if I’m gay” to “what if I’ve always been” to “you’re bi” to “you’re gsy” to full on statements and conclusions, like coming out and being in denial , as homophobic as this sounds everytime i see something gay i get an ick im not disgusted, very slightly, i was never like this, now I’m contemplating if i ever even liked women when i know i have before. I have nothing against gay people but i just don’t wanna be gay , saying that makes me feel uneasy which makes me more confused. Idk what I’ve become at this point .Now I’m doubting every life decision I’ve taken and gosh i wish me and my ex lasted, i was happy, even when we fought i remember telling myself we’re gonna get through this we’ll be fine, here i am doubting everything, at the same time wishing me and her lasted, regretting how i treated her, then the ocd part uses the fact that i went soft a few times with her and lost all interest in women after the break up against me, and then its basically convincing me to say that i am gay, none of these adds up . My brain keeps showing me images of being with men and happy about it and i don’t want that, i don’t think i ever did, then it’s like oh movies and tv shows have influenced you to think you should be with women , and then I’m here like if that was the case I’d feel uncomfortable and feel out of place , I’ve never felt that, i felt good with women and all as long as she was clean didn’t smell ofc but yeah now I’m so fucking lost.
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