I am recovering well, but what gets me is seeing stories about people coming out after having SO-OCD. Forgive me if I am being ignorant but it kind of annoys me that people share this information knowing how triggering it is. As ridiculous as that sounds. It makes me feel really sad, I feel very in love with my partner, but what if I’m the same as these later in life lesbians and just love and care for him as a friend? 🙁
Everyone’s story is different, best advice is that you are aware that you are recovering so obviously you feel like you are doing better . Stay off the blogs , and put the phone down as tough as it sounds with OCD. You are revisiting something that you do not want to be true . There are also stories of people who have recovered such as yourself
Where are people seeing these stories? I haven’t seen them? And I’ve don’t some pretty heavy research and all
@Anonymous Ive only ever heard of three stories of this happening… one girl was extremely homophobic and thought being gay was a sin, had SOOCD, then found out she was gay. Then there’s an article online of this one girl who had SOOCD. I don’t think hers was really the fear of being gay, I think that she just wanted to know if she was gay or straight… she didn’t know what bisexuality was… she ended up being bisexual And the last one everyone is probably thinking about atm is this one singer, Lauv, speaking about his SOOCD. He briefly talks about it but he said that he has OCD about his sexuality and is open to exploring with the same sex.
@Mia Mia Thank you for this! Definitely a Tiny percentage, just evidence for ocd!
@Mia Mia Ugh that spiked me a bit like what if we were a bit homophobic but didn't really pay that much attention to it?
@jdd Oop I’m sorry!! But this girl was really homophobic, went to Christian school… she went in depth about it. She thought being gay sent you to hell…
@Mia Mia Oh I see. Yeah. I mean I didn't care I don't think but I was kind of indifferent to gay people and a few that I knew way back in the day were kind of weird people in general.
@Mia Mia Well let’s not speak bad on Christian’s with HOCD. I know people who don’t agree with it, but demonstrate love and respect to homosexual people
@Anonymous Im catholic.. I wasn’t hating I was just describing to calm jdd down :/ no hate to anyone I’m sorry if I came off that way !!
@Mia Mia Oh friend, you’re good! I didn’t think you were at all 😊
@Mia Mia In my case I never felt hate or that kind of aversion, if I may have participated in games about it, but never directly towards a homosexual, neither mockery nor threats, we joked among my friends, in my country of origin there is a lot of mockery about it. But I don't really have a strong feeling, really my position is that everyone should do what they want with their life, who cares? And if there are times when I hear friends speak contemptuously about homosexuals and that they are the worst and to a certain extent it bothers me, the tastes of others are not your problem, worry about your life, my position after this has become one of more understanding and respect, although it does make me more uncomfortable, for example, that someone who thinks they are homosexual is looking at me as if they might like me, or the whole issue, but I suppose it is because of the degree of obsession, although they are two different departments
@Carlos A It bothers me that if I say that I don't like the idea of being with people of the same sex, accusations of homophobia arise, is it mandatory that I have to do something that I don't want to? I can be aware of the position of that community and have nothing against them and still not want that for myself and that doesn't have to make me look like a homophobic or a bad person, and I know that there are many people who would not understand it, the desire to return TO WHAT I HAVE EVER BEEN AND HAVE FEELED COMFORTABLE is real, compared to the "unconscious desire" of this disorder
Just go with the knowledge that you have loved him and ignore those other people. Personally, and not being sensitive who love how they are but this condition has made me wish that sexuality could/should be chosen by us as adults in some way as I see nothing wrong with letting people decide for themselves as science could get there if we allowed it to.
You really think so?
@Perzibal Why should we not be able to?
@jdd - I mean, yeah it's an interesting idea
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