OCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 1y
New subtype for me?
I had the fleeting thought of what it would be like to be a woman, and now I'm overthinking about being possibly transgender.
Someone99Someone99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
Been there myself, way more than a fleeting thought at times. Epr techniques work for this as well
OCDwontownmeOCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 1y
I haven't been able to talk to my therapist for months. She's been heavily booked. So I'm kinda on my own with this theme
Someone99Someone99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
@OCDwontownme This and soocd and other "taboo" themes seem to freak us out more than others. But, the same ERP tools work. Accept uncertainty. Just let it there, maybe I do, maybe I don't. I was obsessed I was gay, and am past that now by just allowing it for some time. That doesn't mean agreeing with it, just allow it. It'll pass. Trust the tools
Confused Confused
- Date posted
- 1y
@Someone99 How do you do that
Someone99Someone99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
@Confused Are you familiar with ERP, exposure, response, prevention at all?
TBdiz89TBdiz89
- Date posted
- 1y
@Someone99 I aspire to be like you. I struggled with POCD for a while but was able to get over that and with health ocd. However soocd is the one that has been stuck for years!
Someone99Someone99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
@TBdiz89 Thank you for the kind words. It's a daily walk for all of us. So many on here are hot hard with soocd because it seems to be tied to our hormones, desires, drive, etc. For me it was difficult but it did ease up as I remained consistent with the tools. Didn't feel right for a little while but I thought I have nothing to lose, so here goes ... And it helped. Trust the tools you used with the other themes. One may not always work, or ever work, so alternating helped me, and maybe you can even discover a new tool that may help you through this one?
OCDwontownmeOCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 1y
@TBdiz89 Pocd is the scariest for me lol. Soocd lasts longer but yipe it's scary
Someone99Someone99
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
@Someone99 *hit hard with soocd ...
Confused Confused
- Date posted
- 1y
@Someone99 No am not
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 1y
Dealing with this as well, it definitely is freaking me out. Come after a thought during a soocd panic attack which lead me to think what if I turn trans. I have never thought this is my life or never felt different. I got ocd this year and started with harm/soocd/now I guess the new taboo theme tocd. It’s crazy how it ties in together but damn can’t believe my thoughts put me in such a hole. I haven’t started erp just yet, but open to ideas how to get myself back to knowing I’ll be ok and I can conquer this.
Related posts
xoxoacid
- Date posted
- 22w
How do I get rid of these thoughts or calm down
I've been really overwhelmed with thoughts of detransitioning even though I don't want to like thinking I'm not a boy. It's been making my anxiety go up like crazy but I've never had this problem this much before, and I've always felt so proud of who I was and stuff but I don't know why this is coming up all of a sudden and I'm scared. I don't want to detransition but these thoughts won't go away. I often have feminine interests and have been trying to get into a better mindset and I feel like those things are making me feel more feminine and I don't want to feel that way.
ermhiiii
- Date posted
- 20w
Hi
I just recently kind of was getting over my Constant spiral of “am I a lesbian or bi?”(im a lesbian) and now I’ve been tackled by “am I trans” even tho I’ve never questioned my gender ever, I love being a woman, and I never thought I’d ever be dealing with this since I’ve always been so sure of being a woman, anybody else?
gwen_weaver
- Date posted
- 18w
am i trans or am i confused?
My boyfriend is ftm, and I’m very supportive of him and his journey with gender. It opened a lot of conversations between us about each others gender/sexuality. I’ve known for a long time that i’m pan, but I’ve struggled a lot with my own gender. My OCD causes me to doubt myself a lot, one day i feel hyper feminine and have no desire to identify as a man, but the next day I am extremely dysphoric about my body/hair/voice and wonder if I’m ftm as well? and then it goes away the next day. Some days I don’t even feel feminine OR masculine. I spend a lot of my time ruminating over if i’m trans, and abt the possibility of me spending the rest of my life either not knowing, or settling for whatever’s easiest for myself and everyone around me. I don’t know if I actually believe I’m a man, or if I’m pretending, or if it’s just in my head. Its like I don’t know what to trust since my opinion is different every day, and it feels like I can’t trust my own intuition. It’s starting to affect my sex drive, my sleep, my self confidence, and my self image. It’s really confusing me and I’m wondering if anyone can relate or has some advice. Thank you:)
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond