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You all will be okay. Trust me ive been there. Its not over and i dont feel like me, but the anxiery will go away and you will be able to breath again. From there you can think clear and find your old selves back. Take a breath, relax. Time will heal you.
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100% it feels like it’ll never end?
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Totally relate to this. It surely sucks. Most of those women who marry men and find out they’re lesbian are very stupid. They caused so much harm to their significant other by not being honest with themselves. Let me tell you, it’s not like them being lesbian sprung itself on them over night like ocd does. They knew their whole lives. They probably were afraid of the shame they would feel from the world if they came out. That’s way different from the ocd denial you might feel. Denial is a choice. There’s nothing hiding itself from you in your subconscious. Your mind doesn’t work like that. People who are actually in denial can’t deny what they’re denying their whole lives. Denial isn’t a state of long term avoidance. It’s a state of short term avoidance to deal with the consequences of one’s decisions. They knew they were lesbian, but actively chose to act like they weren’t. They weren’t secretly denying it in their minds. Read some articles on actual denial in the mind. It will help.
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Yes I have but I just get even more scared. Because I’m honestly just so confused. The thing is I’ve never fantasied about women up until Now. Because I keep reading articles that’s “if you fantasize and like it that means you are” but idk if I actually like it or not. I was happy with liking boys and having boyfriends. I never found myself unsatisfied or anything. But I look back at it and check if I was actually happy and enjoying it. I hate this so much. Reading things doesn’t make me feel any better.
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What if I do know I’m lesbian? And I just keep ignoring the thoughts because I’m in denial? I’ve never wanted to be with a girl in a any way. And I hate this groundless response thing. I just want this to end. I have a boyfriend who i am happy with. But then I just keep questioning this.
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Girl!! You gotta stop questioning! It’s only going to make it worse! If you were lesbian, you would know. Most people know ever since they were very young. Most people’s sexuality doesn’t change on them automatically. If you were lesbian, your feelings wouldn’t be associated with anxiety, they would be pleasurable. Don’t get that confused with false arousal and false attraction that come along with HOCD. Most people don’t “question” their sexuality. They know. No matter what information you feed to the HOCD it will always find something else. ALWAYS. Even when you think you for sure know, your ocd will convince you that you don’t. You have to accept the fact that you will never know. If you like boys, do that! What will it change if you found out you were lesbian now?
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It’ll only change the fact that I’d have to leave my boyfriend. Which I don’t want to do. But thank you so much! This helps, knowing we aren’t alone.
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Yeah. That’s a scary thing. Once you deal with the anxiety, the smoke will clear and you will see who you’ve been all along. It will be a good thing. Not a thing full of anxiety. What you’re describing is definitely the symptoms of ocd. Not questioning your sexuality. Things will get better.
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Thank you so much, I appreciate your reply.
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I feel so sad, alone, scared and hopeless. Until two months ago there was not even the remote possibility of being anything other than heterosexual and now the idea that I could find out that I was lesbian or bisexual terrifies me to death. Everything was born from the fact that I didn't feel sexual desire towards my ex-boyfriend and I started to be afraid that it was because I was a lesbian... how can I be a lesbian or bisexual if everything was born from this? I would like to run away from myself and my head. I would really like to go back and go back to my life before. I can't take it anymore. I just want to live my life like before
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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. 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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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