I just watched a video talking about sexual orientation OCD and she talks about how you are not your OCD and that you should separate yourself from your OCD but what if I separate myself and my true self ends up being gay? I’m not reassurance seeking I’m just putting my thoughts out there so they aren’t stuck in my head.

jepp!

You don’t have to “ accept “ the fact that it’s a possibility . If you were gay, you wouldn’t be questioning your thoughts or fighting against it. Now if you were already gay and having OCD thoughts about becoming straight, that doesn’t automatically make you straight. Having instrusive thoughts about being gay doesn’t make you gay.

@leilaa that's not what that means. treating ocd is about accepting that you can never be certain about anything. i know that it's highly unlikely that ill get sick from not scrubbing my hands clean after touching my dirty clothes, but i have to accept that it's a possibility and learn to take the chance anyway

@ocdumbass So basically treating ocd is accepting the fact that if you have a thought about hurting someone you might do it? No.

@ocdumbass Do you realize your ocd thoughts are not YOU? You’re not making this person feel better by hearing “ you might have to accept it “ . No, the person doesn’t want to hear that and you’ll probably trigger the persons OCD even more! Obviously if the person is uncomfortable with even the thought of HOCD, they would never want to be homosexual .

@leilaa i have pocd, so please don't act like i have no idea how horrifying it is to be suffering from these thoughts and fearing that they're an indication of your morality. i *know* how that feels. that being said, the only way to avoid reassurance seeking is to say "it's very unlikely, but i can't be certain" and then move on. its part of erp, and it's literally written out in the exercises on this app

@ocdumbass That’s definitely not true. My therapist had told me to accept the thought on how it is but do not think anymore further about it ( it might be true , not certain , etc ) as that’s only adding more anxiety to your thought .

@leilaa your therapist is just one person. ive had (and heard of) therapists who all say completely different things and this is the way ive come across most often

@ocdumbass Alright , I’m not gonna go back and fourth with you anymore because we all have a different POV.