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You are not alone. I have that chest tightness feeling. You have to allow it to go through you and resist google searching or reading forums to see if your symptoms match. If it didn’t feel real, you wouldn’t have ocd about this. Accept it “feeling real” as as thought, acknowledge and move on to something else. Otherwise you’ll end up analyzing why you got that feeling and it spirals into more compulsions and a worse form of HOCD.
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Thank you. It’s great to not feel alone.
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if u don’t want a certain emotion or feeling to happen, u will most likely experience it which is why u feel like ur attracted to them. the whole point is to accept that maybe u are attracted to them, maybe not. you just have to learn to be okay with that. it’s hard and it’s painful but that’s just what erp is ://
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When you start resisting compulsions, your brain will double down at first. It REALLY wants you to do compulsions, so it will send new intrusive thoughts/feelings/urges to get you to cave. Don’t. This is perfectly normal for your theme. And you should expect to keep dealing with it for awhile. Face it and don’t run away. Every time you use compulsions to avoid these things you only show your brain just how important/right/scary/real these thoughts are to you. And you take away an opportunity for yourself to see them for what they are: just thoughts you don’t need to do anything about.
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Beautiful, thank you.
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The physical sensations associated with different emotions overlap a TON. the less we read into our sensations, the better. Your heart jumped. That happens sometimes. There are loads of possible reasons-including anxiety
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How do you do your ERP I also kind of get triggered but by the opposite “femine” looking guys
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So helpful thanks. I'm trying! ❤
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Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
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I struggle with HOCD or SOOCD. I’m a married young woman to an amazing husband. I’ve had this since I was 16 but it only came in flair ups. However this round started in October, and it’s been really rough and I would just break down all the time. I went up on my medication and I actually noticed a difference! My thoughts were still very present but I wasn’t really paying attention to them or giving them power. HOWEVER right when I thought I was getting better, my brain started feeling and saying to myself that I just know I am bi but you want to make excuses for it like “oh it’s normal to find someone hot since we as a society have an interpretation of what that looks like” or “I see the girl as myself and that’s what ‘turns’ me on” or “well I mean that girl looks kind of like a man” and it’s it’s making me spiral. I won’t ever come out as Bi as deep in my soul I don’t feel I am. I have always wanted to be with men sexually and romantically and that has not changed but my brain is making me believe I am and I just don’t want to admit it. Please help me, what has helped you?
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i had recently been triggered to have so-ocd. its been on my mind non-stop. (i am a heterosexual female) and my mind has been all over the place questioning if i have been in denial the entire time. ive always had people tell me they sort of got that vibe it it never really affected me until my own mother had her suspicions. so i would constantly get triggered un public around the same gender, while knowing my true sexuality. ive always been attracted to men but as of recently ive been having super bad anxiety to where i cannot eat or sleep and feel weak all the time. it was like that for a week or so. now im in the calm where i have been trying accept the uncertainty but it still isnt fair as im getting triggered. im a little worried because it feels like i have been lying to my parents the entire time although ive never had the desire to be with the same gender. and i keep getting intrusive thoguhts that make me feel anxious and uncomfortable. its all starting to affect my friendships as im constantly getting triggered with the intrusive thoguhts. i feel a little less anxious compared to how i was a couple days ago. im really scared on why im having these thoughts now when i have been having romantic feelings for a guy the past year or so. ive also been struggling with false attraction and loss attraction to men. it makes me feel uncertain of my life the entire time
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