i feel so disconnected from myself. it’s like this whole thing caused my sense of identity to sort of feel all messy. my obsession is mainly about my gender identity and sexual orientation, both things i had already thought about and figured out before my ocd symptoms started. it’s so sad because i’m a teenager. i’m not even 18 yet. if every single young person figures themselves out around this age, my ocd symptoms make it all extremely hard and confusing. it’s not fair. i wish i could be normal

i felt this. you ever just constantly worry your fears/thoughts are actually you and you’re just suppressing your feelings?

all the freaking time, friend.

@professional anxious overthinker it sucks doesnt it. we gotta get over this. I cant live like this much longer.

Me dealing through this today

I totally agree with you it had to end I have this pushing nagging thought and feeling to come out I hate this can any of you relate to this ?

yup. it’s the ocd speaking

i don’t wanna say i don’t, because i fear that i say i don’t i will feel that way in the future, but what i will say is that yes, definitely. i guess just fearing being something else (in sexual orientation and gender sense) it’s very likely to feel this need to come out, just to feel relieved, that coming out experience being real or not, like, actual coming out or “ocd coming out” if that’s even a thing. i’d call this checking.

@professional anxious overthinker I also do this

I relate so much. I feel tense and stressed all the time when I have these thoughts. Like it keeps me from happiness. Solving this is the only thing that I need to be happy