- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Question
Did anyone just say yeah I’m definitely gay and have their anxiety disappear? Kind of like making your ocd chicken out like a coward? Now I’m honestly not sure if this is ocd anymore
- Username
- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Yeah my anxiety came back full force cuz I was like wait I don’t wanna be that
- Username
- aretousa aretousa
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Actually this is what happened to me, I accepted the possibility of me being gay and my socd just faded away like it was never there, but after it was over my ocd changed its theme to something even worse 🧍🏼♀️
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@What up Mine is starting to evolve to intrusive feelings. I’ve even had clarity moments of being straight but now I just don’t know anymore. It’s not something I’ve ever wanted and still don’t I was always wanting a husband but now my mind says that was all comphet
- Username
- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Anonymous And then last week when I was visiting my boyfriend I was playing COD with his friend and for some reason got intrusive thoughts of developing a crush on him so that makes it even more confusing
- Username
- KayPiKayPi
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Had the same thing happen with my existential ocd. Said yeah everyone else is a simulation with no emotions and it made it fade a bit
- Username
- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@KayPi Thanks for replying! It’s just scary because I don’t want to be in denial. I got a boyfriend right before all of this and then my depression hit and that’s when this all started. I’ve always had a hard time making friends that were girls and now I’m convinced that this was because I was actually attracted to them (even though I’ve had multiple crushes in my life, my first one being at 7 years old and my last boyfriend I could see a future with-house and kids and would daydream about that)
- Username
- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Anonymous Sorry for the long post I’ve just been dealing with it for the last 6 months and am tired of it
- Username
- KayPiKayPi
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Anonymous That's okay! 6 months of dealing with the same issue is awful, I know it all too well. Perhaps an ERP exercise could be wondering if you're bi, seeing as it's more uncertain than gay/straight?(sorry if that thought alarms you)
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
I’m not able to afford therapy right now since my insurance doesn’t cover it. It’s okay Im at a point where I just don’t care anymore and my antidepressants are causing emotional blunting so normally something I’d be sad about I feel nothing. This tried to latch onto my friend and as soon as I said okay im bi, the thoughts and “feelings” went away and I was like yeah no I definitely don’t have feelings for her
- Username
- ssethi48ssethi48
- Date posted
- 2y ago
yeah i told myself that but when i think about it I get anxiety so clearly it’s not right.
- Username
- Lukej91Lukej91
- Date posted
- 2y ago
It comes from the emotional part of the brain so you truly have to except it. We're stuck in the logical part of the brain. You can't say I accept it you truly have to except it and be ok with it. This is the step I'm falling down on. I have to except that I like the thoughts and the feelings without caring. The hard part is I like the thoughts and then that scares me and that's why I'm still stuck https://youtu.be/WhAQ8C02D-M
- Username
- Lukej91Lukej91
- Date posted
- 2y ago
So it's an emotional shift that comes from the emotional brain not the logical part. The emotional part has no understanding of words it only reacts with emotions and behavior
- Username
- ssethi48ssethi48
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Lukej91 yeah I keep telling myself I have truly accepted it but it gives me anxiety so
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- Username
- Laurie
- Date posted
- 6y ago
HOCDers: do any of you ever go through moments that feel like realisation or discovery of being gay (I hate this so much because I know I’m not) Also does your ocd ever make you feel funny about being straight when you know you are? Sometimes if I say to myself ‘I’m straight’ I get a sensation that isn’t quite anxiety, I don’t know if it’s a longing/missing just knowing?
- Username
- idont241
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I have a question for anyone that’s been going through HOCD or any mental illness. If any when they were about to tell their loved ones that they were dealing with ocd did it kind of feel like they were actually like coming out of the closet or something? Because like you know you aren’t gay you know you just want to tell people about your ocd, but for some reason it feels like you might be coming out as gay when that is not the case.
- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Can sexual orientation ocd make you gay? I used to freak out A LOT but now the thoughts don't bother me as much and that makes me think that I might actually be gay😥
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