- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
I know how it feels. I struggled with TOCD for ages. I recovered from it and realised that (in my belief) gender isn’t real. It’s created by people but there’s no real rule saying that it’s real. It doesn’t exist. It’s a social construct. Only came form peoples head. So why should I have to think about it so much? I can do what I want, be called what I want, choose what I want to do with my identity. If I woke up one day and decided I wanted to be referred to as a different pronoun then I would bloody well ask someone to call me it. I don’t though because I never feel the need to.
I’m still a girl. But my brain has nothing to do with it. I can do what I want and it wouldn’t matter. If I developed a strong desire to have a gender surgery, then after a while I would have it. If I woke up and decided I don’t want to be called a girl anymore, I’d act on it. I’ll just go with what I want at the moment. It is my choice. I know this may seem scary now, my TOCD hit so hard that I didn’t sleep or eat, and I hate the sick feeling it gets. I know you may feel as if you can’t see your real desires, and that your identity seems blurry But it doesn’t matter in the long run. That’s how I see it. I really hope this isn’t triggering.
@OCDuser04 It's not triggering. In this moment, I need out of my female body and name and pronouns so badly. I need to get rid of this body. I can't live in it anymore. I'm terrified.
@Kaylaaaa I know how it feels. Take it easy. Are you anxious because you feel bad in a female body or that you are scared of being trans?
@OCDuser04 Both
SAAAME
So i started to feel like a lesbian again and that i have to be one. I dont want to be one. I just dont. But being straight feel like a lie now. I question my whole life, my feelings and everything. The biggest indicator of this must be that i will be slowly 21 year old and ive never dated anyone and i dont really find anyone attractive and i dont even know if i truly was attracted to someone and im scared of relationships i might have trauma or have anxious avoidant attachment. Help me. I do feel lost. Really lost. I dont know who am I anymore. I feel like that i must have been gay my whole life now. I feel like an alien. I sometimes feel like 2 people are living inside of me.😞😞😞
I don’t know why I keep triggering myself but I think it’s real this time. I’m really fucking scared. I don’t want to be a boy but I feel like I have evidence now. Honestly this is the worst I’ve ever been, my anxiety is so bad and I really think it’s true I don’t want to be a boy but fuuuuuuck it feels like there’s no way out. I’m only 14 and I already feel like my life is over before its even started :(( I miss the girl I used to be Edit: I know I shouldn’t be doing this but I’m doing compulsions by going on trans forums to confirm I’m not trans, any advice to help me stop?? I really need your help :(
My boyfriend is ftm, and I’m very supportive of him and his journey with gender. It opened a lot of conversations between us about each others gender/sexuality. I’ve known for a long time that i’m pan, but I’ve struggled a lot with my own gender. My OCD causes me to doubt myself a lot, one day i feel hyper feminine and have no desire to identify as a man, but the next day I am extremely dysphoric about my body/hair/voice and wonder if I’m ftm as well? and then it goes away the next day. Some days I don’t even feel feminine OR masculine. I spend a lot of my time ruminating over if i’m trans, and abt the possibility of me spending the rest of my life either not knowing, or settling for whatever’s easiest for myself and everyone around me. I don’t know if I actually believe I’m a man, or if I’m pretending, or if it’s just in my head. Its like I don’t know what to trust since my opinion is different every day, and it feels like I can’t trust my own intuition. It’s starting to affect my sex drive, my sleep, my self confidence, and my self image. It’s really confusing me and I’m wondering if anyone can relate or has some advice. Thank you:)
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