- Date posted
- 10w
Question
Why does Hocd latches on to a specific person?
Why does Hocd latches on to a specific person?
“Ocd targets what you care about the most”
But what if ocd is targeting it because it wants to reveal hidden attraction
What does it mean if i care?
@ONE INDIAN GIRL I’m so sorry ml for not relying immediately, I’ve been feeling quite bad but I’m glad someone responded to you with something helpful🫂
@rainbows Hey atleast you helped i very grateful you...may god bless you🤍🙏
@ONE INDIAN GIRL May God bless you with more🫶🏽
OCD often obsesses or latches on to individuals for a season of time. You might be attracted to that person, or you might have zero attraction. OCD tends to latch on kinda randomly.
It kind of sacred me
Just because OCD latches on, doesn't mean you have hidden feelings for that person. My OCD has latched onto random people. It doesn't mean anything just because OCD latched on. If you are wondering if you have specific feelings for that person, you will have to look beyond the OCD. OCD will never be able to define for you if you have real attraction.
What do you mean by specific feelings? Like ?
How do i know if i have those specific feeling ? Could you help? If you dont mind🙏😷
@ONE INDIAN GIRL That’s your mind asking for reassurance haha😭🫂
@rainbows Idk whats me 😰
@ONE INDIAN GIRL You’re the person experiencing all these complicated things and you’re trying your best🫂
@ONE INDIAN GIRL It sounds like you want to determine whether or not you have a real attraction to someone or just an OCD obsession. In order to do that, you need to look beyond the OCD. The OCD will give us false feelings, false signals, false attraction, and false obsessions. So if you want to decide if something is real or not, you have to look at your real feelings--instead of all that false stuff. It can be very hard to distinguish our real feelings from the OCD. But deep down we all know the OCD stuff is a lie.
@Tea and Honey If your soul is really set against liking this person, it's probably going to all just be OCD
@Tea and Honey I just know i dont want that person as romantic intrest .. i want boys. I dont know why i am thinking of her it just doesnt feel right.. She's not even a good friend but still shes my bestie.. cause she's the one only one person who matches my vibe ..😔
@Tea and Honey But i have this weird awkwardness around her whenever i am alone with her.. i dont know what is it.. I just dont want to be attracted to her.. And also now i having this thought"she isnt gay how would you date her"? Nooo why did i had this thought it means i have hidden feelings!?!?!
@ONE INDIAN GIRL This sounds like OCD to me. I wouldn't worry about it. OCD gives false attractions all the time. Just treat it like you would treat an "intrusive" thought. When we have intrusive thoughts, we have to just let them flow freely through our brains without trying to fight them or fix them. And then you do ZERO compulsions or actions related to that thought. You do actually absolutely nothing regarding the thought. So when you experience false attractions, just let them be there in your brain. Let the thoughts be freely there without trying to fight them. And then do absolutely nothing about it. Don't worry about it. Go on with your life and continue to pursue boys, and just put this all in the category of OCD.
@Tea and Honey I look forward to your advice thanks Can i ask you something if you don't mind
@ONE INDIAN GIRL Sure
straight girl suffering from hocd, okay so when i was younger i looked at like a girl corn star insta for like 2 weeks and like did get aroused by it, didn’t think much of it still fancied boys, girls were like ew no to me, but its triggering my hocd so badly, like is it normal that i could look at a sexy pic of a girl n get aroused by it, but like a shirtless pic of a boy i wouldn’t, however i have insane attraction to men irl, i love my boyfriend, i love the idea of being with a man and hate the idea of being with a woman, this really freaking me out!
I wanted to voice that homosexuals can get HOCD too. I remember when i was younger and knew i was gay i still got HOCD one time when watching The Office. I thought Pam was so pretty and then started doubting my whole identity because what if i am straight? Oh god, what a terror if i was heterosexual. But anyway, thought that maybe this would help heteros with HOCD by knowing that this is a universal symptom across OCD sufferers of all sexual orientations. A big problem is calling this subtype “Homosexual OCD,” because its not. It has nothing to do with being homo or hetero or bi or anything. Its just OCD being a bully. I think labelling subtypes is an issue altogether, as it can unconsciously make people feel like its not just OCD. But it is. Does this make any sense? What are yall’s thoughts on this? Or is this just my OCD talking? (Im not seeking reassurance just genuinely find this interesting) TLDR; each time we “qualify” OCD with a subtype, we reinforce that the subtype is part of the issue. In reality, OCD is just a broken loop in our brains, and thoughts are just thoughts. And Pam Beesly is a hottie.
As I’ve posted before, my friends has developed TOUGH hocd and has hit rock bottom :// She told me to ask y’all here if any of you have had a similar experience NOT reassurance (she doesn’t have NOCD). “Hi NOCD community. When I was like 5 I had this distant female cousin whom I played with and grew up. She had super short hair like a boy, but we low key had same interests in toys/tv series etc. and then at THAT age I got a very weird though which said: do you like her? And I remember getting a lot of anxiety and my stomach hurting cause why tf would I have that kind of thought about my female cousin? I remember ruminating about it the whole day, and the next day that thought disappeared and I never had that thought again. We grew up and obviously she’s my family like my sister. But now that I have HOCD, I keep thinking about that memory and I have so much anxiety about it and cry often about it. While growing up I’ve only had crushes on tons of boys at school etc. has anyone had a similar experience?” Thanks for reading if u did! We need support 😭🙏🏻
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