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Yep me too. I think I like this guy and it feels like the only string that’s holding me into my sexuality. It’s horrifying. Like I have no idea if I’ve always been like this or something. I don’t remember who old me was. Like who was she?
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So you know how NOT wanting to be attracted to girls made it seem impossible not to be? Well, WANTING to be attracted to boys can sometimes have the opposite effect: it shuts everything down. Attraction generally doesn’t work like: “hey I want to be aroused by this; okay go!” The more you try to will a thought/feeling (just like the more you try to suppress a thought/feeling) the more impossible it is. Try this trick: embrace the the thoughts that say you won’t be attracted to boys. In fact, make a game of it. Go out and look and ogle and flirt and tease and tell yourself “ I’m not going to feel anything! Nope! Not me! Just try me, boys. Hit me with your best shot.” When you stop focusing so much on making it happen, and stop expecting it, it can actually start to happen naturally again.
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What should we do
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I have no idea
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To your guys questions: - I was attracted to men before, but I was not totally as in tune with my sexuality and sexual needs as I became once I truly let go and accepted myself. I’d had only male partners, 2 long term relationships, at that point. - My process took like 5 or 6 months once I started facing things. Denial periods before that where I didn’t know how to deal with the thoughts and pushed them away was about a year. - I am very supportive of LGBT people and their rights, so I wasn’t scared of being attracted to women, I was afraid of not knowing myself or knowing how to be true to myself more than anything. And I was afraid my prior relationships were some kind of lie or delusion. That was the scariest part. - Also, before OCD I remember feeling fairly open to there one day being a girl I liked. And I considered myself somewhat fluid/bi.
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Omg thanks I’ll try it
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I’d love to hear your story because you seem to have a successful go at taking this thing down. If you don’t mind, I feel as if it’d give me hope and direction. @ pureolife
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Me?
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Oh ok no srry
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no it’s fine, id love to see how you’re doing also?
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I recovered from SOOCD a few years back. I’ve written about it on other posts, but there’s so many on here it would probably be hard to find them now. How I recovered may be too extreme for some sufferers. Please don’t take my story as a sign that you have to follow the same path. Also don’t take it as reassurance, obviously, that you’ll have the same reaction. My story with SOOCD: I found that accepting the thoughts as true to be what helped me eventually see they weren’t. I let myself want women as much as I could, in fact, I sought the thoughts/feelings/urges out. I checked women out, imagined being with them and what things I wanted, and searched for crushes. I also let myself feel repulsed by men. I allowed myself to be disinterested in them entirely. Even laughing at how immensely unattractive they “truly were.” After a few months, the unstoppable and immediate thoughts/urges about women just weren’t so urgent anymore. Women started to seem more like, well, people again. Then I became completely enthralled by a new guy at work. Physically, I felt a pulse between us. More than I’d ever felt with anyone, guy or girl or whatever. We started hooking up and having some of the best and most physically fulfilling sex I’d ever had. My body wanted every part of his masculine body. And I felt it in such a real, genuine, and present way (because I wasn’t seeking it out or forcing it) that I knew I did still like men, maybe more so than before OCD hah. I had a few relapses that would last a day or two at a time (once that initial passionate spark started to — very naturally — wane a little), but with continued therapy. I eventually made peace with all my sexual thoughts and urges (and lack there of), and they felt more genuine and real than ever. Nothing felt blocked or wrong or “not me.” Looking back, it was a pretty intense form of ERP to embark on. And I still had some work to do in being okay with uncertainty even after I had crystal clear evidence that I could, in fact, be super attracted to men. That final step of accepting uncertainty and risk whole heartedly is what I think drove my recovery.
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What an inspiring u r❤️ this makes me so happy and it gives me hope
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Inspiration*
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But I just have a question like I’m just curious lol, were u super attracted to men before ocd
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wow I’m proud of you:) how long did your process take? And did you ever have the fear of “what if I end up actually liking females if I accept the thought” when you tried to accept the thoughts? This is giving me hope :-)
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I’m confused. I think I’ve gotten progressively more boy crazy and more of a hopeless romantic, but I’ve completely manipulated myself into thinking that boys just don’t like me and I think it’s a fact. In the past, I was confused and lost on what my sexuality was so I would be in a lot of “flirty” friendships thinking that I genuinely liked my female friends I had these friendships with but that was far from the truth. I can’t imagine myself being with a woman but for some reason it’s just easier for me to talk and flirt with them. I have trauma involving why I brainwashed myself into thinking that I’m a magnet that repels boys from me and I still think that and it’s ruining my brain. (I have a crush on this guy and texted him for the first time, he never replied!!!) which honestly proves my point even more. Am I right or is just all in my head? Some advice please!!
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Idk what else to title this. I was watching a film cooper video cuz why not and he mentioned smthn about wall paper customization and icons and stuff and I just kinda had a groinal response followed by the memory of me having my first crush on a woman (my friend at the time) that helped me figure out that I’m bi and I felt kinda intensely for her but that’s cuz a) it was new and b) we were kinda on again off again friends who haven’t spoken in a few years now and I’m over her entirely. It was toxic I think. She was too much like the person who bullied me in elementary school (they were friends as well so my mom made me cut her off which is. Fair. Made me really sad but eh that’s life) I saw her at prom cuz someone brought her. It was nice to see her but yeah that was it. And now I’m mentally comparing what I felt for women in the past (idk intense crush, listening to a lot of gay songs (think she by dodie) dressing semi masc cuz funky, we had nicknames for each other despite not dating or anything) to men (less intense crush but still big crush, I’ve only dated and kissed men so sparks rhere) and now I’m just slightly nauseous and worried that I don’t like men as much as I like women but I think that’s normal for any bi person? To have different levels of attraction to different genders? Idk I feel gross and icky now like I shouldn’t even be thinking about it or her cuz I have a bf. And I do look fondly upon it, now I’m nervous cuz I got more excited about her calling me a specific nickname than I do from my bf calling me honey even at the beginning? Honey felt more traditional and I love it but we do switch around nicknames and it’s always nice, not many butterflies anymore, and sometimes I get anxious when he does lately, if it’s a nickname in Portuguese. Or if he called me a shortened version of my name. What does that mean? I’m nervous now. I was doing half decently today now I’m nauseous again. I’m worried that cuz I liked the nicknames she and I had that means I don’t like the ones my bf and I have and that I just don’t like him or men cuz I’ve been feeling off around him. But I love when he calls me honey, it still feels good when he does it now but no butterflies. Idk what’s wrong with me. Is it even ocd at this point. Even if I do like women slightly more it doesn’t erase that I love my bf. I’m worried I’m leaning too much towards women tho and I’m a lesbian. Idk if my bi cycle is cycling or if I’m just a lesbian entirely cuz I don’t feel much when my bf takes off his shirt, sex feels different, and things feel stale and slow. But maybe that’s cuz I’m checking and comparing. Now I’m anxious fuck. I’m trying not to think about her idk why. I’m worried I still find her attractive or am attracted to her or smthn. She’s in my city. I didn’t care before but now I do. Or if I think about her I’ll think about other women and will only want to have sec with women which not really tbh. I wanna be able to enjoy sec with my bf. It just hasn’t felt right lately cuz I’ve been so depressed and obsessive. I wasn’t obsessing much last night when we had sex but it still didn’t feel passionate. It didn’t feel uncomfortable but I thought it’d be more? Idk. I know it’s normal to not feel him inside me cuz the vagina isn’t very nerved up compared to the clitoris but it felt like more the motions. But tbh. I needed it. Idk I wanted to have sex and it was a nice stress relief. I just didn’t feel butterflies which kinda bummed me out but we’ve been having sex since august so that’s normal. Idk. I haven’t been able to fantasize about sex. The fact that I’m bi makes all of this so confusing. Cuz yes hypothetically I can enjoy the thought of sex with a woman. But I don’t want to rn cuz I’m dating a man. And I can’t fantasize about sex with him cuz I’m getting intrusive thoughts about my friends and I having sex. I have this urge to watch porn cuz it’s been a while but I’m not going to. I’ve cut down a lot on masturbation. Partially cuz this partially cuz I wanna do things with my bf (when I’m mentally ok) but jow my brain is saying “Oo you think all these women are so hot you’re gonna go feral blah blah blah” and yes women are hot but I don’t wanna have sex with a woman. Idk saying women are hot doesn’t bring me anxiety but the thought of sex with one or leaving my bf and saying I’m a lesbian bother me. Cuz I know it’s not true. I love him I know that. I’d be happy if we stayed together. I wouldn’t regret a thing honestly. I like having sex with him. Idc if it’s not like porn or the movies. As long as I’m being pleasured and he’s being pleasured we’re good. That’s what sex is about. I think the loss of butterflies is normal cuz the excitement of like (sorry tmi) fingering and oral eventually wears off right? But still feels good. I don’t feel as excited about intimacy anymore cuz we have done it so often but it still feels nice. But my brain perceives that as me not liking sex with men and therefore I’m gay. No I just don’t feel the need to jump his bones every single time I see him?? Idk the friend thing is bothering me. Idk if I feel any joy behind it. The groinal response really really throws my perception off
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Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please
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