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Sounds like you’ve identified a great trigger for some ERP. Dress up! Start wearing clothes to TRY to get responses from the same sex. If you do get a compliment or get noticed, don’t perform compulsions. Over time, this will stop being so triggering and you’ll feel free to wear whatever you want again. That’s ERP in action.
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Yes I definitely need to start doing more of that. I’ve been trying really hard to not do my compulsions if I feel triggered
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I feel I get more anxiety if don’t dress up and if I wear clothes that are more Tomboyish, because then I would “look like I’m a lesbian” so I try to wear the clothes anyway and expose myself to that thought!
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Oh I understand that one as well! I mean the fact that we are doing this shows that it’s a fear
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I don't give a damn... accept your worries & fears & put them aside... I have always suffered from obsessive fears of social acceptance & honor as a woman living in the Middle East... & I'm telling you, never allow society & its norms to limit your free spirit & behavior... recognize that this fear has evolved in our brains out of desire to survive through being accepted by our human groups... but we no longer need to survive, we need to let go of our survival fears to be able to thrive freely as individuals & compassionately as an earth community :-)
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It isn't that with HOCD we are afraid of acceptance it just feels wrong to us. Individually we just don't feel that way (gay/bi) which makes us afraid we are going to turn into it
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Hocd has nothing to do with social acceptance. It’s more feeling out of place or like you’re not being yourself anymore.
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@imokay Also I feel like there’s limits with accepting uncertainty. Yes there’s always the idea that something could change or not be as it seems, but I don’t think that means you should ignore everything or dissociate from life. There is grounding in identification and knowing what you are and what you do. I just feel like there needs to be a middle ground of accepting uncertainty, but also having this confidence and assurance with yourself with whatever you want to be instead of giving up and not grounding yourself in anything and not caring.
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@imokay Exactly what I try arguing. Confidence I feel is the key to accept uncertainty, a little bit assurance, confidence and that idea of uncertain happenings gives the key to recovery (IMO).
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Yeah I have that fear, bisexual girls have teased and flirted with me a lot and even at times complimented me and i never minded it but now I'm kind of afraid they'll turn me gay
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I feel you! I get it from my best friend (she’s straight but gives a TON of compliments) like literally anytime I dress up she’ll be like “Omg you look amazing etc etc” So in the back of my head I think “Oh she’ll probably say I’m pretty” and my hocd goes “Gay! Bisexual!”
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@Madeline Omg fucking yes!!! Lol
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I get worried I'll look "sexy" or "like a prostitute" to anyone. Just OCD messing with me
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I fear the same thing just a little but I love getting dressed up and looking aesthetic and pretty (though in not)
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Yes I guess the fear for me comes in that my mind will immediately say “Blank will probably say I look pretty.” Because that’s just something I’ve been accustomed to. So now I think I’m gay
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I'm not sure what is your defined borders of confidence & uncertainty... what I'm trying to say is to not be eluded to be limited by socio/cultural identities that are recognized by society... yes, I feel confidence in myself as a creature that evolved through this universe, in my uniqueness, in my capacity for change. But I wouldn't ground myself in a nationality, a religion, a sexual orientation, etc., because society tells me that this is the only thing that makes me "accepted" to be valuable! :-/
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I feel like you see identity as a limitation, but it doesn’t have to be. Part of identity is establishing community. Like all of us here identify as having OCD and we find community in each other. You don’t have to reject identity to feel accepted. You need to accept yourself. Not rely on other people. Whether you identify with anything or not. I identify with some things, but not others. I don’t identify with anything politically, but I do identify in gender and sexuality but that doesn’t make me limited or a people pleaser. I do what I want as do you. I think you confuse identity and freedom with acceptance. They don’t go hand in hand. If you choose to not identify with anything that’s fine, I just want you to do so for the right reasons. Do it because that’s what you feel like doing not because you’re trying to make a point or say “f you” to society.
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@imokay Yeah, I understand what you mean... Well, I'm not saying that I don't identity with some things, even non-identification is an identity in & of itself! My point is to become self/aware, & practice meta/cognition consistently to try to know the difference in our thoughts & behaviors between what we do because it's who we really are, & what we do because of subtle indoctrination of the culture we're embedded in! Of course, not all cultural indoctrinations are bad... but the thing is to become "self-aware" of its manifestation in you, & how it affects your choices, in your own pursuit for self-freedom, as well as inspiring others toward collective awareness & freedom too... I don't have the type of homosexual OCD, but in my opinion, OCD is the manifestation of survival fears in the human brain (whether germs, not being accepted, & in my case, being harmed & failing in society)... so it is an over reaction toward the threat of not surviving in the human group & in the environment around us... we can try to heal from OCD by becoming aware of this...
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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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- 10w ago
I’m anxious about HIV. What if I get it? That’s a scary thought to me. And then I’m scared/worried about giving it to others, not knowing if I have it, etc.
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I am a 21(female). I have only ever kissed one guy and it was horrible and I cried after. I stress about my sexuality constantly. I only want to be straight and know I want to end up with a man, but picturing it stressed me out and I am so scared to kiss a guy I think about it and get so stressed and cry immediately. I have severe intrusive thoughts about kissing everyone my teachers my best friends and it creeps me out and then I go down a rabbit hole of sexual orientation ocd! If anyone has any tips that might help that would be great. Again I don’t want or think I am gay but being so scared to be intimate with a man starts me down a spiral.
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