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When I was a kid I used to be like a tomboy and I liked to play with cars and stuff like that. I can’t imagine how it feels to feel like that and I’m sorry you feel like you weren’t meant to be a boy but God created you just the way you were supposed to be ? and also if I were you when these thoughts come I would sit and think on them and ask “ is this really how I feel or is it just ocd?” Because it might not even be how you feel it might just be ocd. I would recommend getting a therapist maybe and talking to her/ him about it and see what their opinion is and also maybe something easier to do would be when you have these thoughts make a list of all the good qualities about your gender and then see how you feel then. Ocd can really suck and I’m sorry you doubt your gender, it’s got to be tough and confusing.
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Thank you! These thoughts all started because of those stereotypes
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It’s not that I want to be a girl cuz I don’t even though my thoughts are basically trying to tell me I do. It’s more like I’m playing the victim to these gender role stereotypes. Like I said before, I’ve never hated my gender it’s more like I hate the stereotypes and what’s expected of me as a guy
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Oh yea I get what you mean on that ( sorry for not understanding ) I don’t like a lot of the stereotypes against girls. If that’s how you feel though you shouldn’t feel like you have to measure up to the stereotypes of being a guy because the world will tell you that you have to be like this or this is what’s expected of you but you don’t have to conform to the world. I would really recommend talking to a trusted family member or friend or therapist and ask what their opinion is.
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I do have a therapist but I can’t see him until early July. And I’ve been through this before too.
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How did you get past it before?
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It shifted to Homosexual OCD but then I got a girlfriend and that’s when it went away
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So when one ocd goes away a new one pops up or one that you haven’t had problems with in a while pops up again?
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Yes basically. Last summer these thoughts started around the exact same time. But it started with the transgender thoughts like I have now, then it shifted to homosexual thoughts around July and lasted for the rest of the summer. Then in Novemberish, I got into a relationship so I knew I wasn’t homosexual but then it shifted to harm ocd. But as I got even busier with school it all seemed to go away but now it’s coming back again
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Hey Ben! I’m a fellow gender OCD sufferer. And it seems we’ve both recovered from sexuality OCD in the past. I’m sure with your HOCD you remember doing this same sort of looking back into your past and weighing things compulsions, right? Sexuality and gender are both on a spectrum and the stereotypes and expectations you more describing are EXACTLY what cause these stupid themes to begin with: we get in our heads what we didn’t perform/feel our roles juuuuuust right and now we have to spiral into never ending questions to find 100% certainty. But I’m sure you also remember that going back into your past for clues never really fixed anything, right? It won’t in this case either. Since you’ve been through this before, you know what to do: list out your triggers, purposely expose yourself to them, and sit with the anxiety without performing compulsions until the thoughts stop producing anxiety or mattering to you anymore. Glad to hear you’ll be seeing a therapist soon. You’ve been here before, you can do it again. Good luck!
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I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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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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(20f) I have been dealing with severe OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember. I recently got diagnosed about a year ago, and even though I know that these thoughts are probably my ocd, I still cant shake them. Growing up I was always very sexually curious. I was sheltered from a lot of things, as I went to a private school and things like sexuality and sex were never talked about. I remember doing some weird sexual things growing up (never affecting another person), looking up taboo sexual things, etc. I always seemed to become aroused no matter what the situation was, even if I just saw someone getting changed. I have no recollection of being SA'd, so i'm wondering where this all came from? Was I just curious and wanted to experiment and try different things? Or am I really a pervert, pedophile, etc. I have all these thoughts racing through my head and it's killing me. Everything I did as a kid I look back on and am disgusted, as those don't align with my views at all today. I never thought growing up thinking these things were wrong, or actually realize what they were until I got older. I'd like to think it was just my curiosity, but i'm not sure. What if i'm in denial and actually do like these things? I just need to know if theres something wrong w me, I cant keep going on like this. Could really use some advice.
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