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I have hocd you I’m sure you know what it is but somethings that helped me was stay away from the internet not in general just stay away from looking up articles and stories because that never helped me and also don’t test yourself what I would do to test my self was see if I could get an erection from gay thoughts and even gay porn never got an erection to either but my mind always still makes me question and one more thing is just live with uncertainty and go to a therapist for erp
I’m bi & worry if I really care about my male partner because I’m actually a repressed lesbian, so I can relate a little. It seems like ERP could be the way to go with this! I’ve heard it responds well to it.
(Comment died) and worry about similar stuff! It seems like ERP is the way to go with this, since theorizing yourself out of it is just a compulsion most of the time.
I wanna add that sometimes people act like comp het is something to cure or realize your way out of, but it’s not: like homophobia, it’s a social force that always exists.
So like, never feel bad about struggling with it, just like you wouldn’t judge yourself for struggling with homophobia or sexism!
Know the feeling ...
It’s called sexual orientation OCD
Also hocd will never be rational I even started to push away straight thoughts and feelings when ever I would find a girl attractive my mind would say what if you’re not really attracted to her then i would get discouraged and would push the feeling of attraction away so I don’t get the thoughts but whenever I would test my self and not get an erection my mind would go to it’s cause you’re supressing it gay thoughts to me is like thinking of a chair it doesn’t do anything to me
The book Pure by Rose Brotecher is extremely helpful for feeling less alone! The author writes about her experience with this.
Spencer, it’s a memoir of Rose about her childhood path into adulthood trying to figure out if she is straight or attracted to women and how she accepted that type of OCD. She is funny, relatable, and provides good insight. It’s nice to read because A. It makes it very clear that she’s sick and her responses help solidify that your thoughts are purely Obsessive so you feel less alone and B. Helps give advice for how to cope. Her Instagram is Rose Cartwright!
I have ocd around being gay when I’m not. So I understand what you’re going through and I’m sorry. Just know there’s tons of lgbt people with it too that I’ve seen so you’re not alone. Erp will totally help you with thus
@kdot what does the book talk about?
Is her book online for free?
Does anybody have Sexuality OCD? Because I am pretty sure that I am straight but then suddenly about a week ago I stopped going guys attractive and it really scared me. I was convinced I was gay! I tried to like a girl but my brain was telling me that it was wrong. That was when I thought ‘OMG I DONT HAVE A SEXUALITY’ and I got really scared. Then yesterday I thought a girl was really cute but then saw a guy and thought he was gorgeous! And then I was like no I have to be straight!!!!! What do I do? Does anybody have this problem?
Hi just for reference, I’m a girl, I’m almost 17 and I’ve been boy crazy for pretty much all my life. I- I don’t even know what to think anymore, I identify as straight and enjoy thinking about men sexually and emotionally, but I can also masterbate to women weirdly enough? I’ve been diagnosed with pure ocd and I have no desire to have any sexual or emotional relationships with women in real life, and I’ve had hocd for over a year now, but I can masterbate to weird things sometimes and I know I’m not supposed to but I compulsively search things up very often and from what I’ve found most people would say that it would mean that I’m bi. The idea of being bi or gay has made me hyperventilate and cry god knows how many times, at this point I wouldn’t even be angry if I was bi or gay but I know that I’m not. My head keeps telling me that since I can masterbate to gay thoughts or lesbian thoughts sometimes that it means that I’m not straight even though I have no desire to do anything even remotely close to that in real life. This is one of my worst themes of ocd so far as compared to other people who have hocd they don’t get turned on or finish thinking about these things and I do but I don’t identify as bi or gay. I just, I don’t know what to do anymore? I was hoping someone on here goes through the same thing? And I’d really rather not hear that it’s just me denying it, I have a few people I talk to and occasionally when I bring it up they just say I’m in denial so I really don’t know what to do anymore.
I'm a straight man that suffers from SO-OCD/HOCD. If you have read this and you have the same subset of OCD PLEASE comment. Do you have thoughts about a person on the same gender that says "he is cute" or "he is sexy" or "he is my type",she if youre a woman. I do not like those kinds thoughts, in fact i loathe it, but I have learned not to give those kinds of thoughts power. But i'm just curious about if you have those kind of thoughts I have a girlfriend that I would VERY VERY much want to get married to, but im just afraid that maybe in the end I might end up hurting her because maybe I'm gay. I do want to be gay and I have nothing against gay people, its just I want to have a happy marriage with my girlfriend.
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