- Date posted
- 6y ago
- Date posted
- 6y ago
It could be great exposure. But in all situations if you feel your health is at risk and you have to make the right decision for your health. I’m sure she wouldn’t want to feel like she has to be limited or worry about being herself in her own home either. It’s something that’s usually on our mind outside of our homes. Needs to be a safe space for both of you.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Yes your OCD is going to use it as a trigger but the good news is that you get to decide how to react when it says things to you!!! I would take the apartment if you are in professional ERP therapy. If you’re only doing self counseling maybe this is not the time to try to tackle this challenge.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I am seeking professional help, thankfully! A few months ago I would be over analyzing this over and over again thinking if this is a “sign” form God or not. Now it is VERY minimal analyzing but I’m still worried. I’m currently looking at other places because I need a back up plan. If I can find a better option, I would not take this place. But this is like the exact place I want to be at! I am struggling..
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I think that if you want the apartment, go for it. Show OCD that it can try to tell you what to do, but ultimately you are in control. Don’t let it keep you from being happy at an apartment you would definitely go for if OCD wasn’t an issue. It is up to you though, and if you feel uncomfortable you can choose not to live there. But it seems to me like you love the place and I don’t think you should let OCD get in the way of that. Stay strong!
- Date posted
- 6y ago
There's no confusion in God and and He will never ever have plans of harming you in any way. You thinking that God is sending you signs that your intrusive thoughts are true is indeed an intrusive thought itself. The reason that happened is because that's your ocd fear. The more you fear a certain obsession the more you will encounter stuff pertaining to it. Use this as exposure. You can do this
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- 18w ago
It feels like I’m lying to myself constantly and everyone. There feels like there is a weight on my heart from the moment I wake up till I go to sleep. I don’t want to be gay. Idk why it doesn’t register. Now everyone I see I have to see if I’m attracted to them. I see good looking men and I feel like I’m lying to myself that they are good looking, I see women and I see if im attracted to them. I look at everyone and I feel jealous. I want my fucking life back. But now my OCD (if this is even OCD) is telling me I was never happy and I was always suppressing my feelings of being gay. Why is this happening? Can OCD do this? I can’t enjoy anything ever.
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 16w ago
I’ve had so many moments of clarity with my OCD that I love my boyfriend and I’m beyond willing to go through this to be better and be with him. in the back of mind I’ve in a way known I was at least somewhat sexually attracted to women (I’m a woman) since the start of the ocd it was always like “okay. Fine, but I don’t want to date a girl” I only just realized this after the ocd started, I never really argued with this. my ocd has always revolved around if I’m romantically interested in women and not men. I’ve done so many compulsions through this year and a half and 9 times out of 10 have come to the conclusion that I don’t want to be with a woman romantically. I always end up feeling like I know I love my boyfriend. But the doubts don’t stop about whether I want to spend my life with a woman instead, my heart literally breaks to think of not being with my bf and imagining him with someone else. I don’t want to be with a woman I know deep down somewhere underneath the anxiety that that’s not what I want. It doesn’t feel natural for me, unfulfilling. I want to tell my boyfriend about the possible sexual attraction to women (ik it’s still ocd related) but I’m scared that once I tell him, I’ll realize that I actually do want to be with women and not with him. Ugh I’ve spent hours today ruminating about this after being solid in my commitment with him for a little while, I’m stuck in this loop and idk how to get out right now
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- 11w ago
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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