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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!!
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I can definitely relate. Best thing you can do is find an OCD therapist who specializes in ERP
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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
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- 5y ago
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
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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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- 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 am a 21(female). I have only ever kissed one guy and it was horrible and I cried after. I stress about my sexuality constantly. I only want to be straight and know I want to end up with a man, but picturing it stressed me out and I am so scared to kiss a guy I think about it and get so stressed and cry immediately. I have severe intrusive thoughts about kissing everyone my teachers my best friends and it creeps me out and then I go down a rabbit hole of sexual orientation ocd! If anyone has any tips that might help that would be great. Again I don’t want or think I am gay but being so scared to be intimate with a man starts me down a spiral.
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