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This is 100% an OCD thought and it’s taking over. I’ve had the same ones when I was 13-14. Honestly, even if you were that would not change who you are at all. But this is a classic sticky OCD thought. I used to have to picture myself kissing girls and imagine how I would feel and if I would like it. I always convinced myself that I might like it. When I was older I experimented a little and it was not for me. Don’t let this thought take control, right now your compulsion is trying to “solve” if you are or if you aren’t.
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- 5y ago
it’s like i’m constantly playing a game of tug o war. one side is me and the other side are these stupid thoughts using EVERYTHING i feel, see, have done, etc to convince me that i’m gay. every little thing is being used against me. things i did when i was super duper little and things i did not that long ago. everything is now all the sudden proof that i’m gay. and that scares the living crap out of me.
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- 5y ago
The other side you describe is your OCD in disguise as “you being gay”. The more you analyze your thoughts, feelings, and past, the more it will twist it into “evidence”. I remember having these obsessions so vividly when I was in my early teens. I’m in my 30s now & married to a wonderful man. If I could go back in time the best advice I think I would tell myself then is something like “ok, so even if you are gay/bi - then what? What’s the big deal?”. There really wouldn’t have been one. I’m definitely NOT saying you are, just trying to put things into perspective in the big picture. This reminds me so much of me that I can really empathize. You will not find a solution by over analyzing in your head. Allow yourself to take a break from these thoughts, they will still be there tomorrow if you choose to revisit them. I know it’s hard to do, but when I’ve managed to do it in the past, by the break from obsessing takes power from your OCD. Sometimes you don’t need to revisit thoughts because after time they seem less important.
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- 5y ago
yes!! it’s so scary ugh. we got this!! ?
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- 5y ago
Your OCD knows all that and is using it against you. My therapist in the past said often OCD presents you with an obsession that is the opposite of how you are. Some of your “worst case scenarios” get used as fuel for obsessions because that’s what will make you anxious and feed the OCD. Why would it ever give you a good obsession, or something that wouldn’t make you uncomfortable. It’s a smart disorder. Try to embrace the uncertainty, just for a little while. It will starve the OCD and make it less powerful. You can do this.
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- 5y ago
@ocdsucks. I don't want to give reassurance or anything. But I went through that. Where I hardly felt attraction to men. It really and truly is because you are stressing about it. You're mind is convincing you of that. You're suppressing your true attractions. When you get to a point where you overcome these thoughts and feelings and aren't worried about it, I'd bet that your attractions for men would come back. I know, it did for me. This is all a product of anxiety. Anxiety can do so many things. Hang in there. Are you in therapy or doing any self help therapy at home, on any meds? @sophiaa I totally understand where you are coming from. I don't know where I stand sometimes when it comes to homosexuality/bisexuality as far as my faith is concerned. Having these worries has actually made me sympathize with the lgbt community.
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- 5y ago
completely. it’s so unfair. i know that this is all my brain and it’s not true but i still cant help but doubt everything and anything. literally the simplest things. it sucks
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- 5y ago
it makes everything seem so real. everything she’s saying that she felt before she realized she was bi is what i felt/feel. she was always attracted to guys and so was i. she always just thought girls were pretty and was never really attracted to them,,,so do i. this is making me go crazyyyy because what if that means i am???
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- 5y ago
I'm right there with ya. You are not alone. I'm 31 and happily married to an amazing man. I too, worry "what if I'm bi?" I read some coming out stories and watched videos too. I'm just like you. I only ever liked guys. And still do. But my mind plays tricks on me. Tonight. I really just accepted the possibility. I don't HAVE to identify that way. But there's no way for me to be 100 percent certain. It is definitely hard. I think if I'm bi, then I would be a very straight leaning bi :) I'm also a Christian, so reconciling these thoughts with my faith is hard as well. I can see that this type of OCD is very common. Hang in there and stay strong.
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- 5y ago
Oh no. I hate those, such an anxiety spike ??♀️
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- 5y ago
But continue to watch, you’re doing exposure!:)
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- 5y ago
that was great advice, as someone who relates to all of this that made me certainly look at things a little different. my thoughts always go haywire, remain calm, or just numb and it’s a weird cycle but I just try to tell myself it’s ocd and get past my day. One problem is I don’t find guys attractive anymore no matter what. And it makes me feel so depressed to a bad point. I start to feel asexual, or I start to pick out bad features in guys, my mind convinces me “you’d enjoy it a lot better with girls.” Or “girls have that feature way better.” And sometimes when I see a couple kiss, I find it gross. I just want to be able to be straight again:/
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- 5y ago
i’m also christian and that is a huge anxiety factor for me—my family. i’m so afraid of all this because my family doesn’t necessarily approve of that kind of stuff. i’ve heard the things they say and how my family reacts to anything regarding homosexuality and it scares me so much because if i were to be gay they would hate me. they wouldn’t support me or love me, and i feel like i would be such an outcast. it’s all so scary to think about if it is true. especially if there are so many things that my brain is twisting into “evidence”
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All of your comments made me feel better but also I have so many questions, specially for the ones who improved and recovered, did your thoughts ever become so real that even if you didn’t want it and knew you didn’t want it your brain told you “you do, this is actually what you want” and made you think “okay yeah I’m in denial it can’t be ocd” ??? Because when I’m in my worst moments that happens
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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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- 13w ago
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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- 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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