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- 5y ago
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I understand. just don't try to convince your brain about anything related to thoughts. Let your brain do it's own thing. you have a great sense of imagination and that sometimes leads to thoughts that might be annoying for you. what our brain does is by no means under our control even if at times it seems to be true . I learned this the hard way.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I used to fear it heavily, now I’m even doubting if I fear it or want it. When the thoughts feel extremely real I even have a gagging reflex. Yesterday I had a mental breakdown on how could I adore women and be so sure I was straight and now it felt like all this time I was lying to myself. It really disturbed me. The groin response don’t help either. I’m tired of dealing with this.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I try to entertain the possibility that it might be true and my mind is like “it IS true” “no other options” “you’re gay and that’s it” it doesn’t even let me do the uncertainty thing. This is crazy.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I think if you have a “fear” of being gay it’s OCD, and from the posts that both of you have been submitting, you’re both terrified of these types of “intrusive thoughts”. Just my own personal observation. Not reassurance just a comment. Here’s some reading- https://www.ocdbaltimore.com/hocd-sexual-orientation-ocd-denial/ https://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2015/09/06/homosexual-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-or-denial/
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I think when you drill down on the data (from people or articles) it can become an obsession. Also, if you’re searching for an answer you can sometimes create an answer in your mind to resolve the original question. I just know you’re both going through a lot of pain and distress over this stuff but ocd flips around a lot and at certain times it can be really strong. I think you need to let it run it’s course. Others on here seem to voice the same recommendations.
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- 13w ago
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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- Date posted
- 11w ago
I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.
- Date posted
- 11w ago
I don’t know how to deal with the thoughts that come and barely gone. Usually, the brain often remembers and forgets things. People with OCD however struggle with trying to forget the intrusive thoughts because of the imbalance trying to convey what is real and if the thoughts in your head will come true. Just for the past few days, I was having fun and suddenly hit with a wave of obsessive thoughts and making me stuck with nowhere to go.
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