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I know this sucks to hear but you have to accept the uncertainty that you may or you may not be. To me it sounds like false memories but I don't wanna reassure you. I hope you feel better.
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I know I wish I could but it is so hard to just accept it cuz I feel like a big fat liar who is repressing and denying.
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@Lina Lina, something I feel like that too, but with man. You are not alone in this.
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I feel your pain the past couple of days have been the worst I've had in a really long time. But try first just letting your thoughts be there. Don't fight them and with time accept them as thoughts. Your anxiety is going to make things seem real that aren't.
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If I can do it you can
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I'll be real with you: a lot of my girl friends love to watch lesbian porn, and they're as straight as can be (trust me, I'm gay... I'd know!). Vice versa... I have some lesbian friends who like to watch gay porn, even though it only involves men. I myself am a gay man and when I was younger I watched a lot of porn with women in it (no longer do, that habit for me stemmed out of deep-seated trauma that would be too complicated to get into). Porn is ultimately very fictional and removed from reality, and doesn't usually intersect with sexuality in a meaningful way. If you feel like you're straight and OCD is just telling you that you can't be because of XYZ... well, chances are it's just being OCD. Human sexuality is weird, and a lot of straight people can enjoy things in a fictional space that they wouldn't in real life, it doesn't have to "mean" anything more. As with the wondering if you'd like to do that stuff in real life... that was normal. Younger you was just exploring your feelings about the media you were consuming. If you don't want to pursue women and/or the thought makes you feel bad or scared... you don't have to! Or for any other reason. Your life, your own terms.
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Ultimately, these thoughts are part of your life, but they don't have to dictate it. You can coexist... and just go on being you. That's what I've had to do.
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