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I have hocd and I am reluctant to be sexual too for the same reason
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My sex drive is low and I worry if it’s me or my bf so I can kinda relate
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My libido is pretty much non existent due to being depressed and exhausted from the rituals and obsessions. I’ve always found sex to be a chore anyways so it doesn’t bother me but what puts the cherry on top of all this is my contamination fear of bodily fluids and my fear of being compared-not just my body but my skills. Also I have TMJ so that’s fun. If you’re scared you might not like it, I’d say go with the flow. Just because you consented to having sex doesn’t mean you can’t stop midway if you’re not feeling it. And if the man can not understand that then you just weeded out the bad one. A good guy would never pressure you or guilt you in to doing something. But if you just don’t have the desire or drive, which is normal (especially if you’re taking meds), then don’t force yourself to having to do it.
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awe well thank you so much for helping! i’ve been doing better and trying super hard to not do compulsions but then i just met this guy and i really like him and we’ve been talking for a while and i want to be with him i’m just very insecure and also very nervous that i won’t enjoy it but at the same time i’ve done it before and enjoyed it a lot so it just kinda makes me mad because i want to be with this guy but my brain keeps telling me “what if you don’t like him you’re just playing with his feelings and you’re actually lesbian” and it makes me so mad because i don’t want to be gay at all. it’s never something i’ve ever thought about until a couple months ago when it randomly came on and started getting worse
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It’s okay. Don’t be hard on yourself. If you’re nervous do it when you are ready. A good man will understand and will give you your space. Also all those things that your brain is saying, they’re just thoughts. It’s not who you are. You wouldn’t think twice or feel bad if your thought said that car is hideous. It’s just a thought. OCD has a great way of capturing what you care about and twisting it. It wants to beat you down into little pulps so that it can control you. Believe in yourself. Your core values. I hear that he makes you happy. I also hear your OCD upsetting you. Here’s another thing that a thought is just a thought. We fearif we believe in all the things OCD tells us(bad things would happen) then we would have to believe the opposite to be true. But no matter how positively I think that I’d win a lotto-I never win :( lol my point is just because you think it doesn’t mean it’s true or will come true.
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thank you so much you’re really helping me out right now. i’ve understood that if i was truly lesbian i wouldn’t be upset or anxious at these thoughts but they just bring me so much discomfort and just not okay with them or wanting to ever do what any of my thoughts say so i understand that it’s HOCD and so i’ve been trying to just sit with the uncertainty it’s just still kinda hard to be with a guy when i have all these thoughts flying at me ya know? but thank you so so much
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Aww, I’m happy to hear that. You are right! If you are truly a lesbian or curious you wouldn’t be anxious. We get anxious about “bad” things like bills. And who loves bills? Lol there’s this video I watched about extreme OVD boot camp. The therapist tells his OCD sufferers to not just sit with it but go a step further and saying “maybe it’ll happen”. So in your case you’d say “maybe I am a lesbian”. It’s hard but maybe that may help? It is very difficult but do what you can. Take it slow if you must. It’s a journey to recovery at your pace. So don’t feel pressured or rushed. You already opened up yourself to a man who you like. That in itself is a brave thing to do. Keep up the great work! You are strong!
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awe thank you so much you’re helping me so much! i’m gonna try and do that and just take it slow so thank you very much
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it sucks because i’ve met some really good guys and i’ve wanted to do stuff but i’m just scared too and it suckss
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yeah exactly it’s just worrisome
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I just want to know the difference of someone who is gay vs someone who is just questioning bc of ocd. Like would you hear I’m gay im gay over and over and over again in your head but it didn’t feel right? But when I say this is a waste of my time im of course straight it feels like im lying but I know im not attracted to women at all I am certain of that. But picking a label is what i can’t settle on so this is my ocd or not
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Ok so I’m a 17 year old female, and I’ve always thought I was straight. But I just really want to know how you would know the difference between so-ocd and actually questioning your sexuality. I have nothing against the LGBTQ community (in fact I am very much a token straight friend, lol) but I saw a video about comp-het recently and it sort of felt like what I was experiencing. I don’t want to be gay, I want to be with men, I want to like men, I’ve always liked men, but now I’m questioning whether or not that’s real? Because people can be gay but not want to be right? I’m single and I always have been. I think women are gorgeous, but when I try to imagine actually having any sort of romantic or sexual relationship with a woman it feels wrong, at least most of the time it does? Sometimes I’m less sure, and I’ve never been particularly boy crazy. I’ve liked maybe 2 or 3 people in my life, (not to say I’ve never found other guys attractive, but it doesn’t seem to be as often as most people) I have no particular reason to be afraid of being gay, very supportive family, safe area ect, but I don’t want to be, does that mean this is ocd, I don’t know what’s going on every time I say I’m straight I feel like I’m lying, but that might just be because I think about it so much. The idea of being with a woman doesn’t feel like something I would want, but is that just because I don’t want to want it? People online say things with so much sureness, if you feel like this it means this. Ect.
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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
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