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Yeah, happened to me too but it lasted a few days then back again on the same ish
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Lol I used to tell myself girl be asexual better than being gay and I tried to but it didn’t work so just tell ur self imma be asexual and you’ll see shit is not real
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It’ll fade away
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Yeah I felt the same, I figured it was more like a defense mechanism. When I felt that way, I was like "you know I'd rather be ace in this case" I was scared because I don't want to he asexual either but it was kind of relieving then I got "You can be asexual and still gay" and I freaked out again but that made understand that I 100% don't want to be romantically involved with someone of same sex. So-ocd wants you to be everything but your actual sexuality. That's how dumb it is. You can't wake up one day gay, another one asexual and then pansexual
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thank you so much. but i was reading (compulsions ik D:) online and a lot of people wrote about them used to liking this and becoming this. Like example: I used to like guys at 13/14 but at 15 I became lesbian. Or: I don’t want to be asexual but I became/am one. Things like this which throw off my logic :/
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I read those things as a compulsion all the time but technically it's not even possible. Because you can't become another sexuality because of ocd, those people didn't wake up one day and said "Damn well I'm gay now", sexuality is not like changing hair color. I may decide tomorrow I don't want blonde hair anymore, but you can't force on yourself a sexuality you are not. I used to be anxious over this even before I had hocd, while it's natural selection for those who are. It's a flight fight response, we attach emotion to them that's why we are freaked out.
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I had a asexual phase, it wasn’t that great ?. But there’s nothing
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but I feel like in my case it’s possible. I don’t want to be asexual but wow i don’t think I could ever like guys again it feels too unreal
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my anxiety is off the scale right now
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And same I used to think that would’ve been better than being lesbian but now actually fearing it I don’t want it because it makes the realization of not liking guys anymore become more of a fact D:
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thank you @notfortalk, very strong claims. I just get way too much in my head. I feel sometimes there’s a possibility I can be normally straight, maybe that’s me deep down trying to reach to the surface to let me know it’ll be okay, but soon enough it’s covered by the suffocation of ocd and it makes me doubt and depressed all over again. Assuming my libido is just hiding with so much weight on top that it doesn’t work
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@chou_tzuyu13 are you still asexual?
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Yeah I know how it feels, I'm in the same boat. But all of this is just bull, we're just victim of a stupid illness that wants to weigh us down. And the best we can do is let ourselves feel all the frustration instead of bottling it up
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not anymore
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@ocdsucksbutt, not anymore, I’ve had a lot of LGBT phases. It turns out I was straight but curious. Being asexual is lonely but it’s relieving. But I’m still straight
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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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- 11w ago
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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I just can’t do this shit anymore.im tired of these “arousal” sensations that feel real but when I go check my arousal to the same gender I just get anxiety. I’m tired of feeling like I can’t like girls anymore. I’m tired of my arousal getting blocked every now and then because I’m anxious. I’m tired of not knowing who I am anymore. I’m tired of having my mind putting me into an identity I never asked for. I’m tired of this life
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