- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Me
Me. It's so hard at times. I hate it.
Same here. How are you coping ?
Thank you for your advice
Me! I feel like soocd and ROCD came up from me when I got married because marriage is a huge permanent decision. I think HOCD comes up a lot for us married gals because it’s like the only way your mind will convince you that you’ll never be happy because you picked not only the wrong person but the wrong gender! Just laugh and accept it and sit with the anxiety. Try not to dig into a rumination hole. You got this!
Thank girly. It’s so hard because my intrusive thoughts come in as urges as well and they feel pleasure so it’s beyond confusing
Not to get all religious, but I started reading Bible studies on anxiety and within hours I felt a huge weight lifted. I had one more rough day after that, and ever since, it's been improving. Today was my first flare up since then but it's nothing like what it was. Not that that's the answer for everyone but if you have any belief that God exists whatsoever, maybe try that. I was almost convinced there wasn't a God until I was reassured with that.
That’s really nice. I’ll look into that
@Legallyocd It's definitely worth a shot.
Any Christian’s with religion ocd and relationship ocd I feel so alone
As a lesbian with SO-OCD, I feel so helpless. It's truly exhausting because no one I know understands what I'm going through. The first response is always, "You're just confused" or "You don't have to know yet." But that's not the issue, I do know. I just never see any lesbians with SO-OCD so I feel so invalidated. These thoughts flood my brain constantly, forcing me to analyze my reactions to every man I see. I feel trapped in an endless cycle of "testing" myself, trying to prove that I don't like them. But my brain fights back, telling me I do want to love a man, making it feel real even though don't want it. It's terrifying. At this point, it's hard to even hold onto my identity as a lesbian because I'm so overwhelmed. I don't know if this is what real attraction is supposed to feel like, and that fear eats away at me. The truth is, when I think about being with a man, all I feel is disgust and fear-but my brain twists that into doubt. I hate it. I'm at the point where I'm scared I'm going to have to accept something I don't want because I don't know if this will ever go away. I miss who I was before all this.
people who have so-ocd, do you feel like you’re lying to your partner secretly. i don’t know why i get these intrusive thoughts but my mind continuously keeps making scenarios where i will leave my girlfriend in the future for a man. i want to stay a lesbian forever and i don’t want to hurt my girlfriend and it makes me so upset that my brain makes these thoughts up. i really hate all these thoughts and i don’t want to be with a man, i don’t want to be attracted with one, i don’t want to like one or anything related to one.
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