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I went through hOCD when I was in my early 20s, about 12 years ago. It never bothers me now. There is hope! Stay strong!
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This is exactly how my ocd works too! I just saw someone attractive in a movie just now and I was sitting there analyzing my feelings and thoughts I had to snap out!!!
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I think this too. It’s really bad lately. Hope everyone’s okay x
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Enjoy your time here!
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@Anz how did you get through it
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It's tuff.. The only thing i do the entire day to keep away from all these thoughts is watching bts related videos.. But i know sitting in front of youtube is not doing me any good. I have to sit with my studies
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Also i have always been in an all girls school , college and some of my school memories and past makes me question even more. Sometimes i tell this to myself okay i am a lesbian but i still don't want to label my sexuality and am not comfortable with labeling myself and that is when i feel a bit comfortable
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Therapy - I actually went to a therapist specializing in LGBTQ issues, and she was very compassionate. After digging into it, i was able to feel in my body that it wasn’t about my sexuality, it was about seeking certainty. I am open to the possibility that I may fall in love with a woman some day, but I believe that’s not likely
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Also, meditation - there are lots of meditations out there for intrussive and obsessive thoughts and OCD, in the Insight Timer app, for example
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Also 2, exposures. I actually made a dating profile and went out on dates with a couple girls. I learned from that that I wasn’t more attracted to them than guys and also going out with them was ok. I kissed one and it wasn’t a big deal - it felt like kissing a guy I didn’t like.
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Again, today it’s not like I have certainty, but I’m ok with it. I didn’t stop living my life. Through therapy, I learned to stop believing all the thoughts in my brain and meditation helps me return to the present experience and let the feelings flow. Therapy was really helpful. My OCD journey is not over - I now am working through rOCD, but I know it’s workable and that I can get through it.
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The only thing that i can practice is meditation. Here in a reserved indian society i don't think i can just go out and date and i don't know if it's hocd as i don't think i like kissing boys but the thing is i know it's personal but i do like fantasizing about guys. It's just the kissing part that may be i don't like and i don't know why
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Can you maybe get therapy through one of the therapy apps?
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That way the therapist can help you figure out exposures that will be helpful to you in your context! By the way, I’m going to India in 2 weeks for my first time :)
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Oh welcome! Can i ask you is it normal to be straight and not like kissing guys? I have always fantasized about guys as i said except for the kissing part. And after i started having these doubts about me being a lesbian i tried fantasizing about girls but all i do is become anxious. I just want to return to how i was. I used to hang out with my female friends but now i will become anxious around them Btw which city are you visiting
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The idea of normal was introduced in society with the Industrial Revolution when people worked as cigs in factory machines. OCD LOVES the concept of normal! No one is normal. If you can believe it, there are straight people that don’t like to be touched at all
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The ideas of the romantic spectrum and sexuality spectrum really helped me - like, there are asexual people, aromantic people...
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as for India, I’m going to Delhi, Rishikesh, Dharmsala, and Amritsar (sorry about misspellings!)
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*cogs I’m Factory machines, not cigs
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Here is what WORKED for me: -Think of ur mind as a second person, as person who always with u, its not u but another person. -This way u know that ur mind is seperate from u. -Now just observe all the thoughts & emotions thrown at u by ur mind(the second person). -Do not fight or react, only observe, acknowledge and let the thoughts stay. -Now you can see that this person(ur mind) is mostly talking rubbish. - Then u can process the useful thoughts & ignore the useless thoughts.
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Anz you kissed a girl and felt like you kissed a guy you didn't like. Before going out with girls did you not ever feel this fear of getting butterflies if you kiss a girl and not feeling anything if you kiss a guy..
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Yup I did have that fear
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Don’t compare yourself to me though - comparison is OCD
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Hmm. Thanks.. Today as i was going through a video.. The girl in the video had her hairs done to one side and that was so soft and attractive . I thought that to myself that when girls slide their hairs to one side it's attractive. I imagined my best friend doing it and felt attracted.. Since then i cannot stop thinking about it even when i am appreciating a guy. It's not going out of my head
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Sounds like you’re obsessing about something and posting on here as a compulsion to get relief
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It is also making me feel what if i had this kind of attraction even before hocd because sometimes it does feel that i had these attractions towards girls even before all these hocd started
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Ah right! Bt i can't help. It's like i want answers and proofs and assurance. It's hard to move on from these thoughts.
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The best thing you can do for your recovery is to resist the seeking for answers, proofs and reassurance. Sit with the feelings, they’re uncomfortable, but they pass! Then you’re training your brain to know you’re safe, and you’re not being bullied by it to do compulsions
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Okay will try! Thanks!!
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You’re welcome! You can do it, we all believe in you!
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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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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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So I’ve talked to a couple of gay people and they all told me the same thing. They ALWAYS knew they liked guys and they have ever gotten aroused by a woman in their life. In fact they told me that they always found a woman’s body disgusting. Looking back in my life I’ve been attracted to girls for as long as I can remember even before puberty. All my fantasies were about girls and I can’t remember a time where I felt the same for a guy (because it never happened). At the end I can still get aroused by women and you can clearly see how much stupid this obsession about being gay is. Gay people can’t get instinctively aroused by a woman and like it. Groinal responses and sensations don’t mean anything because they simply do not bring joy or a feeling of desire. Instead they bring panic. I once got a groinal when “testing my reactions” and I was sitting there crying like my life is over. That’s not how genuine attraction works and no one has woken up one day feeling different and no one has been secretly gay and never noticed it and spent his whole life into women instead.
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