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- 2y
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- 2y
I’m in the same spot. The thoughts feel strong and like my own but I’m trying to remember that thought ≠ fact/action. It’s hard to in the moment but I’m doing what I can. I just know these thoughts don’t make me happy, even if in those intense moments it can feel like I like them.
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- 2y
@ishdh.2 Exactly I hate how they’re like that and it’s so hard to remind myself that it’s ocd because it just does not feel like it and I feel like I’ve convinced that it’s not ocd but I’m always so miserable and I don’t want to force myself into something I don’t want to do but then I just feel stuck you know, my therapist has said and previous diagnosed me with ocd and im trying hard to just trust her professional diagnosis but it’s literally so hard sometimes!! and yes you’re right I try to remind myself of that too but with physical sensations in your body adding to the stress and depression it is absolutely so confusing and difficult sometimes
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- 2y
This is exactly how I feel omg. I also feel like I won’t be able to date a guy and have those experiences ever again because of my OCD. I’m honestly so confused about my identity. This has traumatized me and I’ll always be reminded of this.
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- 2y
@blazed exactly and what makes it worse in my case at least is I’ve never had those experiences with guys but I’ve always wanted them and have tried to talk to a guy and be with a guy (I have a therapist and we believe it’s due to core beliefs I have of myself not seeing myself as someone to love etc) which I’m sure plays a part in that but it just sucks still because I feel like I’m always having to put a pause on any kind of relationship because I have to work on myself before I can get into one and it’s just so lonely all the time and I don’t want those experiences with girls. I love having them as friends and nothing more than that but now it’s like I don’t know and since I haven’t had those relationships with guys or experiences at least not a lot and most were long distance it just feels like I can’t have those anymore
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- Date posted
- 2y
@khm I feel your pain 100%. I also think of myself as unlovable because of my mental illnesses. I always wonder who would put up with me when I’m unhappy almost all the time. I understand how tiring it is to feel this way :( oh and my experiences with guys were long distance too! I questioned if I was bi in the past but I realized I wasn’t and I just wanted to be with a guy but now it’s like my entire world flipped. I really relate to what you’re going through, you’re not alone 🤍
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- 2y
@blazed I’m so glad to know because it’s just been so hard with other subtypes I feel like it easy to know like oh I definitely wouldn’t do this or something so it was a bit easier to get past like I had harm based ocd in the past and I’m not trying to invalidate the pain and anxiety it brings but I knew I wouldn’t do those things and external validation helped a lot but with Tocd it’s so confusing because it’s not a situation where it’s like I know I wouldn’t do that (I wouldn’t do it because I don’t want to but I feel likes it just a lot harder and it messes with your whole identity and what you want) and yeah I’ve questioned if I was bi too but I also came to the realization that yes women are pretty but I really don’t prefer to be in romantic relationships with them because personally I love the idea of being in a heterosexual relationship and now I just feel ashamed of that and like embarrassed when I know I shouldn’t because that’s what I want but I’m so confused and it sucks being in long distance relationships too it’s so hard not having someone there with you and to just share little moments with im sorry your going through this too but it’s so nice to know we both are going through similar situations because it just feels like everything was so blurry before because of like thinking I was bi and stuff because other people weren’t really talking about that
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@khm Sorry this is so long!
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- 2y
@blazed and then the not feeling loveable or being deserving of that omg!!!! I get a little scared that if I finally do allow myself to be in a relationship with a guy then I’ll also want to be in one with a woman but I don’t want to but that core belief has made it so hard for me to be comfortable with a guy because I’ll always end up like feeling trapped or something idk I just get so so scared but I literally want that so much and I always feel like I have to put it on hold which I’m just so tired of because I feel like I’ll waste away my life and the things I want later on because I can’t allow myself to just be with someone but then it sucks because (this sounds awful) but guys I don’t like or don’t want to be with always approach me and guys I actually want don’t and they go for other girls that I wish I looked like and so it just makes things and my self confidence so much worse and my idea of being loveable you know
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 2y
@khm Omg yesss I relate to everything you said! You’re right other themes feel easier to deal with than the ones that attack your identity because you can’t truly get an answer on it. I wish it was possible to. Now I feel like I have to fight for my identity when I didn’t really have much problems before. It gets so confusing and makes me feel like I’m being homophobic or something. And I love the idea of being in a heterosexual relationship too!! But these days I keep hearing about how sexuality is fluid and that freaks me out because I just want to be with a guy :( I feel like I won’t be happy again because of this. It’s so painful but I’m really happy to know I’m not alone in this too! And I feel you, getting into a new relationship is one of my triggers! When I first started having intrusive thoughts I thought the same thing as you. Mine was about being in a relationship but later finding out that I like women. I felt sick thinking about it. If I did get into a relationship I’d feel like I’m lying or being fake? I just don’t want to hurt someone else because of the things I’m dealing with. That’s the last thing I’d want. And not being interested in guys who approach you doesn’t sound awful at all! It’s very common but I understand how you’d feel guilty by it. The self-esteem issue is something I also struggle with and I see how it plays a big factor in all of this. I feel like since we have trouble loving ourselves we think that other people feel the same way. And it’s so hard to build confidence after thinking negatively about yourself for so long. It’s so exhausting and I wish we didn’t have to deal with this
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- 2y
@blazed Exactly!!! It’s crazy how similar everything is! I feel like I have to constantly fight my mind and remind myself that yes I am a woman and I love being a woman and that I am attracted to men and prefer being with men but it’s just so hard at times and sometimes I just don’t feel that way you know and I don’t know why it’s like my body is constantly working against me and I can’t be comfortable with anything anymore. I just want to hide my body and just hide myself all the time but then I’m just so drained because all I’ll think about is my ocd and then I don’t feel good about myself either because I didn’t get ready or something because it always makes me feel so much better. I’m just so exhausted of having to constantly remind myself of these things that just didn’t bother me before and I have to like actively remind myself of the things I like and want in life and it’s just so exhausting I literally can’t do or watch anything without checking how I feel and it sucks!!! And when I do try to identify or like accept that maybe I am a boy or something and I like girls it’s just the worst because then I just get so upset and sad and depressed and I try to like be happy about it or something but i physically and mentally cannot yeah and what sucks too is I’ve been told so many times that I give off “gay vibes” and have had a girl ask me out (I thought we were just going as friends) and stuff but I never knew that they had liked girls and just saw them as a friend and it sucks when I’m being myself but am constantly being assumed that I’m gay and give off gay vibes like it’s made things so much harder because I feel like that’s another part as to why guys don’t talk to me or something is because they think I like girls I’m just so tired And yeah definitely I’m trying to remind myself that I do deserve the things I want and I’ll get like a silver of self confidence but then it’s almost immediately shattered by something happening that I didn’t want to happen because it confirms that like I won’t be in a relationship I want or my ocd tells me that like I’m not good enough because of x amount of reasons and I hate having to put my love life on pause because I want to be in a relationship so bad but I feel like I’m just going to be so much for someone that they didn’t expect to get into and that I won’t be worth staying for or something or caring for (So sorry for that whole rant) i wish we didn’t have to go through this either!! I’m sorry you’re having to dea with similar issues because it’s the worst honestly!!! i hope your doing a bit better though!!
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- 24w
I feel awful that I keep coming on here whenever I’m down bad but oh my gosh OCD is the most painful shit that I have EVER experienced in my life and I have a physical chronic illness…. I hate to say it but I hate living right now it’s too painful… im crying as I type to the point where my stomach is hurting, I have pretty severe ocd I do have generalized anxiety and idk if that is connected with ocd but because of that I have most of the subtypes REAL EVENT OCD,POCD,ZOCD,ROCD,SOCD HARM OCD, you name it and I got it!!! a lot of also why I have have those theme is trauma growing up and involving those things^ as of right now i’m 25 and a women with the most loving boyfriend in the entire world before my ocd hit me I NEVER questioned my love and care and attraction with the love of my life I always knew I was going to marry and be with this person the rest of my life! Now with ocd it confuses me soooo much and now I think I’m gay and didn’t realize or indenial and listen I get it “don’t look for reassurance!” “It’s not the thing ocd is attacking that is the problem ocd is the actual problem!” Here’s the thing with that if I’m in a relationship and I’m gay that would mean I would have to leave that said relationship and to say that “oh yeah that stuff happens and you’ll move on” is absolutely devastating to me this is THE LOVE OF MY LIFE and your telling me that iv been lying to myself this whole time or that I didn’t realize?!?!? And that sexuality can change (even though some say it can’t google says otherwise and some people have said it can’t idek anymore) and all this other BULLSHIT I can’t take it WHY?!?! why does this have to happen why can’t I just be with my love the rest of my life?!? and yes before anyone says anything I have been attracted to girls more so when I was younger watching lesbian porn liking the body’s and fantazing them sexually it stopped when I got older but I still don’t get disgusted with women who are pretty it just makes me uncomfortable because I’m with the love of my life and before I remember talking to my partner and discussing certain childhood things I experienced and we discussed that we both could be a little bi and for certain I’m (demi sexual so I don’t even really care about looks) and I truly didn’t care!! NOW I do care even with being bi because again I don’t like thinking about anyone else but my partner but I do also know my parents are homophobic and I do think about if I am gay they wouldn’t be okay with that and I also dont want to deal with that so now I sound like in indenial right?!???? I didn’t even care about labels before my ocd it just didn’t matter but now it’s effected my sex life and it’s hard for me to enjoy sex with being so confused I’m so confused I googled everything can you still have sexual fantasies with same gender but still be straight? Can you fantasize about same gender or imagine marrying them all of it !!! And non of that disgusts me it just makes me uncomfortable AGIAN only bc I just love the partner I’m with right now!!! I’m so fucking confused do I have to leave my partner and accept that I’m gay is that going to happen in the future if I get better with ocd and find out it’s been true all along?!???
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- 19w
Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
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- 13w
I’ve completely lost myself. I can’t focus on my studies, I can’t go to the gym. Dang it I can’t even be around my male friends normally anymore. I got no idea why or how this happened but the only thing I know for sure is that I never questioned my sexuality neither doubted it. I never cared in general. I just liked girls. I keep testing and keep testing and keep testing my arousal but no matter how many times I see but I don’t feel the same way for guys that I do with girls my mind will always try to make me believe that I am gay. It’s like it’s forcing me into an identity I never asked for. But at the end of the day like my psychologist told me. Sexuality doesn’t change. So since I never felt anything for guys in my life it’s ocd. I’ve been up and down for 5 months now and while the last week I was feeling way better. Monday now and I’m back to zero. I just want to go back when everything was normal. I can’t keep living with this.
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