- Date posted
- 6y ago
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Careful with this please!:) This should be treated like any other ocd. There’s no end to it, no point in trying to figure it out. That’s seeking clearing, certainty. ‘If you would do this, then you’re that.’ ‘If you like that, then you’re this’. That’s not how you should approach these thoughts and feelings. Of course they are going to be extremely real and identical to how we actually think, do there is no point in analyzing them like we would our actual feelings. I know it’s tricky cause it seems super harmless and like there is an easy way to get to an answer, but just like asking ‘well, do you WANT to hurt a kid??’ to someone with pocd, asking someone ‘well do you WANT this?’ with hocd will only bring frustration and more confusion. I totally know you mean no harm at all- I’m not scolding! I just want to make sure everyone approaches this correctly:) thank you for your efforts though?❤️
- Date posted
- 6y ago
But I stopped worrying about 50% when I had sex with a guy. Sex with men feels so good. There's just a natural thing there yknow, a natural sex toy lol
- Date posted
- 6y ago
It's okay, don't be afraid to test the waters! Remember that lesbian is a label, don't try to label yourself as anything!
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Would you lick a vagina? If yes then you probably are, if no then you are not
- Date posted
- 6y ago
You are what ever you're comfortable being and you clearly aren't comfortable with the idea of being a lesbian
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Like I say I've had sex with a girl and it didn't really do much for me but I'd do it again cause I identify as straight but I'm not scared to experiment
- Date posted
- 6y ago
You're not and even if you were, being gay really wouldn't matter, even trying to figure it out wouldn't matter, as soon as you realise this the obsession will go away, but unfortunately with ocd, it grabs onto something else. Just be thankful that you don't have POCD (not sure if you do as well?) but when I had hocd I much preferred that even though I thought it was the worst thing in the world at the time
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Well I think you should do an exposure response prevention, and go to gay pride? Or a gay bar? Really put yourself out of your comfort zone about it. And eventually if you do this often, the worry of fancying the same sex will lesson
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Cause once you realise that it doesn't matter if you're bisexual or straight or gay, then the fear will lesson. What's your main worry about being a lesbian?
- Date posted
- 6y ago
And what's your worry about not liking men at all?
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yeah, but what would be so bad about being a lesbian? If you tell me I can try and help
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Well the thing is, everyone is becoming much more accepting now. In fact, the only homophobe I really know is my mum. And even though she is a Christian and has said she finds the idea disgusting, she said if my sister was, she'd accept her. It's becoming a common thing. I've tried it out with a woman before and it wasn't my thing, but I'll be doing it again soon because I'm comfortable with being straight and open to exploring if that makes sense. Lesbian is only a label xx
- Date posted
- 6y ago
And even if you had a boyfriend, you could ask to have a threesome or something, if you think you're a lesbian whilst being with him. But I know you're not or else you'd be 100% comfortable with the idea xx
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Well maybe try it out with a girl and really expose yourself. It's not illegal at the end of the day, and I bet when you try it out, you'll feel weird about it and never want to do it again. And even if you do feel weird about it, sit with that anxiety and ask yourself why you aren't going back for more. It would be because you felt uncomfortable
- Date posted
- 6y ago
But the thing is, even if you like women, doesn't mean you're gay. You can be bisexual
- Date posted
- 6y ago
You can also be bisexual and never act on it
- Date posted
- 6y ago
It's all up to what makes you feel comfortable at the end of the day. When I had hocd, I got over it by thinking well fuck it, if I am I am, if I'm not I'm not, I'm ganna do what makes me feel comfortable at the time
- Date posted
- 6y ago
You need to stop worrying about what people think. You'd never be ridiculed for being gay. Infact, you'd probably gain some really nice friends. You have to be okay with not knowing. If you are you are, if you aren't you aren't. And if you are, to hell what everyone thinks you're not harming anyone!
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Sorry if this is personal, but have you ever had sex with a guy?
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Because if you have and you enjoyed it back then, you're 100% not gay
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Well I thought I was a lesbian for 8 years. From the age of 10 to 18 maybe even younger than 10. I came across an Internet post of hocd, and because Ive had ocd since I was 3, I had a feeling it could be that. So I was scared to come out, and I was scared I'd shout out I was a lesbian. Like intrusive thoughts etc. My auntie actually straight up asked me if I was a lesbian because I hadn't had a boyfriend, and that triggered me so bad. Thoughts that my whole family would dis own me and people would hate me and I'd feel unhappy and weird all the time kept entering my mind. Until I tried it out. I think it kind of all went away when I tried it out. I went the deep end and tried it out and I gradually stopped obsessing over it.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yeahh I had all those thoughts yep. I suggest you have sex with a guy before a girl.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Just try it out with both genders, but yourself in the deep end.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
It doesn't matter what you are, but if you've had crushes on guys in the past, have sex with a guy and I'm sure you'll love it
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yeah just try and get a boyfriend and see how things go, but pick the right one. When I was 15 I dated a douche bag that I can't even consider a boyfriend because it was a crappy relationship
- Date posted
- 6y ago
He made me think I was for sure a lesbian, so you definitely have to pick a kind caring guy. Like my real first boyfriend was. But he has to be a bit naughty too to add some mystery
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Bless you, I'm really not sure how I can help other than to keep exposing yourself around gay people
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Clarity*
Related posts
- Date posted
- 19w ago
I feel so sad, alone, scared and hopeless. Until two months ago there was not even the remote possibility of being anything other than heterosexual and now the idea that I could find out that I was lesbian or bisexual terrifies me to death. Everything was born from the fact that I didn't feel sexual desire towards my ex-boyfriend and I started to be afraid that it was because I was a lesbian... how can I be a lesbian or bisexual if everything was born from this? I would like to run away from myself and my head. I would really like to go back and go back to my life before. I can't take it anymore. I just want to live my life like before
- Date posted
- 15w ago
Idk what else to title this. I was watching a film cooper video cuz why not and he mentioned smthn about wall paper customization and icons and stuff and I just kinda had a groinal response followed by the memory of me having my first crush on a woman (my friend at the time) that helped me figure out that I’m bi and I felt kinda intensely for her but that’s cuz a) it was new and b) we were kinda on again off again friends who haven’t spoken in a few years now and I’m over her entirely. It was toxic I think. She was too much like the person who bullied me in elementary school (they were friends as well so my mom made me cut her off which is. Fair. Made me really sad but eh that’s life) I saw her at prom cuz someone brought her. It was nice to see her but yeah that was it. And now I’m mentally comparing what I felt for women in the past (idk intense crush, listening to a lot of gay songs (think she by dodie) dressing semi masc cuz funky, we had nicknames for each other despite not dating or anything) to men (less intense crush but still big crush, I’ve only dated and kissed men so sparks rhere) and now I’m just slightly nauseous and worried that I don’t like men as much as I like women but I think that’s normal for any bi person? To have different levels of attraction to different genders? Idk I feel gross and icky now like I shouldn’t even be thinking about it or her cuz I have a bf. And I do look fondly upon it, now I’m nervous cuz I got more excited about her calling me a specific nickname than I do from my bf calling me honey even at the beginning? Honey felt more traditional and I love it but we do switch around nicknames and it’s always nice, not many butterflies anymore, and sometimes I get anxious when he does lately, if it’s a nickname in Portuguese. Or if he called me a shortened version of my name. What does that mean? I’m nervous now. I was doing half decently today now I’m nauseous again. I’m worried that cuz I liked the nicknames she and I had that means I don’t like the ones my bf and I have and that I just don’t like him or men cuz I’ve been feeling off around him. But I love when he calls me honey, it still feels good when he does it now but no butterflies. Idk what’s wrong with me. Is it even ocd at this point. Even if I do like women slightly more it doesn’t erase that I love my bf. I’m worried I’m leaning too much towards women tho and I’m a lesbian. Idk if my bi cycle is cycling or if I’m just a lesbian entirely cuz I don’t feel much when my bf takes off his shirt, sex feels different, and things feel stale and slow. But maybe that’s cuz I’m checking and comparing. Now I’m anxious fuck. I’m trying not to think about her idk why. I’m worried I still find her attractive or am attracted to her or smthn. She’s in my city. I didn’t care before but now I do. Or if I think about her I’ll think about other women and will only want to have sec with women which not really tbh. I wanna be able to enjoy sec with my bf. It just hasn’t felt right lately cuz I’ve been so depressed and obsessive. I wasn’t obsessing much last night when we had sex but it still didn’t feel passionate. It didn’t feel uncomfortable but I thought it’d be more? Idk. I know it’s normal to not feel him inside me cuz the vagina isn’t very nerved up compared to the clitoris but it felt like more the motions. But tbh. I needed it. Idk I wanted to have sex and it was a nice stress relief. I just didn’t feel butterflies which kinda bummed me out but we’ve been having sex since august so that’s normal. Idk. I haven’t been able to fantasize about sex. The fact that I’m bi makes all of this so confusing. Cuz yes hypothetically I can enjoy the thought of sex with a woman. But I don’t want to rn cuz I’m dating a man. And I can’t fantasize about sex with him cuz I’m getting intrusive thoughts about my friends and I having sex. I have this urge to watch porn cuz it’s been a while but I’m not going to. I’ve cut down a lot on masturbation. Partially cuz this partially cuz I wanna do things with my bf (when I’m mentally ok) but jow my brain is saying “Oo you think all these women are so hot you’re gonna go feral blah blah blah” and yes women are hot but I don’t wanna have sex with a woman. Idk saying women are hot doesn’t bring me anxiety but the thought of sex with one or leaving my bf and saying I’m a lesbian bother me. Cuz I know it’s not true. I love him I know that. I’d be happy if we stayed together. I wouldn’t regret a thing honestly. I like having sex with him. Idc if it’s not like porn or the movies. As long as I’m being pleasured and he’s being pleasured we’re good. That’s what sex is about. I think the loss of butterflies is normal cuz the excitement of like (sorry tmi) fingering and oral eventually wears off right? But still feels good. I don’t feel as excited about intimacy anymore cuz we have done it so often but it still feels nice. But my brain perceives that as me not liking sex with men and therefore I’m gay. No I just don’t feel the need to jump his bones every single time I see him?? Idk the friend thing is bothering me. Idk if I feel any joy behind it. The groinal response really really throws my perception off
- Students with OCD
- Sexual Orientation OCD
- OCD newbies
- LGBTQ+ with OCD
- Relationship OCD
- Young adults with OCD
- Date posted
- 7w ago
So I identify as a lesbian and I am in a committed relationship with a wonderful girl. But i’m stressing that I have crushes on boys I go to school with. I get anxious around them, which I think I mistake for excitement. I obsess over it in my head which confuses me a lot. Idk I also never think about them sexually or romantically but I think about them often which is scaring me. Any advice?
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond