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And of course when I think this, I still have the triggering feelings that I'm lying to myself, lying to the world, etc. I feel like I should try dating women because then I'll have more certainty, and think that I don't because I'm just intimidated by attractive women. I probably would at this point if it weren't for the fact that I'm in a relationship. I wish I could just live and make decisions like a normal person.
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Im in a relationship too it’s so hard ...
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@cameront It's really difficult. A few months ago I was suffering even more because I didn't think it was OCD then, so I was constantly writing break up texts and not sending them. It's a bit better now and I can actually enjoy spending time with him and feel close, but it's so hard to know what I really want sexually because I haven't "experimented" ever outside of porn, and I'm trying to not even do that now. I just worry I'm never going to be happy with someone because this has happened every time I'm in a relationship. I don't have romantic feelings toward anyone else, and I am legitimately happy during fleeting moments, but then I have this agonizing sense that I'm missing out on something. I have to tell myself it's OCD, but it's so frustrating to have a mind and emotions that you can't trust, and not many understand.
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Omg i feel the same with TOCD, that i'm just lying to myself and everyone else and denying everything. Crazy how no matter what the theme is it feels so real
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It feels very real. I've read that some people with HOCD have even slept with people of the same sex to get relief and still don't find it. Legitimately bizarre. I have to talk myself down from my impulses constantly. Like, okay, if I WAS gay, I wouldn't care about breaking up with my bf, I'd be happy about opening up new possibilities and letting go of something that wasn't making me happy. But there are so many gray areas in life to get lost in that it's challenging. Also, maybe this is self-reassurance so idk if it even helps me, but it's sort of what prevents me from doing more extreme things like researching, etc.
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@butwhatif Yeah definitely. I guess that our minds will never have a good answer. Because the problem is the pathological ddoubt. I've got this feeling that i can't live happily while i don't have an answer
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@jj19 Right. And I *know* I experience pathological doubt, because I see it in other areas of my life, but naturally when it's your theme, you think, "Yeah, but this time it's real and all those other times I thought it wasn't, I was in denial!" I think there's something naturally disturbing about the unknowability of the mind and self that makes it easy to feel like every single stone has to be overturned before things feel safe. But I'm happy to know I'm not alone in experiencing these things and that over time, I can get better at managing them. Have you found anything that's helpful for you?
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@butwhatif Just as another example, last night I was in Instagram and saw a pretty girl and was overwhelmed thinking about how many women exist in the world and it disturbed me that I could never know all of them to know whether or not I'm attracted to them. At certain moments like that, I realize how absurd my thinking can be and it kind of shocks me into reality a bit of remembering it's a disorder that's making things seem worse than they really are.
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@butwhatif Trying to. Trying to understand how my brain could work help for anxiety. But i'm really struggling with the fact that i don't know myself at all and that i don't find any way to escape from that
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@butwhatif Definitely with my tocd it feels like there is two parts in my brain, one who is " even if ur trans thats ok why r u so distressed about that ? Why are u panicking this much" and an other one whose dramatizing everything and makes me feel soooo bad
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@jj19 It's legitimately scary and I understand. It's so hard, too, when other people's brains don't work like ours, so if you're talking to someone without OCD they may have no clue what you're going through or how to help. Because while they may worry about identity and such, it isn't an extreme worry for them, and they take things in stride and have a trust in life and themselves that I don't feel when I'm like this. It really does cause suffering, and so I try to do nice things for myself throughout the day to cope. Even if I can't feel 100% better right away, I can still do things like meditate, make myself a nice cup of tea, try to distract myself, and whatnot. I also go to therapy but not an OCD specialist, and take medication. I hope you find some ways to distract yourself and find relief. Even if they are small, that's still time where you thought about something else for a while and that's progress.
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@butwhatif Great post and even better username haha but what if! ?
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@Ty94 Thank you!
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It seems like for the most part you have learned to embrace the OCD mind you have been blessed with (in my opinion). Yes, life will throw hard days and events that will test what we have learned and how far we have come, but you never go back to where you started. You never unlearn or take a step back. Only forward. One positive of OCD is it forces us on a daily, maybe weekly basis (depending on where you are in your training), to be UNCOMFORTABLE. And it is a fact that being good at being uncomfortable will allow you to be more successful than you can ever imagine. So keep grindind, keep living in the present, and crack the code that is OCD.
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This is a refreshing perspective. I definitely think having OCD has made me more empathetic and definitely aware of my keen (lol) analytical skills, even though they go overboard. It forces me to prioritize and make sure I'm taking care of myself, and I'm good at expressing myself because I'm so hyper-aware. I hope I can one day learn how to make these skills valuable to a larger body than just myself, and maybe then it would feel worthwhile.
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I agree with you. I have the same goal. I want to spread the message to large groups of people. Remove the mental health stigma that still exists in our world. I want to give my knowledge and advice on how to overcome OCD specifically. Millions suffer just like us, some much worse than others. Someday maybe we’ll speak together haha✊?
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Anyone else will just be doing anything normal and I’m gay comes in? It’s so distressing and I try and say ok sure ocd but the anxiety over takes me and my mind won’t let me believe I’m straight when I am. I love men I’m Not attracted to women but when I ask myself the doubt is for sure there which sounds like Casebook ocd. I’m just sick of this I don’t want to have to laugh at things in my head that don’t make any sense it’s so hard and unfair
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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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