HOCD

@Nica so you didn’t become the sexuality you feared, yeah none of my family care about sexuality because my mums bi sexual and my dad has said no matter what i’ll always still be his boy, it’s just scary because i’ve never doubted myself before all this and i was girl crazy.

@blazed my therapist is looking more into CBT, do u think this is a good option as well?

@blazed Yup, I did erp, it hasn’t left. I have had a few days of no ocd and it’s awesome but alas it always comes back . I still feel distress but it as much as before

@68273 how long have you been suffering for?

@haydensmith Unfortunately no bc CBT is more focused on analyzing the thoughts/emotions and using logic to figure them out. This doesn’t work bc OCD is not rational and there’s always going to be another “what if”. Staying uncertain and learning how to tolerate the discomfort is how you’ll get out of the OCD cycle - which is what ERP teaches you.

@68273 Me too 🥲 some days are worse than others but I’ve gotten a lot better.

@blazed are you more confident in your sexuality now or know what your sexuality is?

@haydensmith I’ve had 13years of ocd

@haydensmith I’m not, but I chose not to label myself and just date my preferred gender.

@blazed sometimes you have to live with uncertainty for a while to become more certain in the future.

@Anonymous same

@Anonymous how long u had it for

@haydensmith Since September but I have had ocd episodes before since Covid