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Not gonna read that because I know that many people obsess about that one and I did hold myself not to read it up because I know it’s gonna just make my hocd more worst so do trigger warming next time because I think there is people who did not about that one like me and I still do not but yeah xd Also even that thing I am not sure what is it becaue I did not read it but you got this. Hocd is worst but you got this !!
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Do you think the time you've spent on this question is time will spent?
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This used to make me spike so much but here's the thing someone who is a compulsory heterosexual will for example pick out the least attractive person out of a crowd and say they're attractive. They won't feel comfortable imagining themselves with people of the opposite sex who have distinct features instead of a blurry face. They know they aren't attracted to them they just don't know what's that phenomena
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Ok wait just a quick question! My crush (currently) isn't the most attractive person but I never picked him out of a crowd, it suddenly just happened out of the blue, but he does have district features and I feel attracted to him and I'm extremely comfy thinking of him, is that compulsory heterosexuality???
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@chamomile No it isn't. Everyone has a type. My current crush for example isn't what usually is my type but he's very attractive and I didn't pick him out of a crowd either. You feel good thinking about him which means you're not forced to
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@notfortalk But I never spoke to him but most of my friends and my mom suspect he likes me too (or at least admires). My HOCD really makes me doubt my attraction towards cause of the topic of compulsory heterosexuality
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@chamomile That's fine. I never really spoke with a lot of the guys I had I crush on yet I liked them and I wished I could. Hopefully he does really like you back and you two could start spending time together that will really make a change with your ocd ;)
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@notfortalk Oh thanks for the support I really hope one day I'll tell him but whenever I really like a guy or look at a guy, things that have been natural to me, they now feel unnatural and I feel like I force it. Any tips on that?
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The amount of time and questioning we put into orientation you would deffinantly find the truth in it. If it were your truth. I read that denial is not a thought that is so disturbing that it refuses to surface from our subconscious. Its activly knowing what you like and going against it. Like a women can be diagnosed with cancer and yet doesnt get treatment or even acnowledge she has it because she is afraid of facing it.
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Exactly
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So I would’ve known before HOCD?? And the night I got it I wouldn’t have had a panick and anxiety attack why this was happing to me right?? If I was in dneial or gay/bi
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@Dre249 This sounds like everyones hocd to me. Even mine. Comes on in an instant usually with a panic attack.
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@lizzy123 Yeah
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this makes sense, omg. But I once came out to my mom out of anxiety that I'm gay but I never felt happy instead I broke down. Is that something that happens to actual gay people?
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@chamomile You did??
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@Dre249 Yeah I did but I don't like it. It got so real at that point
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@chamomile Oh I’d like to k ow the answer to this also
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@Dre249 I never felt happy. I've read that gay people feel light and happy when they come out. I just broke down
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There’s no such thing as compulsory heterosexuality
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It’s horseshite the “woke” community spouts and unfortunately they don’t give a shit about people like us!
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It's actually a phenomen that was explored by a lesbian writer in the 70s. It's usually affects lesbians, but also gay men. Just don't mixed up because the poeple affected by it are aware of their desires
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@notfortalk I don’t believe it in I think it’s rubbish If you’re (for arguments sake) “compulsory heterosexual” then you KNOW you’re going about life lying to yourself, know you’d rather be with the same sex Ocd is cruel and latches on to this then confuses people who are genuinely just straight
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@uwotm8 We live in a patriarchal heteronormative society that pushes heterosexual relationships on lgbt people. They experienced compulsory heterosexuality because it's what society pushes on them, because they think being gay is bad and is a sin and they will be isolated if other know their sexuality. Just like us people with mental illnesses feel like we won't ever find a place to fit in, so do they.
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@notfortalk You’re missing my point They KNOW they’re gay though! People with hocd are manipulative by these kind of articles then, where they go “wait omg what if I am and didn’t even realise?” See the difference?
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@uwotm8 Manipulated* Christ this autocorrect is annoying
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@uwotm8 But what should they do? Stop talking about this because we have ocd? Should we also put our lives on hold until this will go away? No. They should talk about their struggles the same way we should talk about the struggles surrounding our illness
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@notfortalk I’m not saying that I’m saying there’s no such thing as “compulsory heterosexuality” - there’s bigots and closed minded assholes, but there’s no such things as compulsory anything There’s no “compulsory good mental health” either
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@uwotm8 The thing is compulsory heterosexuality is a term invented by one women to describe one way of behaving. It's not a mental thing like ocd,gad or bipolar. But it is compulsory as in they feel the need to fit into heteronormative standards. For example I know I'm straight yet I obsess over it anyway, I know cleaning spefic part of my face that were exposed won't keep me away from any illnesses but I do anyway because I have the compulsive need to do that. For them knowing about compulsory heterosexuality it makes them more sure of their sexuality because then they know they're not straight. Just like ocd does the same for us. We feel safe in our diagnosis because it makes our thoughts fake tho we don't believe that
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@notfortalk Exactly, it’s an invented term, that’s my point. It’s just a theory to describe living amongst pricks, it’s not something tangible like a mental health diagnoses is, but people here sadly are really affected by it anyway- ironically because their diagnosed illness is manipulated by a theory someone came up with
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@uwotm8 Yes that's true. It's not like having a mental illness. In a way it reassemble soocd but it's not the same thing. It's like being in the closet and putting on a mask for the poeple outside. However these people are affected by it because some people do experience it but as I said it's totally different. Ocd latches on anything that makes you scared, so we can't do much about it anyway. But these things you just know
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@notfortalk It’s all ocd, it’s all the same thing, it’s not about the gender at all it’s just it manifests in gay people “what if-ing” about being straight, and straight people “what-ifing” about being gay Listen to the ocd stories podcasts. They have loads on this
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@uwotm8 So I’m not bi or gay????
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@uwotm8 I’m getting the thought that I’ve been “acting” straight and have had fake crushes on girls when I really liked the crushes
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@uwotm8 Yeah but compulsory heterosexuality and ocd are different. They use it as a kind of "cover" while there are gay people with soocd. It's not all ocd as a lof of people may think. Those people usually are genuinely questioning
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@Dre249 You have ocd, listen to the ocd stories podcast with Elvis Gomes, I think it’s episodes 15 and 149
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@Dre249 They’re specifically about sexual orientation ocd they talk about it in depth there
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@uwotm8 So I would’ve known before HOCD?? And the night I got it I wouldn’t have had a panick and anxiety attack why this was happing to me right?? If I was in dneial or gay/bi
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@uwotm8 Facts. If only people would understand their ideologies and motives, we wouldn't have these terms invented tp confuse people. I completely agree with you. Do you have any other social media? I would love to get to know you more, so you seem like a rational thinking person✨️
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Idk what else to title this. I was watching a film cooper video cuz why not and he mentioned smthn about wall paper customization and icons and stuff and I just kinda had a groinal response followed by the memory of me having my first crush on a woman (my friend at the time) that helped me figure out that I’m bi and I felt kinda intensely for her but that’s cuz a) it was new and b) we were kinda on again off again friends who haven’t spoken in a few years now and I’m over her entirely. It was toxic I think. She was too much like the person who bullied me in elementary school (they were friends as well so my mom made me cut her off which is. Fair. Made me really sad but eh that’s life) I saw her at prom cuz someone brought her. It was nice to see her but yeah that was it. And now I’m mentally comparing what I felt for women in the past (idk intense crush, listening to a lot of gay songs (think she by dodie) dressing semi masc cuz funky, we had nicknames for each other despite not dating or anything) to men (less intense crush but still big crush, I’ve only dated and kissed men so sparks rhere) and now I’m just slightly nauseous and worried that I don’t like men as much as I like women but I think that’s normal for any bi person? To have different levels of attraction to different genders? Idk I feel gross and icky now like I shouldn’t even be thinking about it or her cuz I have a bf. And I do look fondly upon it, now I’m nervous cuz I got more excited about her calling me a specific nickname than I do from my bf calling me honey even at the beginning? Honey felt more traditional and I love it but we do switch around nicknames and it’s always nice, not many butterflies anymore, and sometimes I get anxious when he does lately, if it’s a nickname in Portuguese. Or if he called me a shortened version of my name. What does that mean? I’m nervous now. I was doing half decently today now I’m nauseous again. I’m worried that cuz I liked the nicknames she and I had that means I don’t like the ones my bf and I have and that I just don’t like him or men cuz I’ve been feeling off around him. But I love when he calls me honey, it still feels good when he does it now but no butterflies. Idk what’s wrong with me. Is it even ocd at this point. Even if I do like women slightly more it doesn’t erase that I love my bf. I’m worried I’m leaning too much towards women tho and I’m a lesbian. Idk if my bi cycle is cycling or if I’m just a lesbian entirely cuz I don’t feel much when my bf takes off his shirt, sex feels different, and things feel stale and slow. But maybe that’s cuz I’m checking and comparing. Now I’m anxious fuck. I’m trying not to think about her idk why. I’m worried I still find her attractive or am attracted to her or smthn. She’s in my city. I didn’t care before but now I do. Or if I think about her I’ll think about other women and will only want to have sec with women which not really tbh. I wanna be able to enjoy sec with my bf. It just hasn’t felt right lately cuz I’ve been so depressed and obsessive. I wasn’t obsessing much last night when we had sex but it still didn’t feel passionate. It didn’t feel uncomfortable but I thought it’d be more? Idk. I know it’s normal to not feel him inside me cuz the vagina isn’t very nerved up compared to the clitoris but it felt like more the motions. But tbh. I needed it. Idk I wanted to have sex and it was a nice stress relief. I just didn’t feel butterflies which kinda bummed me out but we’ve been having sex since august so that’s normal. Idk. I haven’t been able to fantasize about sex. The fact that I’m bi makes all of this so confusing. Cuz yes hypothetically I can enjoy the thought of sex with a woman. But I don’t want to rn cuz I’m dating a man. And I can’t fantasize about sex with him cuz I’m getting intrusive thoughts about my friends and I having sex. I have this urge to watch porn cuz it’s been a while but I’m not going to. I’ve cut down a lot on masturbation. Partially cuz this partially cuz I wanna do things with my bf (when I’m mentally ok) but jow my brain is saying “Oo you think all these women are so hot you’re gonna go feral blah blah blah” and yes women are hot but I don’t wanna have sex with a woman. Idk saying women are hot doesn’t bring me anxiety but the thought of sex with one or leaving my bf and saying I’m a lesbian bother me. Cuz I know it’s not true. I love him I know that. I’d be happy if we stayed together. I wouldn’t regret a thing honestly. I like having sex with him. Idc if it’s not like porn or the movies. As long as I’m being pleasured and he’s being pleasured we’re good. That’s what sex is about. I think the loss of butterflies is normal cuz the excitement of like (sorry tmi) fingering and oral eventually wears off right? But still feels good. I don’t feel as excited about intimacy anymore cuz we have done it so often but it still feels nice. But my brain perceives that as me not liking sex with men and therefore I’m gay. No I just don’t feel the need to jump his bones every single time I see him?? Idk the friend thing is bothering me. Idk if I feel any joy behind it. The groinal response really really throws my perception off
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I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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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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