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oh GOD i get the urges a LOT. i just 'want' to lean in and stuff and i just want the feeling to go away ffs
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Omg thank goodness i thought it was just me. I get like a tingling feeling too if i accidentally brush up agsinst girls too (family, friends etc.) Then my ocd is like yea ik you were attracted to girls. ?♀️ Omfg thanks so much
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- 5y ago
See HOCD has the ability to make you feel like you would enjoy doing shit with your sex , even when you know deep down you definitely wouldn’t. And btw , that tingling feeling is the most common thing of them all with HOCD and OCD in general. It’s a known thing. For one , that area is so sensitive so almost anything could trigger it, especially anxiety and whatever you’re currently fearing. It’s best to accept that it’s there and not even bother to question it , which is the hardest thing ever ??♂️??♂️
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Yea it's totally insane. It's so crazy, cuz i "feel" like im a lesbian. Like maybe thats y ive never dated a guy because in sectetly gay. I mean ive had loads if crushes on boys. But never dated even when guys asked me out because it never felt right. Except for this one guy, but it didnt work out. Now the hocd is telling me it didnt work out because im gay. But it's weird i have to force myself to fantasize about girls. Guys are a no brainer. Am i secretly gay because ive never felt right having a bf or never wanted one till now? I mean these thoughts, urges, feelings... do they ever go away is there a self help?
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Lol i was sitting in a car with on of my friends, and for some reason I haf thoughts like, am I supposed to lean in and kiss her? Should I be attracted?
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- 5y ago
Ahhhh I can understand that when you look back and feel like you didn’t date guys bc you weren’t straight. With OCD we automatically assume that we had to live a certain way before in order to consider ourselves certain things but that’s being way too hard on ourselves ?? like I’m straight and I haven’t dated a girl in years. And that doesn’t mean anything , you know ? There could be many reasons why you didn’t date at that time , like insecurities , being busy , focusing on other things , anything really. But of course the best thing to do is to get to understand the fear and why you have it. And come to realize that it doesn’t need to be a fear because there would be nothing wrong with being lesbian ! To answer your question , they do go away and there is totally self help. I don’t know the absolute best option , but I’d recommend cognitive behavioral therapy and to stay off of forums. They can become a compulsion and usually do. May have said it before haha but if you ever wanna chat just lmk. I have Instagram and if you wanna know it just ask :)
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- 5y ago
I have and it unhinges me also
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@arielcorey do you ever get thoughts too like ssying how good their lips look etc and then the urges come into play? Like i dont even want to go over to my best friends house to watch tv just becsuse im so afraid i'll hsve those feelings or thoughts
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yessss
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I get thoughts about sex ... and lips too
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???
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I do too, and the ocd makes me think i'd like it. But ik i dont. ?? im scared of everything now and im afraid i'll never b able to connect w/ a guy because im secretly gay ! ? like what happened to the good old days w/o hocd?
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I think its teiggered by trauma at least mine is forsure bec before it I never had these thoughts and I think it teiggered my anxiety even worse is it normal to have it with PTSD also?
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Triggered
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I think it is normal definitely. The only trauma i can think of is that people in my family thought i was gay because i never dressed girly growing up and i always liked different things. Mine started in 8th grade.
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That's a trauma for sure
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Oh good to know. Well im glad we're all in this together! Hopefully one day we can go back to liking guys w/o the hesitation. Ihope everything wotks out with u. I've started to do the self ERP on this app. U shoukd check it out too it might help
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I did as well thanks
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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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- 13w ago
I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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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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