I’m new to the site but not at all new to OCD. I’ve seen a lot of posts about “hocd” and just generally posts about people thinking they’re gay or whatever. I’m a lesbian and honestly it’s a really confusing and awful thing to see. I’m sure the posts aren’t literally homophobic but like, it’s shitty to go on an app to help your mental illness and then to see people portray homosexuality as an illness!!!! I know that there could be straight people who have these intrusive thoughts but HEY!! I had those intrusive thoughts too and I ended up being gay. I thought it was all anxiety but it wasn’t! It just feels so weird to see this stuff. If I saw those posts as a teenager, I might still be closeted and self-hating. Anyone else have thoughts?

Intrusive thoughts are thoughts you don’t enjoy so if someone is gay they enjoy those thoughts so they aren’t isntrusive . No one think homosexuality is an illness but for someone who is straight those thoughts can be scary and it goes both ways gay people can have intrusive thought about being straight

I truly think you should have classified this post as a "trigger warning." Honestly, I think you are taking this further than it is, no one here says that homosexuality is an illness, having intrusive thoughts about it is (because people who are straight and get these thoughts are not implying that it is an illness, they just feel bad for getting these thoughts,so let them be if they dont feel fine considering being gay). Plus, you saying that you had intrusive thoughts about it and ended up being gay doesnt help anybody who is experiencing hocd, its great that youre able to express yourself now but there are people here who arent helped by that comment. You should be a little more careful when posting, at least mark it as a trigger warning!

i understand what you’re saying (i’m bi) but i think you’re misinterpreting it. for example, i know i’m queer (constantly questioning if i’m a lesbian or bi) but there are so many instances where i’m sitting here plagued by thoughts that maybe i’m straight and i’ve been lying to myself and pretending this entire time for attention. does that make sense? that form of OCD isn’t saying that any sexuality is an illness in of itself, the illness portion is the fact that they can’t stop questioning their sexuality even though they know what it really is.

As a fellow sapphy, This really should have been marked under trigger warning.

you had hocd and ended up being gay. are you joking.