Sooo I just read an article that said a lot of people who think they have hocd are just strait guys who are worried they are turned on by gay porn. So do I not have HOCD? I see a therapist he seems to think I do, but could it be that he just wants my money???

Well, it was a therapist that posted it

And just because someone is a therapist doesn't mean they're not a quack.

What’s irrelevant???

@GummyDrop The themes of OCD are irrelevant to the disorder. What I'm saying is it doesn't matter what theme you have, if you have ocd your brain attaches to untrue fears and glitches out. We obsess over thoughts that neurotypical people don't have an issue disregarding. All people have the thoughts that we have the difference is we think our intrusive thoughts are profound and hold meaning when they don't.

@hateocd123 Do you know the differences between a non ocd brain and a ocd brain?

@GummyDrop We produce more stress hormones, and we can even have some slight swelling compared to non ocd brains, but other than that doctors speculate that we either don't produce enough serotonin OR that we produce too much Glutamate and too little GABA. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain that plays an important role in things like memory and learning. When needed glutamate turns into GABA which does the opposite and kind of calms down the brain (it's responsible for the spaces in between words when we talk). Too much glutamate in the brain can become an excito-toxin and kill brain cells and spill out into other brain cells. When this happens it can't turn into GABA and our brains can't calm down. We don't really know why this happens yet. Some think diet contributes, but we really have no idea yet. Whether Glutamate and GABA, or serotonin are responsible, we know something is amok when it comes to our neurotransmitters altogether.

@hateocd123 ? this is sad to know my brain does that

Yeah seeing someone from the same sex and getting aroused is triggering to people who have hocd

@GummyDrop I watched the porn in hoping to regain attraction then my eyes drifted on the guy and I thought “what if I’m the girl in the scene” and I slapped my laptop closed in disgust. Now I have reoccurring thoughts of if I would do what the girl was doing and it can feel like an urge but it’s not real I’m always grossed out

@evkrey I’m grossed out by my thoughts of being a lesbian pedofile, I tested myself to see if that was true, and a image of a little girls downstairs poped up and idk if I like it or not. Sometimes I test myself to see if I even like it or not, I don’t want to be a lesbian pedofile. Is this common in hocd, please tell me I’m not the only one dumb to even think these images

@GummyDrop Of course you're not. Testing to unwanted thoughts is as basic to OCD as basic can be.

@GummyDrop I don’t want to give reassurance but if you’re “testing”/ “checking” stuff to see your reaction you very likely have OCD. You can conjure up any thought to make it seem real to you because you can’t handle not knowing if it is or not. That’s textbook OCD

@evkrey I know I have ocd I just wanna be diagnosed with it so I can prove my to my mom I’m not crazy and it’s a mental illness

@GummyDrop We can’t diagnose you because we aren’t licensed therapists/specialists but you sound like you have OCD. Show your mom this article: https://www.intrusivethoughts.org/ocd-symptoms/sexual-orientation-ocd/

@GummyDrop And/Or this one: https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/am-i-a-monster-an-overview-of-common-features-typical-course-shame-and-treatment-of-pedophilia-ocd-pocd/

@evkrey She can’t read in English

@evkrey I don’t wanna have pocd, I’ve already am dealing with hocd