- Username
- crazyfeelings
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I would say keep yourself busy and especially in this moment sit with the anxiety and uneasiness as much as you can
Ok thank you. This is all so weird. I’m not even that upset about it anymore, and if I was gay I wouldn’t care but it just doesn’t feel right. That’s not me, but my mind won’t get it
Yeah, before my hocd hit full blown whenever I got my intrusive thoughts and got anxiety I would feel that way when they started to fade away. Means just you're accepting the thoughts and even though they may seem real you know you won't act on them and they don't represent you
You'll be just fine, everything will go back to normal :):) can I ask how long did you have before you started to feel this way?
Yeah I get those thoughts sometimes too, a lot of it’s like what if I’m really attracted to girls? Then I get anxious and upset. But I try to remember that if i was that way I would know. I might question it but everything is ok. Because like I said why does it matter? My brothers that way and he’s accepted and if I’m that way I would be accepted. I know I’m not because I don’t want to do that. It’s odd to me, that’s just not my cup of tea. What triggered this whole thing was when a bisexual girl was on my volleyball team. I was scared that she liked me, then I started to question how would I react if she like me? Then it all went downhill. I said “I wouldn’t like her back” and then OCD hit and made me think are you sure? What if I’m gay? Crazy things like that. It’s so dumb
I’m exactly where you are right now. I’ve “accepted” that it’s natural to be sexual and that if something were to happen it would be okay. it’s not that I want it to happen because I don’t but telling myself that it’s natural and okay makes me feel better? Does that make sense
Yeah that makes since. It’s just a thought and that all. It’s just confusing. Because idk it’s weird. I know I’m not that way and that’s all that matters
Thank you for that, that gives me hope! I know I’m going to be ok. I just need to keep pushing, it’s very confusing and weird but I’ll be ok
Right like I’ll just be chilling and then a thought will pop up in my head like “but what if you meet a girl and do fall for her?” And then get anxious all over again but then I remind myself that it doesn’t mean anything and that even if it does happen, I don’t have to marry her or follow through with anything, people are allowed to experiment. Although I really am not attracted to or want to do that, anything is possible. I hate it because I have no interest in it and those thoughts make me feel like I do but it’s helped loosen the grip on my ocd thoughts so they don’t take over my mind
@notfortalk it’s been about 7 months now
So looks like I’ve hit a wall I haven’t hit ever with this ocd. If you can even call it ocd. I genuinely feel confused. Idk what’s real or not. Idk what my mind or body wants. I feel so stressed out. My thoughts don’t give me anxiety anymore and sometimes it genuinely feels like I want it and I’m just hiding it. I don’t get it. I even lost attraction to this girl I was madly interested in. I don’t know what to do anymore really. I see any dude and my mind automatically starts thinking “you’re attracted to him” literally every single guy I see. I’m not even kidding. I really don’t get what’s going on with me. I haven’t been diagnosed yet because there are no ocd specialists in my area. My mom told me once she thinks she has ocd and my aunt as well. But their ocd seems more like the “traditional” type of ocd where you can actually see their compulsions. I think I struggled from Religious ocd a few years back. Also with my ex girlfriend there was a period where I struggled with ROCD I believe but got over it. Now Hocd has definitely been the worst and what makes it worse is that I actually had a gay experience but even after that I didn’t question my sexuality. I maybe would get the ocasional “you’re gay” thought but wouldn’t pay it attention and it just went away. But now it just can’t leave my head. This has been going on since February. I used to be crazy for women, don’t know what’s wrong with me. I even had sex with the girl I really like about 2 weeks ago and really enjoyed it! But now my attraction for her seemingly disappeared out of nowhere when this hocd bull starts acting up again. I’m so tired of this.
I’m constantly thinking about hocd thoughts. What if I’m gay? What if you like her? Blah blah things like that, I can’t tell if it’s ocd anymore. Like deep down I know, and some days I know all the time I’m straight. I don’t like girls, I never have. So why can’t I just get it through my head? I’m tired of it. I literally can’t tell anymore
Is it hocd or have I actually all of a sudden stopped wanting to be with a guy. I have always known I wanted to be in a relationship with a guy but ever since I got these instrusive thoughts about 3 months ago it’s only getting worse and now i dont even know who I am and if I want to date a guy or a girl. I know I don’t want to date a girl but every time I tell myself I want to date a guy I feel like somethings telling me “no you want to be with girls and you don’t have hocd you’re just in denial” Another thing that scares me is that I have never really been boy crazy and I have had small crushes on guys never on girls but every time I have thought a girl was pretty I’m like what if I thought she was attractive and I would have these crushes (they weren’t that crazy)
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