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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Sorry I don’t want to be rude or invasive but why did you come out as Bi? Like do you want to be with a female? I’m sorry I’m just confused and scared, like how do I know if I’m not. I hate the thought of it and don’t want to be with a female but urggg idek
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- 5y ago
I totally relate to this feeling however we get this feeling because we are focussing on this so much and constantly asking ourselves whether we like these things while other people without OCD would just know that it isn’t true and move on. I honestly don’t know how we can recover from this horrible thing but I do know that I don’t want these thoughts and I definitely don’t want to be with a female.
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- 5y ago
I definitely do and relate to everything you said!
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- 5y ago
For me it was a personal choice to just get the idea out of my head. I came out as bi or questioning. Should have added the last part. Since I share this with family and friends it didn’t feel like it was a secret that I have to hide even though I’ve never done anything. If it makes sense it helped me keep my sanity and it allowed me to not be scared of it anymore because it’s been like that in my head since I was a child. It literally just assisted me not feel like I was losing my mind. Everyone was supportive and didn’t question it. Which helped me realize that even if I wasn’t there would be no problem if I was. It made me feel secure.
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- 5y ago
I’m sure you feel as fed up as I do
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- 5y ago
I have chosen to just come out as Bi for the time being but honestly I say yeah sure I’ll hook up with another female but like deep down I am like ...actually no I do not want to but it somehow feels like it releases pressure out of my thoughts. I’ve never dated or been with a girl. I think I’ve had crushes on girls but like I cannot find myself actually going through with even kissing even when opportunity arises
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- 5y ago
Yes i totally relate
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- 5y ago
Yes I have heard of people doing this. I've told people before that my attraction depends on the person rather than their gender. Telling myself this gives me more room to be myself, and I realise nothing about who I am, what I do, or how I experience life has changed at all. I realise my fears are not based on anything real or of substance. I need to work towards removing the stigma I attach towards being gay. I cant control other peoples opinions
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- 5y ago
Our sexuality is present whether or not we choose act on. A straight person who has been intimate with 10 people of the opposite sex is no more straight than a virgin. @Carm28! Obviously this doesn't apply to you as you are straight and just came out as bi to give yourself some breathing space as far as I'm aware. From some of us with hocd this is a worthy path. I have considered coming out as bi, gay, pan myself. I'm not there now but it shows how powerful and convincing hocd can be unchecked.
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- 5y ago
I relate. When I just tell myself who I am attracted to depends on the person, rather limiting it to a gender, I find it takes the pressure away and feeling calmer and less fixated, I naturally find myself attracted to girls
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- 5y ago
Ok thank you, that makes sense
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- 5y ago
OCD to calm down. I’ve never been with a woman, not even a kiss
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- 19w ago
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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- 15w ago
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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