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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
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- 6y
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!
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- 6y
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.
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- 6y
As a fellow sapphy, This really should have been marked under trigger warning.
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- 4y
you had hocd and ended up being gay. are you joking.
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hi i’m a lesbian! and i have known im a lesbian for a really long time and i have a sweet girlfriend of 1 year. it all started when i saw this masc lesbian come out as straight, after that i had my guy friend over and he’s a sweet guy and he was flirting with me (he didn’t know i was gay) im not sure but i panicked and my brain froze and i was like “do i like him”, ever since my brain has been over worked 24/7 for 2 months now and it’s spiralling constantly. im trying to control it but all these thoughts are so disgusting and my brain tries to put him and i in scenarios that make me uncomfortable and i feel panic and i hate it. i have always been comfortable being a lesbian and i still am comfortable as a lesbian, but i dislike these thoughts i have about him and men and i want it to be over. i do not want to experiment with men even tho my brain is telling me i do, i find it disgusting and i dread it, i have a sweet girlfriend and i want to be with her forever, i do not imagine anything with any men and i hate these thoughts. im scared of becoming bisexual/straight one day and i hate hearing sexuality is fluid. its a whole mix of comphet and so-ocd
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- 16w
Is anyone here actually gay and has/had sexuality or religious ocd? I don't have it at all haha I'm a lesbian myself without socd or religious ocd but I'm just curious: what's it like and how did you deal with the whole "biggest fear coming true" thing?
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Hello, so I’ve been struggling really badly with so-ocd where I am worried that I’m not actually straight when that’s what I’ve always thought and wanted to be. I’ve been with my boyfriend for about 2.5 years now, he’s my first boyfriend and I really love him so much and want to spend the rest of my life with him. I remember one time, before I had struggles with so-ocd, I had a thought along the lines of ‘what if I’m missing out on other men by staying with him’ and it didn’t really cause any anxiety but I felt quite guilty for thinking that. But I moved on. However, right now I’m in the depths of so-ocd it started back in March I believe, and today I had a thought along the lines of ‘what if I never get the opportunity to try being with a woman because I’m in a relationship with a man’ and that has really set me off today. I’ve had a meltdown over it, my chest feels heavy and it felt so real like I actually wanted it and I had a feeling of wanting to be gay even though that’s not what I want in life. Why is this happening to me and I feel so horrible for thinking this like it felt like it was me and not the ocd and that I’m just lying to myself and my boyfriend. I’ve tried scrolling on here to see if anyone has had a similar thought or experience and I am aware that this is reassurance seeking but I just need someone to tell me that I’m okay
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