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Question for the guys.
During really bad moments of soocd do you guys ever feel demasculated, like less of a man, more feminine etc.?
During really bad moments of soocd do you guys ever feel demasculated, like less of a man, more feminine etc.?
Oh yea. I hyper focus on my tone of voice or posture, the way i walk etc. I tend to act more masculine because I don’t want to give off the wrong impression. Also, some activities I used to love to do was ready romantic books or watch those type of movies. And I was able to watch those movies before OCD and I had a GF and I never once freaked out or questioned my sexuality. Now that SOOCD is present, I tend to notice more “feminine” things I do and it doesn’t help at all
Yes true its like it highlights certain things and makes you question them. I understand you maybe one day you can get back to doing those things you enjoy and even watch some rom com anime 😁
@My OCD Academia I also enjoy reading romantic books and watching romantic movies. I always enjoyed that I was different than most guys in terms of being able to connect to a more emotional side, but OCD has come after it. I’m continuing to do these things even though it can be anxiety-provoking, and I encourage you to do it as well! :)
@D99 The funny thing is i pike romantic movies too and i also avoid it mostly because of being afraid my ocd latching on to the guy or something. But ima challenge myself
@Mr.ocd That’s something that has bothered me as well. I’m at the point now where I watch movies that have attractive men just to trigger myself. I’ve always been able to recognize that other men are objectively attractive, and then when OCD hit it took that ability and ran with it as proof that I’m not straight because of that.
@D99 Same here is just acknowledgement and admiration of good looks that my ocd loves to twist and make me think hes "cute".
@Mr.ocd Yup! I can see a guy that could be a model but my OCD doesn’t allow me to just acknowledge he’s attractive. It’s definitive “proof” that I’m not straight 😂
@D99 kinda random, but yesterday i was trying to listen to a song called “I love girls” and I wasn’t focusing when I was typing since I was ruminating in my head and then I realized i was typing “i love guys” and i freaked out and quickly erased it and now i can’t stop thinking about it. Small stuff like that makes my brain turn inside out
@My OCD Academia To be fair i would be tripping out myself if that happened to me. Its similar to when im doing a checking compulsion checking if i like a guy my ocd latched on to or just a random habituated cumpulsion ill be like do i like him? Like? And in my mind it randomly says yes especially if its making me see him through rose colored lens i freak out.
@D99 Yeah this happens to me too gotten to the point even if hes decent looking my brain will try to use that against me as "proof" you think hes cute! You like him! Etc etc terrible.
@Mr.ocd Yep, our subconscious ocd minds get the best of us. it’s happened before. like i’ll be thinking of my ocd in my head and i’ll be texting my mom at the same time and i’ll subconsciously write out what my ocd is saying and i’m like what the hell? i just have to remember all this is ocd. it’s like so clear it’s just another theme but my brain can’t comprehend that
it’s those what if’s that make you believe even if it is an ocd theme, what if there’s a possibility it’s not
Honestly i dont really get what ifs, i mean i do but not alot... for me its more like my ocd is showing me other videos of a possibility, thinking about the possibility of "feeling" something such as attraction, or just like intrusive statements. What really get me hooked and i get stuck is if i cant answer said questions like do i like him and like i cant answer its like my brain isnt there. Also the urgency of a cumpulsion.
@Mr.ocd i have those ocd videos of possibility too. it sucks. u ever feel like you’re the only person who has certain symptoms? like if something happens that is a trigger, you question if this is the one trigger that “proves” it’s not ocd?
@My OCD Academia cuz that’s me on a daily
@My OCD Academia Yeah like if the video in my head of possibility feels real. I dont question if this is the trigger that proves its not ocd but instead i respond like it is the trigger that proves its not ocd, like my brain skips that whole question part and just reacts.
I feel like evryone is saying yeah the worst part is not knowing what my actual sexuality is however for me its like not that but more about being another sexuality and not being able to be with my bf because "my body and my truth are stronger then my will to stay with my bf". I also have the fear of SOOCD ending up being true or for example and more specifically liking it and never going back to men... I dont know if anyone relates to that, let me know!
Just tired af... Anyone else feels like everything is a lie all the time and there is no "before the OCD I was boy crazy" just the OCD since forever... or denial because of that aspect? Really struggeling with the physical aspect of SOOCD : looking at a women's body and really feeling something and getting turned on and looking at a man's and not feeling anything... I just dont understand! I asked my friends and many of them said they dont feel anything looking at a man's body as well (they're straight) but also looking at a women's doesnt feel like much. I just dont understand ughhhh
I think I may have SO-OCD and OCD in general. At a young age fear of death. I use to tap my heart 8 times (lucky number) for each person I loved. Then I think I suffered with ROCD and HOCD when I was 18 after 2 bad relationships who they ran off with a ‘close’ friend at the time. I’ve struggled with OCD and these HOCD/ SO-OCD about 12 years ago but the HOCD went and the ROCD came back and forth. I did previously last year have a Fear of death of my children with alligators going on holiday after reading a bad article in Florida which lasted few months. Briefly Started with ‘R-OCD’ again but went pretty quickly. Am I good enough for my partner? Is she going to leave me? What if she finds someone else? Though I saw a picture of a good looking male on a social media which my Brian instantly questioned if I was gay, panic and anxiety which lead to which I think is SO-OCD and HOCD. An obsession is an unwanted and unpleasant thought, image or urge that repeatedly enters my mind, causing feelings of anxiety, disgust or unease. A compulsion is a repetitive behaviour or mental act that you feel you need to do to temporarily relieve the unpleasant feelings brought on by the obsessive thought. I’m stuck in obsessive doubt around my sexual identity, even though I say that deep down i know what my sexual identity is but even this is being questioned at the minute and I want to cry. I have always, always been interested in women. That much I would say I had a sex addiction. My attraction to the opposite sex has pretty much disappeared. I have a fleeting thought of attraction which will set off a cascade of doubt and terror which some thoughts/ feelings make me physically sick. I’m scared of going out in public or even looking at people especially men for the fear of false attraction. I try to do ERP when I do have moments but it makes me want to be sick. My brain feels like it’s in a clamp and I can’t stop the constant thoughts. It feels like something is my head has stopped or not working correctly. Even at night. Every time I wake my chest seems to feel strange and the thoughts are suddenly there. I’ve tried ERP but it makes me want to be sick even when it subsides. I am still continuing this but I feel so drained. I just want to be myself again who I was 3 months ago. I hate that this has happened and I feel that I can’t cope, can’t be the husband I want to be, can’t be the father I want and was. These are my main issues at the moment; false attraction to pretty much any male even voices, decrease attraction in opposite gender, severe anxiety, I can’t sleep or eat, constant thoughts 24/7 and scenarios, groinal responses, seavere recriminatory thinking, I hate myself, I even have false attraction to myself in the mirror. What is wrong with me? I just want to be the husband and father I was a few months ago!
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