Okay so having a lil anxiety attack right now because the thought of being gay aint scaring me anymore and now i feel like i truuuly am gay and like i have to come out to my parents and like im pressured by myself and not accepting myself and it feels just too real and idkkk its crazy how i can go from okay to this stage again. I feel like i try not to fall in love with woman and im holding myself back but if i truly was gay wouldnt it just liked the same sex earlier in my life. Like it just happens right? So ive never had that but i feel like im blocking myself from likjng woman but jve never liked them in my whole life so idk what im tryna convince myself. I cant lie, This generation is rlly hard on me when it comes to my hocd. Evergwhere around me people are comjng out and it makes it look like being gay is a huge posibility and that i could easily be gay when u look at how many people are gay. That it wouldnt be a weird case like so many girls are lesbian why wouldnt i be. What would make me straight and them gay? The thing is all these questjoms once were never in my head and all the answers were so clear i didnt even had to ask the questions to myself. But why do i now? Makes me feel like im gay because straight ppl would never ask themselves these questions...

Take a deep breath and step back for a second. You’re going down an endless spiral of questions that are never going to lead to certainty. They will lead you to your fear, sure, but not to truth. And that’s because the kind of certainty you’re looking for doesn’t exist and especially with OCD. It’s okay that the thoughts don’t make you anxious anymore. That’s a natural step everyone takes with this theme. And that need to come out and confess: that’s a compulsion. And it’s also a very natural and common part of this theme. You said you want to live and not analyze, that’s a great instinct. And you can do that. The thoughts and feelings will still be there (for now) but you don’t have to spend your time going down these thought spirals. When you have a moment where you think you’re attracted to someone of the same sex, just label it, “I’m having a feeling that makes me think I’m attracted to this person.” But feelings are not facts. And feelings are fleeting. Let it be and let it pass. Refocus on what you were doing before the thought and keep living it. Stop analyzing each thought and feeling. Just feel it and let it go.

This helped me so much. This has been happening to me lately. This whole theme. Thanks. I feel less alone and uncomfortable.

I also had all the answers before OCD showed up one night and turned my life upside down.

I hate that the simple moments dont feel innocent anymore like when im just home with my mom i think ablut thoughts i dont want to have. I just want the pure me back. Im not saying that flr example gay people aint pure but for me the thoughts poisoned my mind because i mever had these thoughts and theyre so triggerin. I just want myself back because its so hard living with myself when im uncomfortable all the time and i cant for a second not think about this. Thats why every tiny moment jn my life is ruined because every time i do something even a small thing i think kf this. Ifs always on my mind. I cant seriously be focused on soemthing elde its always here. I just need a moment where i live in the moment eand not always analyze things

Ditto! Happened overnight!

Both yes

Does hocd make you guys feel like u look gay or act gay? I feel like that all the time now.