- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Does anyone relate? What kind of ocd is this?
I have been dealing with pure ocd since October and I have been at a really low spot. I am a male and I have always been straight and only liked women. One time while I was watching porn I felt myself get aroused when the male was pulling down his pants. I got really anxious and was ruminating on what that this means. Does this mean I am gay or bisexual? This went on for a while. One day I wrote down on a piece of paper I just have to accept being gay and the anxiety and the pressure in my head got so much relief and I felt so much better. This feeling lasted for a little bit and then the anxiety picked back up again. I feel like most of the time I am not ruminating on am I gay? I just feel like I am so conscious of being anxious and I want that feeling to go away sometimes. Sometimes this feeling goes away on its own and I do not do anything to make it go away. However once I realize that I am thinking again the anxiety picks back up. It’s like I have a fear of being conscious of thought and I don’t know why that scares me so much. A lot of the times I don’t feel like I am thinking about anything I just feel like my brain is clogged and stuck. When the anxiety gets really bad sometimes I say In my mind I just have to accept being gay and the anxiety goes away. This is confusing because I wasn’t ruminating about being gay, it’s just when I tell myself that the anxiety goes away. This anxiety is almost 24/7 and there is not really a thought that sparks my anxiety it’s like i am just so aware of being anxious. My therapist tells me I have to stop ruminating but once I become conscious of thought I have no idea how to become unconscious of thought if that makes sense and it drives me crazy. Does anyone relate? And does anyone have any suggestions?