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Hocd
It feels like I have turned gay I don’t even think I have hocd anymore I just want to end it all
It feels like I have turned gay I don’t even think I have hocd anymore I just want to end it all
I dealt with this one from 2018-2021. I thought I was secretly turning gay. It was terrible. But There is light at the end of the tunnel tho. If this helps at all, the way I got through it was 1. I worked up enough courage to tell my family what I was going through. —- I know this seems like it could be an explaining compulsion but I truly believe it wasn’t. I was carrying so much hate for myself and I had such a low self a steam that once I confided in my siblings, it helped take a lot of the burden of it off my shoulders. And just knowing that people understood the degree of what I was going through helped me to slowly get over this. 2. I started with figuring out what exposure methods I could do for myself. I started small. I would just say to myself out loud “yeah I’m gay and I think it’s pretty cool” slowly over time, I became comfortable with doing little things with my friends in a joking manner such as us all slapping each other on the butt. My brother and I also made a song together and recorded it called “I’m gay” and the lyrics were us singing “I’m gay, your gay, we’re all gay huray” in like a classic ‘gay voice.’ that was a fun one because we poked fun at the idea of it which slowly chizzled away at the anxious importance of the issue over all. After some time of doing this every day, things started to litterally get better. It got to a point where I just didn’t care any more. I would even talk to myself sometimes and be like “yeah I’m gay, whatever” And even to this day, I am at a level of such comfortability with this topic that me and my friends still all slap each other on the butts and joke around about gay sex and stuff like that. Just for the fun of it. And it does not bother me in the slightest. It’s not about figuring out what side of sexuality you’re on. It’s about just giving up entirely on that thought and leaning into whatever your mind is telling you and just start agreeing with it. I know it is very hard to do that. And I know a lot of what I said probably seems impossible to understand right now, but I believe in you. I know a lot of what I just said seems scary because obviously you’re confronting it head on and agreeing with it even tho u don’t want it to be true. But it gets a lot better. Someday this won’t be an issue in your life. And if at all this helps, I did all of this without an OCD therapist to guide me. So if I can get through it, I believe that you can too. I hope you have a good day today Cheers
I feel the exact same way. Its torturous
I keep having this weird feeling none stop that it’s most likely not HOCD and most my feelings. Like I’ve suffered none stop distress and unwanted thoughts the past few days. But those thoughts after a bit just feel weird not the kind of discomfort but are just their and stale. When I look at a guy I don’t feel anything but my thoughts sometimes compliment his looks or personality which makes me doubt my sexuality. I’ve never felt this weirded out. Because I’ve always been straight and still believe I am but I’ve never even had an emotional connection to someone of the opposite gender in fact. My view of the female body has been ruined with none stop pornography addictions. I don’t believe I’m gay but I feel like it may just be denial instead of HOCD but all my symptoms are literally HOCD. I don’t hate the idea of gay people but I can’t imagine or see my heart going off to like someone of the same sex. I haven’t really had any meaningful real life friends besides online but that also ended a few months ago. My only friend ever online that was my friend for the longest of time was a queer but I never really cared about what he liked. Like yes at some point I did try to challenge him with his own feelings but that didn’t last long I just accepted what he liked and moved on. I’ve never even touched let alone held a long conversation with a female. I’ve always been timid and shy around them but I can just say that towards male as well. The gay feelings feel so real. The thoughts feel a bit natural to me but I don’t want this. But I hate how I can’t just move on and be myself and love women when those thoughts demand attention and an answer. It won’t quit it. If I try to do a compulsion it calms down but it quickly becomes a problem again. I’m lonely I don’t have any friends or past relationships I can even think of helping me with the emotions. I still believe I’m straight and I just can’t see myself with a guy. It just doesn’t feel right for me despite my lack of experiences. I just wanna go back to how I was happy and loving girls and not having to question if it was a real feeling or just my natural timid nature. Everytime I think these distressing thoughts I always just wanna sit down and close my eyes and sleep. Because that’s where I can have peace of self. It sucks but I’m so exhausted of having to deal with emotional distress and I can’t even focus on my job as much. I want to meet new people discover my love for women again but I’m scared in the process I may discover I may be gay. Because deep down I know I wouldn’t ever be happy with myself if my greatest fears where confirmed. My dream of always being a father with a loving women and kids would be torn away by something I never asked for. Yes I’m religious, yes I come from a place that homosexuals are usually seen in a bad light. I just hate feeling this emotion that I may not be what I thought and having my dreams torn apart maybe true. I’ve read MUTIPLE articles about HOCD and seen MUTIPLE videos. I’ve come to the realization that I most likely have it. But it’s still hard when the feelings of maybe being gay maybe true you know? I hope I get better I hope I don’t suffer. I just wanna be happy with myself and loving females and I don’t wanna hate myself for feeling an emotion that never occurred to me more then a few times.
I’ve completely lost myself. I can’t focus on my studies, I can’t go to the gym. Dang it I can’t even be around my male friends normally anymore. I got no idea why or how this happened but the only thing I know for sure is that I never questioned my sexuality neither doubted it. I never cared in general. I just liked girls. I keep testing and keep testing and keep testing my arousal but no matter how many times I see but I don’t feel the same way for guys that I do with girls my mind will always try to make me believe that I am gay. It’s like it’s forcing me into an identity I never asked for. But at the end of the day like my psychologist told me. Sexuality doesn’t change. So since I never felt anything for guys in my life it’s ocd. I’ve been up and down for 5 months now and while the last week I was feeling way better. Monday now and I’m back to zero. I just want to go back when everything was normal. I can’t keep living with this.
Like I can’t think straight. This is making me doubt everything I’ve thought about myself and even makes me feel like I like the thoughts when I know I don’t. Like I would be less anxious at a time while I still have the thoughts and my mind would go “oh so you like it you must be gay” or the other one where I’m not anxious and I think of my attraction for girls that I’ve had my whole life and my mind goes “see now you’re not into them you’re gay” like it’s so stupid but so effective. I clearly remember being into girls my whole life but my mind is making me believe that all these attractions and feelings for women were all fake or “a thing of the past”. But I can still get aroused by women but I have this weird anxiety going on which brings these sensations/feelings and it’s so weird. Today I’ve spent my whole day thinking about it like I’ve been doing for 5 months now. I know that this aint normal but my mind just won’t let me live in peace. I never cared about my sexuality cuz I simply liked women my whole life but now my sexuality is a fundamental philosophy. I hate this.
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