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- 5y ago
Then intrusive thought popped up and got me. I also fear that I secretly want to be bi (or am attracted to women) and in the future I will act on sexual desires I don't remember having.
This is something that petrified me as well. I worry myself to death with all the ‘what ifs’ in life, but at the end of the day it all comes down to your actions and what you believe. If you believe you are straight and that you do not want to be with the same sex then that is it, no further questions should be needed. What makes this way of thinking so hard for people like you and me is that we want absolute certainty that we will never be able to obtain. It is faith that we need to have, faith that we ultimately know what’s true even when it doesn’t feel like it.
But I never felt this way before ocd,and even now I know I do have it, so it is a trickster. That's why I try to let it go
I’m honestly the same exact way, I read stories of women who get married and then realize they’re a lesbian and that terrifies me horrifically that I just wont know until it happens.
I know,it's just that I feel so disconnected
My brain is making me worry that I am hiding or repressing my feeling
This is something I struggle with quite badly so you are not alone. But that is apart of ocd, it causes doubting and no matter how much we don’t want to, we have to be okay with the uncertainty. I have read these stories and worried myself to the point of becoming very sick. A main worry of mine is that I am bisexual or a lesbian and either suddenly became it or I have been all along. It is just apart of the obsessing part of HOCD.
Where did you read that? I’m sorry for you feeling that way, I know exactly how you feel. @MarGreene is right, it’s about your actions, not your thoughts. I also fear to be one of these kind of people and my HOCD makes me believe that.
I read that on a post somewhere
Tw for people who have HOCD. I recently accepted the fact that I really am bisexual and that's okay. ? I love my husband and nothing will change that. I used to think it was HOCD but after the thought of being attracted to women stopped scaring me, the fears went away but the attraction didn't. So it's no longer a cause for distress and is just a part of me that I've accepted and made peace with. ? However, the one downside of this is, because one of my OCD themes ended up being true, I now have thoughts like "What if they're ALL true? What if every other OCD theme including your POCD is true??" Anyone else in a similar situation?
So basicaly Two days ago I found a video on YouTube about astrology, and the woman speaking said smth like: you should look inside yourself because you have a tendency to ignore your own identity and your own true feelings. Instantly I thought of this endeavouring rumination about me being bisexual. Cause now I’ve kinda come to terms with the fact that in no way am I gay. So okay, the thing is, recently I’ve started to think that girls especially have an inclination towards bisexuality, mainly because they are affectionate with other girls. Bear in mind the fact that, since this hocd started, the lines between normal dating actions and behaviours between people are blurred to me. Now I realize that I am ruminating more and more this possibility of me being bisexual, but there are counter arguments like : I would never ever date a woman, I would never ever have sex with a woman and to me they are beautiful yes, they are sexy etc but I don’t want to do anything with them. Then, my consequent thought is maybe I have internalized homophobia idk. This is all soooo distressful and irritating and confusing. Deep down I know that I am a straight girl, but I feel guilty every time someone asks about my boyfriend because of these intrusive thoughts. It feels like I am lying to them, telling them that I am straight, when in fact I am not. Have you ever had such experiences?
I know people that have had hocd on this app that turned out to be their fear or bisexual. And I am deeply scared. Or am I? It feels as if I am pansexual, with a preference for girls now. And it feels fucking real.
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