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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Yes, absolutely. I'm in the same boat.
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- 5y ago
Yes. And actually, I’ve had the same themes in practically the same order as you. You’re not alone! Can you find an OCD specialist to work with? I think you’ll see a lot more relief that way. For what it’s worth: every time I’ve accepted my intrusive thoughts as true, they’ve gone away. I accepted that I was gay, then I quickly realized I wasn’t. Right now I’m accepting that I’m trans. And the more I do it, the more I feel like a woman again. When it comes to ROCD, I once accepted that a relationship was wrong and broke up with him. Quickly after I could finally see/feel all that was right. Accept that you’re a lesbian! Not because you are, but because your intrusive thoughts only survive when you fight them. Whenever a trigger comes up that makes you feel gay: be gay! “Of course I just looked at that girl, after all, I am a lesbian in the closet. She’s so pretty! I’m glad I can accept that now.” And move on. “Believing” our thoughts often feels like the absolute last thing we want to do, especially because we convince ourselves that that’s the step that will make them finally “true”, but it’s actually a bizarre paradox that can actually free us.
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- 5y ago
Omg I just tried your technique and it made me feel kind of normal again ? like the second I said "well obviously you're looking at her, it's cause your a lesbian" the idea that it was true was suddenly lifted. How can It be that simple??? Once you say that to yourself, is it normal that thoughts come back and make you anxious again? How long did this practise take you in order to actually feel normal again?
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- 5y ago
Thank you so much again! ♥️
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- 5y ago
Thank you so much for the insight! But I don't necessarily want to leave my boyfriend and out him through that hardship just because I'm "testing out my feelings". I want to be able to grow while still being in a secure and healthy relationship :) but thank you, I will try the accepting the thoughts as they are thing and see how it works. It's kind of scary to do ?
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- 5y ago
I was definitely not suggesting you break up with him! I should have clarified that my approach in that case was a mistake but ultimately it stopped my ROCD theme. This was before I was diagnosed, so I still wasn’t sure what was going on or how to fix anything. I should have let the thoughts be without upending my relationship. By simply accepting them I could have overcome the theme itself. And I’m glad the technique worked! The thoughts will probably come back again because they’ve been on loop for so long it’s a habit, but keep it up! It can take a few weeks to really settle in and there may be some ups and down but you’ll notice a big difference over time.
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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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