False Attraction SOCD Recovery

@Anonymous Thank you! ❤️

@Anonymous Thank u but the thing is sometimes I feel no anxiety at all and I get the same thoughts all the same sometimes I know it’s not true but it feels pleasurable but when I have my medication I don’t like it I know I don’t like it but sometimes in the morning I get thoughts but feel no anxiety and that scares me

@Anonymous Yes mine too feels pleasurable, i really hate my life

@star1232 Yh same I don’t want this anymore but it mostly feels nothing I don’t feel anything my chest feels heavy

@Anonymous I really dont want anything in this shit life rather than being hetero woman My attraction to men went away , i have hocd & tocd and all my feelings and thoughts feel pleasurable and as if i want it 💔

@star1232 Innit I still like men I’m having medication I’ve been having it for 7 weeks

@Anonymous Being anxious about not feeling anxious about false attraction is still feeling anxious about false attraction. With recovery you may still feel false attraction without feelings of anxiety. It’s all part of the process.

@star1232 Losing attraction to the desired gender is VERY common with SOCD. I’ve never heard of someone with SOCD not experiencing that. With recovery your attraction will return.

@missbluesky Me I have had this for 6 months now it’s the worst

@missbluesky I’ve had OCD/Panic Disorder since I was 14. I’ve had various OCD subtypes but SOCD was probably the most frequent subtype I would experience. I have been in and out of talk therapy but only recently started exposure therapy.

@Sadie1994! I’m very scared because I’ve had SOOCD since I was 12 and it’s been my strongest and honestly, my only “REAL” theme. It feels like because it started so young it’s not OCD and because it’s been my only theme then it’s just denial.

@missbluesky That you’re in “denial” is a really common lie your OCD will tell you. Remember OCD is ego-dynastic which means they don’t align with a persons true values and desires. That’s why it’s so upsetting.

@Ilovemyhusband0322 SO hard! OCD is literally conspiracy theories against yourself. 😂

@Anonymous I want to be with a man not a girl I have always had crushes on men

@Anonymous Hey! I know it’s very scary and debilitating but what you have to do is not give it power. When the feeling comes you have to acknowledge that it is a symptom of OCD, and this part is SUPER HARD but I urge you to do it because it is really the only way to overcome it, tell yourself maybe it’s true maybe it’s not and leave it at that. Don’t overanalyze, don’t reassurance seek, don’t self soothe, just acknowledge the thought and let it go. I’m only going to say this once though, because I don’t want to give reassurance because it is a temporary relief, your anxious, panicked, and obsessive response response to false attraction is how you know it is not real attraction. Real attraction feels good and makes you happy, it does not cause a fear response and an OCD spiral. What your experiencing is a symptom of your OCD, not an indication of who you are. I wish you the best of luck and am proud of you for putting in the work! ☺️

@Anonymousesti I’ve actually never had SOCD when I was in a relationship BUT I did experience occasional different subtypes of OCD like existential OCD and harm OCD that at times made me feel disconnected from my partner because I was so preoccupied with my intrusive thoughts.