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With my ocd it feels like I’m forcing myself to be happy with a guy. I’d only date a guy but I don’t think I smile and light up. Idk :( Do yall ever experience these feelings? Like idk whats genuine anymore and whats not
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Yeah same I’d only date girls but my mind tells me otherwise so I don’t know what’s real or what to believe.
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Omg yes!! It feel natural but at the same time doesn't? Nowsdays I look at attractive girls on the internet and my heart starts beating. It's genuinely scaring me that I'm lesbian
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@lemondew Yup me too, wth is this! I know for a fact I’ve been attracted to boys for all my life. How could I be lesbian? And I can’t be bisexual either I never felt anyway towards a girl other than them being physically attractive.
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@advice? I feel the same way. But now mind has convinced me that I've had crushes on my best friends and I forced myself to be attracted to boys
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@advice? Same here but hocd is trying to make me feel like I was and I know that’s bs cause I know I never have been, cause I remember vividly liking guys. And I am sometimes like “maybe I wasn’t aware” and I’m like “no I would be cause I was aware of it for boys” so ya. It’s so confusing. And I have anxiety even thinking about it, do you guys feel like that? Like it’s just constant anxiety and heavy feeling on your chest, like you can’t eat and stuff. Almost fear? Or is that just me
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@annehatesocd No it isn't just you. Whenever I go out I feel like I'm attracted to all the girls and makes me feel uncomfortable and fatigued. Makes me so tired I just walk slow to cope with it
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@lemondew Do you ever get a dizzy feeling when your surrounded by lots of people in public?
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@JS0406 Yes, I do and these days I feel so tired and dizzy that I just want to be in bed and do nothing. Makes me really wish I never existed at all
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@lemondew Exact same as me
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@JS0406 Kills me from inside to know I'm gay or I could possibly be one. I also constantly reassure I'm straight and check to see whether Im attracted to girls. I've been doing it so often, it's now something I do subconsciously and I can't control
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@lemondew Same I need to check if I’m attracted to guys but if we keep checking and checking it makes us believe that we are actually attracted
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@lemondew I know it’s hard to control and you can’t stop yourself
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@JS0406 Honestly I've checked so many times I genuinely feel like I AM attracted to girls and now I'm not at peace at all
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@JS0406 Yes I really cannot and it pains me.
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I feel sick to my stomach, a few days ago I knew I was straight and could picture my life with my bf again. The anxiety has really lessend and Im more depressed now. I'm 100% convinced I am lesbian even tho I have never had sexual attraction to women, found them pretty but never wanted to be with them. My mind is only picturing me being with women now and it feels like a pit in my stomach. I don't feel emotion now, I'm also on my period. I don't want to be lesbian. I want to be with my boyfriend and have the life I pictured with him. My memory is so dissorted right now. I don't think there's anything wrong with being lesbian, it's just not for me and now that makes me feel like I'm homophobic.
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I keep having this weird feeling none stop that it’s most likely not HOCD and most my feelings. Like I’ve suffered none stop distress and unwanted thoughts the past few days. But those thoughts after a bit just feel weird not the kind of discomfort but are just their and stale. When I look at a guy I don’t feel anything but my thoughts sometimes compliment his looks or personality which makes me doubt my sexuality. I’ve never felt this weirded out. Because I’ve always been straight and still believe I am but I’ve never even had an emotional connection to someone of the opposite gender in fact. My view of the female body has been ruined with none stop pornography addictions. I don’t believe I’m gay but I feel like it may just be denial instead of HOCD but all my symptoms are literally HOCD. I don’t hate the idea of gay people but I can’t imagine or see my heart going off to like someone of the same sex. I haven’t really had any meaningful real life friends besides online but that also ended a few months ago. My only friend ever online that was my friend for the longest of time was a queer but I never really cared about what he liked. Like yes at some point I did try to challenge him with his own feelings but that didn’t last long I just accepted what he liked and moved on. I’ve never even touched let alone held a long conversation with a female. I’ve always been timid and shy around them but I can just say that towards male as well. The gay feelings feel so real. The thoughts feel a bit natural to me but I don’t want this. But I hate how I can’t just move on and be myself and love women when those thoughts demand attention and an answer. It won’t quit it. If I try to do a compulsion it calms down but it quickly becomes a problem again. I’m lonely I don’t have any friends or past relationships I can even think of helping me with the emotions. I still believe I’m straight and I just can’t see myself with a guy. It just doesn’t feel right for me despite my lack of experiences. I just wanna go back to how I was happy and loving girls and not having to question if it was a real feeling or just my natural timid nature. Everytime I think these distressing thoughts I always just wanna sit down and close my eyes and sleep. Because that’s where I can have peace of self. It sucks but I’m so exhausted of having to deal with emotional distress and I can’t even focus on my job as much. I want to meet new people discover my love for women again but I’m scared in the process I may discover I may be gay. Because deep down I know I wouldn’t ever be happy with myself if my greatest fears where confirmed. My dream of always being a father with a loving women and kids would be torn away by something I never asked for. Yes I’m religious, yes I come from a place that homosexuals are usually seen in a bad light. I just hate feeling this emotion that I may not be what I thought and having my dreams torn apart maybe true. I’ve read MUTIPLE articles about HOCD and seen MUTIPLE videos. I’ve come to the realization that I most likely have it. But it’s still hard when the feelings of maybe being gay maybe true you know? I hope I get better I hope I don’t suffer. I just wanna be happy with myself and loving females and I don’t wanna hate myself for feeling an emotion that never occurred to me more then a few times.
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I don't know for sure if I have HOCD, but it seems like I do, I tried to accept the idea that I'm gay, I felt calm, and then I started to get scared because I didn't feel anxiety anymore, I still feel attracted to my girlfriend, both physically and emotionally, but I feel an attraction to boys, sometimes I panic when I feel attracted and sometimes I don't (but most of the time I do) and I don't want to break up with my girlfriend I want to get back to normal
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