For all the HOCD suffered out there ? Today I’ve finally started to feel like myself again because I’ve realized that these thoughts came out of nowhere, they mean nothing. You can control how you react to them. They popped up out of no where and it reacted to them. You control how you react. Remember that the thoughts popped in randomly, and they don’t have to have any meaning or hold on your life! It’s definitely made me feel a lot better ?

Aw thank you!! There’s still a teeny part of me that’s afraid Im just denying my ‘true feelings’ but I know deep down I’m not. Finally feeling happy and hopeful !!!??

@mm0122 Promise the doubts will go away soon ??

@princess88888888 We got this!!????

@mm0122 Thing is tho like 3 days ago I knew for certain that these thoughts meant nothing and that I was always gonna be straight, but now these thoughts feel even more real like I’m in denial

@mm0122 @mm0122 yesss !!!

@frghtfdfh same

@frghtfdfh We’re all going to have good days and bad days with ocd, but on the bad days try your best to remind yourself of the good. Go for a walk, do some hobbies you enjoy and just remind yourself they are only thoughts. They have no power over you until you decide to give them power

@mm0122 100% agree. We’re not going to let these thoughts control our lives. We r gonna fight through this and focus on what really matters, on our goals, our aspirations, our ambitions. We won’t let hocd get in the way of us enjoying life and our future

@princess88888888 Exactly! What I like to tell myself is that thoughts are not facts :) we’ll get through it!

Just remind yourself it left once and it can leave again :) try to not react to the thoughts in a way where you keep checking yourself. Accept that you have the thoughts and that they make you uncomfortable, but that they don’t need to have any meaning in your life if you don’t give them the power to :)

@mm0122 And the fact the feelings/ stuff went kinda mean I ain’t gay. Like the feelings would stay forever?

@frghtfdfh I don’t want to reassure you because reassurance only provides temporary relief. But if it isn’t something you want to pursue and if it makes you uncomfortable then there’s no need for you to look for deeper meaning in it

@mm0122 Yes but the thought sometime make me feel like I want it

@frghtfdfh It’s hard but youll need to accept that you might want it, but you also mightnt.

@mm0122 But before all of this I’ve never wanted it

@frghtfdfh Try and take the power away from the thoughts :) don’t let them have any power over you

@mm0122 Yeah I get you, and they did go

@frghtfdfh Just remember that how you react to the thoughts is in your control, you put the meaning behind them. If you don’t want them to have any meaning, try not to attach emotion to the thoughts

@mm0122 The thoughts used to make me sick but because I keep checking they mean more and more

@frghtfdfh Try to stop checking, I know it’s hard I’ve been where you are but the harder you try at the techniques that work, the more power you’ll hold over your thoughts.