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- 2y
Accepting
I feel like I’m trying to accept myself as in behind homosexual, like I feel like I have to do this and eventually I’ll be okay… I don’t know what is wrong with me and I can’t stop
I feel like I’m trying to accept myself as in behind homosexual, like I feel like I have to do this and eventually I’ll be okay… I don’t know what is wrong with me and I can’t stop
currently dealing with the same thing, my mind is telling me that this is exactly what ppl who are gay go through when they have a hard time accepting their sexuality. idk what to do anymore
@Anonymous My head is killing me. Like I’m talking to my mom and I just feel like she thinks I’m crazy. I’m like this is exactly what is going through my mind. I keep looking back and thinking we’ll was being with that guy or flirting with that guy just a subconscious coverup? At the time I remember that they were actually people I was physically attracted too, now I’m going insane overthinking it and feeling like I don’t know.
@Countrymusiclover_1 i’m in the exact same spot. i’ve been numb for weeks and have not been able to stop crying. i have a boyfriend and now pick apart if im attracted to him, and if i was ever actually attracted to any of the boys i’ve liked before. this obsessive spiral is killing me
@Anonymous Same! I met a boy that was so perfect, then I started feeling like I couldn’t continue with it, it was all I could think about so I decided to end it…. I was like what is wrong with me… then I saw a tik tok about this girl who hung out with a girl and turned lesbian…. That triggered me and I began to overthink…. We’ll is that’s what’s going on with me? We’re those boys just for my validation? Am I actually interested in girls? It was nearly 2 weeks of this until I decided to look into this and I felt like I could breath for the first time. But the fact that I felt relief makes me scared that I’m just using the OCD to hide my truth that this isn’t it….. until it comes back again and destroys me. I feel like I’ll never be in a relationship because this is going to be a constant fear, when I’ve always imagined being with a man.
@Countrymusiclover_1 yup i’ve dealt with ocd since i was a kid, i had a few different subtypes, for some reason this is the one that gets to me the most. just the idea of not truly knowing who i am or might be freaks me out . i watched a show where a woman was with her husband for 20 years & then found out she was a lesbian… i was like, how do you just not know?? and then completely spiraled. have been freaking out for months dissecting and ruminating in my past, present, & future. its driving me insane!!!
Yep. And the fact that I’ve never been in love or truly had mutual feeling with a man doesn’t help. That’s what I think began this all…… I just feel like being single would be best for me because I don’t have to think about stuff like this. I’ve always thought about doing cute stuff with a boyfriend and now I’m like I’ll just never be so infatuated with a guy to do those things… I pray to God to send me the guy I need, but I don’t know if that’s really in my plans.
@Countrymusiclover_1 i promise it’d be no different if you would have had those connections. i’ve had deep meaningful connections with a couple guys & yet my ocd doesn’t care, says it was all just a ploy and i imagined it
@Anonymous Who knows. I’m not diagnosed but I feel like HOCD described the exact emotions and mannerism I’ve been doing, over past years.
@Anonymous I just don’t know if it is and don’t want to convince myself it is because I don’t know. Scared me because if it’s not this then I don’t know what this is.
I keep having this weird feeling none stop that it’s most likely not HOCD and most my feelings. Like I’ve suffered none stop distress and unwanted thoughts the past few days. But those thoughts after a bit just feel weird not the kind of discomfort but are just their and stale. When I look at a guy I don’t feel anything but my thoughts sometimes compliment his looks or personality which makes me doubt my sexuality. I’ve never felt this weirded out. Because I’ve always been straight and still believe I am but I’ve never even had an emotional connection to someone of the opposite gender in fact. My view of the female body has been ruined with none stop pornography addictions. I don’t believe I’m gay but I feel like it may just be denial instead of HOCD but all my symptoms are literally HOCD. I don’t hate the idea of gay people but I can’t imagine or see my heart going off to like someone of the same sex. I haven’t really had any meaningful real life friends besides online but that also ended a few months ago. My only friend ever online that was my friend for the longest of time was a queer but I never really cared about what he liked. Like yes at some point I did try to challenge him with his own feelings but that didn’t last long I just accepted what he liked and moved on. I’ve never even touched let alone held a long conversation with a female. I’ve always been timid and shy around them but I can just say that towards male as well. The gay feelings feel so real. The thoughts feel a bit natural to me but I don’t want this. But I hate how I can’t just move on and be myself and love women when those thoughts demand attention and an answer. It won’t quit it. If I try to do a compulsion it calms down but it quickly becomes a problem again. I’m lonely I don’t have any friends or past relationships I can even think of helping me with the emotions. I still believe I’m straight and I just can’t see myself with a guy. It just doesn’t feel right for me despite my lack of experiences. I just wanna go back to how I was happy and loving girls and not having to question if it was a real feeling or just my natural timid nature. Everytime I think these distressing thoughts I always just wanna sit down and close my eyes and sleep. Because that’s where I can have peace of self. It sucks but I’m so exhausted of having to deal with emotional distress and I can’t even focus on my job as much. I want to meet new people discover my love for women again but I’m scared in the process I may discover I may be gay. Because deep down I know I wouldn’t ever be happy with myself if my greatest fears where confirmed. My dream of always being a father with a loving women and kids would be torn away by something I never asked for. Yes I’m religious, yes I come from a place that homosexuals are usually seen in a bad light. I just hate feeling this emotion that I may not be what I thought and having my dreams torn apart maybe true. I’ve read MUTIPLE articles about HOCD and seen MUTIPLE videos. I’ve come to the realization that I most likely have it. But it’s still hard when the feelings of maybe being gay maybe true you know? I hope I get better I hope I don’t suffer. I just wanna be happy with myself and loving females and I don’t wanna hate myself for feeling an emotion that never occurred to me more then a few times.
it feels like i accepted being gay and thats part of who i am but i still feel that tension and fake attraction whenever i see a man and i feel like i could be able to have a sexual intercourse with a man even though i dont want it is it still hocd or just denial? like i am feeling okey but there is still that doubt that how can i know that im not gay if i dont get disgusted by gay things or gay personality traits and at the same time i want to feel normal again like before
I’ve tried accepting the uncertainty, I’ve accepted I may be gay, bi or still straight. I’ve tried doing ERP myself to the best I can. When I accept that I’m gay or bi why doesn’t my head agree and move on? Why does it still question it? I know I don’t want to be at all. I love my family. But I just want this to move on. I want to enjoy life. Why can’t I find women attractive again? (Brief moments I do). I seriously don’t understand the false attraction? I’ve tried agreeing with it but it won’t let this drop. Why am I attracted to the same sex? Why am I attracted to people I would never thought of looking at? Why does it give me such grief about this? I know I shouldn’t look at adult content but why can I only feel good watching either lesbian or females? I tried to agree with the gay but it makes me sick and horrendous I even considered this? I just want my life back.
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