- Username
- mikayla321
- Date posted
- 5y ago
It’s ok if you can’t get a therapist I don’t know have one. I’ve been dealing with hocd for almost 9 months now :( It’s not fun but I am at a point where the thoughts don’t bother me as much as before. What I did was just let the thoughts be there don’t push them away or try to stop them. Just let them be them. This whole week for me has been amazing, the thoughts barely bother me. I don’t check to see if I like girls as much as I used to. All these small accomplishments help me to keep pushing! Be stronger than ocd. Don’t ruminate. Also erp helps, if your ocd doesn’t want you to listen to a certain song because it relates to your ocd, listen to it. Do things ocd doesn’t want you to do. Trigger anxiety and sit with it!!
I can definitely relate. Best thing you can do is find an OCD therapist who specializes in ERP
You should check in with your college to see if they have mental health services (most do) but they may not have an OCD specialist on staff. There’s online therapy available but depending on your budget that may or may not be feasible. I would definitely recommend buying some books on OCD and workbooks on CBT so you can gain some new skills and understanding on your own. https://ocdla.com/ocdreadings
Thank you sm I’m abt to go to college and idk what to do abt that I don’t think I would be able to pay for one that’s why I started using this app
I have been in a happy relationship with my boyfriend for over a year. He is always there to help me with my anxiety he is amazing. The past few months I started having these HOCD thoughts. But I have not been to a therapist. Anytime I see a woman I get the “gronial response” I am very afraid these thoughts are real and I don’t love my boyfriend. This has effected our intimate relationship. I feel like anytime we get intimate I get afraid I won’t get turned on because I think I am lesbian and then I don’t get as turned on as I could. I don’t know what to do or how to make the thoughts go away and I don’t want to lose my boyfriend.
I have a boyfriend and I love him so much, but HOCD has been driving me insane since the moment we started dating. I can’t every scroll through Instagram without having to touch myself to every fucking girl I see and it makes me nauseous and depressed all at once. I hate it more than I’m able to describe and I like BOYS , but it’s so so hard to maintain a relationship with this constant feeling of guilt . I don’t like girls but since I HAVE to touch myself to them, it’s a natural reaction to have some form of groundless response which only makes matters worse considering the fact that now I have to convince myself that I had that reaction only because I was touching myself and not because I was turned on by girls. Can anyone relate because I’m going insane !!
I’m so afraid I might be lesbian. I was very anxious at first but it started to calm down. I’m only 15 and I have a boyfriend I love. At least I think I do, I always chose to question everything and over analyze. I found out about hocd and it described everything I was feeling. I’d take test and read articles like “am I lesbian” but I have never fantasied a girl or wanted to be with a girl sexually or romantically. But what if I’m in denial? I do think girls are physically attractive but I never crushed on a girl. I have always crushed on boys. And liked being with them. I’m just so lost. My anxiety about it had calmed down. But the question is still there sometimes. Earlier today, I found a girl pretty and I got scared thinking that meant something. Then I read about women who have married men, but they know they’re lesbian. I’m scared that that’ll Happen to me. I don’t want to be lesbian. No disrespect. But I just want to be happy. I think I’ve suffered from ocd before. Tell me anyone if I’m wrong. But I used to have thoughts of that my boyfriend would murder me in the future because of theses videos that triggered me. It caused me so much pain and felt so real. That I eventually started to think I’d murder my mom and sister for no reason. I felt so helpless. But I got through it. I hope I get through this. Please any advice? Is this hocd?? Does anyone else feel this way?
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