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My mind says both, “im straight” to reassure and “im gay” is my hocd talking
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yes same!
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Uhhh girl, thats not rlly supporting. She probably felt super girly her whole life but her mind tricked her into thinking its not her identity and that shes been lying to herself. Many people with ocd fear of losing their identity which makes them obsess about something they really appreciate within their identity. I myself always appreciated that j liked boys so much because when i felt down i always found peace in being in love. But than hocd took its toll on me and made me believe i didnt like boys. Its quit triggering to hear someone saying exactly what you fear the most. I get u were trying to help tho :)
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No, but feeling boyish doesn’t directly mean you are trans though. I was - and still am a tomboy from day one but I know I do not want to be a boy I am proud of my female being. I really did not get her and your point. But yes I am just trying to help.
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Nope it doesnt indeed but she doesnt feel boyish from the start. Like if she, since she was a young girl was into boys stuff thats all cool and i think she would call herself a tomboy. But ocd makes u doubt deeply to the point u just start questioning everything but u mean it. So im pretty sure she never thoughr of being trans before and that it didnt fit with her. There is nothing wrong with it but its more thst she doesnt feel comfortable with being something shes not. Her brain is forcing her into believing shes something shes not. Like imagine a trans person forcing themselves to be a certain gender, it aint healthy and it aint natural. Its jusr like that with her but the other way around. She aint trans but shes forcing it upon herself and she believes it which makes her anxious. Thats why she keeps reassuring herself with im not trans. Its not that shes actually closeted as trans its just that she doesnt want to fall for the lies her brain keep telling her. This girl probably is not a tomboy and even if she is she used to be proud to be a girl. Deep down she still is but right now her ocd is taking control over her telling that she might be a boy. She is anxious because she feels like everything she knew suddenly changes into something she aint used to. Its very similar to what i experience so i know what she feels. Its a very uncomfortable position to be in.
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@hocdgirlsummer Hello! Thanks for the support. I was really really girly as a child and when I turned 11 I had this idea that I had to be as boyish as I possibly can. I even used 2 tell people I was a boy (I cut my hair short) and I was very proud to be a tomboy (even though I knew I was faking it). I went to the EXTREME to prove to people I was a tomboy. I used to always imagine myself as a woman in the future. I didn’t exactly like my boobs and I didn’t like being in swimsuits but I feel like that was a body hair thing. I wanna be a girl but I feel like I have to transition. I can’t tell if I’ve secretly accepted that I’m trans or that I’ve just accepted uncertainty :/
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@margo1 I get u! I notice alot of people also got ocd from something we used to do when we were young u know. it makes me realize that we just put so much meaning to it while other people let go of it. I hope one day we will able to do that
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@hocdgirlsummer I feel like I got tocd because it was an easy target
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@margo1 Because you were an easy target? How do u mean, were u not that mentally stable before?
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I do the same thing but I am saying “you’re straight” over and over again in my head.
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My mind says the opposite
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Thats a compulsion, you need to stop and face your fears
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im so tired it feels like its true, constant transphobic thoughts mixed in with thoughts if im a boy. istg im a completely different person and so different to everyone dealing with gender ocd. im heartbroken
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I've been really overwhelmed with thoughts of detransitioning even though I don't want to like thinking I'm not a boy. It's been making my anxiety go up like crazy but I've never had this problem this much before, and I've always felt so proud of who I was and stuff but I don't know why this is coming up all of a sudden and I'm scared. I don't want to detransition but these thoughts won't go away. I often have feminine interests and have been trying to get into a better mindset and I feel like those things are making me feel more feminine and I don't want to feel that way.
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I just recently kind of was getting over my Constant spiral of “am I a lesbian or bi?”(im a lesbian) and now I’ve been tackled by “am I trans” even tho I’ve never questioned my gender ever, I love being a woman, and I never thought I’d ever be dealing with this since I’ve always been so sure of being a woman, anybody else?
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