If you have some kind of OCD like POCD or HOCD, isn't it true that if you have this disorder , you're the opposite of what your ocd tells you? Like if you have POCD thoughts, you're scared that you might turn into a pedophile, but you won't. I'm not trying to look for reassurance, but I want to know more about the disorder I probably have.

It’s good to know that I’m not alone, a lot of the things you guys are going through I am as well. Ocd is such an isolating disease making you think you’re the only one going through it

The last 8 months have been a hell for me. I have had intrusive thoughts about hocd. At the moment I even have a crush on a girl who I can't stop thinking about bc she's perfect. But I still keep having thoughts about being gay, it's just so annoying. Earlier when I saw a men good looking, I toke it as an example, but now i get very anxious and my mind tells me my thoughts are true. Can you relate??

you’re not annoying!! we’ve gotta be there for each other, but asking for reassurance won’t really help your ocd

Yeah. What are your symptoms?

I can relate 1000% till the point if I find an old lady cute my Brain is like YOUR A LESBIAN

I have had the fear of being gay, along with attraction feelings when I see members of the same sex. Right now I’m not getting the fear but I still get anxiety when I see a certain girl or hear any hung about homosexuality

mhm

yep

I know what you mean by backdoor spike cause I used to get the fear and then no anxiety sometimes

an intrusive thought is a thought that is always stuck in your head. if you have ocd then you obsess over it and form either mental compulsions or outer worldly ones.

Yeah, it sounds like those things are anxiety triggers for you. If those triggers are different from your OCD triggers, that also happens.

Yeah, that’s totally normal! When I was younger and my mom would flat iron my hair, I would always be scared that she’d drop it on me. She never did, but seeing flat irons still gives me anxiety today. Sometimes we just associate things or people with bad feelings, whether something actually happened or not, especially when it comes to OCD.

Yeah that’s exactly it! Thankyou @Apie

How did your fear go away

I don’t know, I just still have the anxiety. Also is an intrusive fear something that’s always in your head?

i’ve had pocd for about 8 months and gosh it’s terrible

Is an intrusive fear something that’s constantly in your head?

Also I only get anxiety when I get triggered and not a thought. Is this normal?

@keeleylouise yep and having anxiety or little to no anxiety is normal as well

Are you saying yeah to the intrusive fear thing?

So is it intrusive if it’s constantly in your head?

And just anxiety when I get triggered?

Sorry for being annoying but thanks @scorpio mcd

Pocd must be so much harder then hocd because at least being gay isn't immoral your so strong you'll get through this and one day you'll laugh at it

it is no offense, pretty much the hardest type no lie

Does anyone else just get anxiety when they are triggered?

Because I haven’t been getting the fear for the past couple months but I’m still only getting anxiety when I’m triggered

sometimes i don’t get anxiety at all with thoughts and not. is hard to pinpoint. i’ve heard of something about it called a backdoor spike? maybe look it up

But I only get anxiety when I’m triggered and there isn’t a thought there

what do you mean by triggered

When I see a certain girl or when I hear anything about lgbt

that sounds the same as getting anxiety about thoughts, i’m not sure what to tell you

And when I did get the fear it wasn’t a question or statement, it was just an idea/fear

hm, idk dude. it doesn’t sound like anything but anxiety but i’m not a professional what so ever. do you have a therapist that can recognize ocd?

But this is just anxiety on its own when I get triggered

It was the fear of being gay

do you have a therapist?

Yeah

see what they think, i’m not sure how to help

Is the fear of being gay the same as a thought?

idk

i don’t have the same type as you all i can say is that it sounds like you’re really struggling so take a deep breath and calm down. talk to your therapist or someone you trust, it’ll be ok

I’m confused abuse two minutes ago I asked if an intrusive fear was something that was always in your head and you said yes?

*because

And when I said that I only get anxiety in when I hear about certain things you also said that’s normal?

That’s what I mean

But it’s more an idea because it’s not a question or statement

There are absolutely such things as anxiety triggers! Your anxiety triggers might just be the same things that trigger your OCD.

The intrusive fear would just occur randomly. But I only get anxiety when I see a specific person or hear about certain things

Yeah. It happens because I have homosexual ocd and at the start I used to get images of myself being sexual with that girl. So does it make sense that I would get anxious when I see her, even without a fear in my head?. I also get this anxiety when I hear anything about homosexuality