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Trigger: my own spiritual beliefs as a Christian: The true good news of the gospel is that we aren’t sent to hell because god gave us Jesus so that nothing can separate us from his love and salvation. I pray that this good news brings you peace whenever you read something about hell.
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The whole point of this post was not to say people cannot have their own beliefs, or that people cannot talk about religious OCD themes, but that as an LGBT member, to see members of this community continuously talking about homosexuality as a sin (again NOT the people even posting about religious ocd themes, but people in comment sections) it makes it feels like lgbt aren’t as accepted and like I can’t post about my themes or worries because it will be viewed negatively.
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This app definitely does feel very unwelcoming to me. I see some of these comments and they make me feel angry and hurt.
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I agree, people with OCD often unintentionally say really hurtful things. The comments are coming from a place of pain, but that doesn't make them ok. There are ways to talk about OCD symptoms without being offensive. I'd encourage you to take advantage of the flagging tool.
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I wish I could just share pics of my pup, Bowie, in his rainbow bandana, to let you know where we stand on this. I’m living an outwardly heteronormative life, but appearances only go skin deep. Either way, I know I’m not the target group of some of these posts or comments, and I too have felt from uncomfortable to insulted by them. I’m sorry I wasn’t at better ally and scrolled past them without action. I know most initial posts are people dealing with real, annoying, scary, confusing OCD themes, and I’ve ignored the comments that are hurtful that follow those initial posts. If you believe in God, or any higher power, who made this world, then believe that He/She/They made all the colors of the rainbow. Love is love!
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Thank you. ❤️?
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Thank you! This response was truly heart warming!
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this isn't designed for black,white lgbt etc etc. It designed for everyone and your going to see things that. People are in different stages of healing right now. You're going to see things that may trigger you heck some of it triggers me sometimes. Have you tried talking to some of the people on who make the posts?
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Yeah I definitely get that! Not the point of my post at all! So basically for example (this is just one example I’ve seen it multiple times) but a guy posted about being scared of going to hell for being gay (which I was literally FINE with, not triggering to me one bit) but in the comment section multiple people were talking about how being gay is in fact a sin, and that it’s unacceptable in gods eyes. Again, the point of my post has nothing to do with people who are healing, but rather the people who don’t really consider others on this app who don’t hold the same beliefs as them. Hope hat clears it up
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I posted a community awareness post for you , asking if everyone could be mindful that posting about that is triggering. Hopefully it makes this a safer place little by little.
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That’s really nice of you. I appreciate it! It’s not so much that it’s even triggering, but it just is bothersome that people don’t consider other demographics when making hateful statements. Thank you again
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You are so loved and I’m sorry you feel this way. I will do everything in my power to help!
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Thank you so much!!!
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people share their fears here , we are trying to get help since we are struggling , i dont really understand where is the problem
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I’ve explained it twice :) not sure where the confusion lies! Again, does not bother me one bit that people have these fears or beliefs but the people in the comment sections of these posts who continually say being gay is a sin, yes, it’s a problem for people who are gay.
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@kg22! i am muslim and in our religion being homosexual is a sin. as a believer i cant just turn a blind eye to what is forbidden, i cant just twist holy words ...im sorry if this ever offends you
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@kamilia Right.... so yes.... this is further proving my point.
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@kg22! some of us are religious here, you too should be understanding dear...
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@kamilia Which is fine :) I believe in god too. all I’m saying is maybe don’t tell believe they’re going to hell based on your personal beliefs on a public forum app that is for healing. That’s like me telling you you’re going to hell for being Muslim because it doesn’t align with my personal beliefs. (Which I don’t believe, but it’s an example) Beliefs aren’t fact so we really shouldn’t treat them that way on this app because like you said this app is for healing, not certain demographics. This really is not the place for these types of comments. So no, people telling me I’m going to hell isnt necessary, and maybe you should learn to turn a blind eye when people aren’t asking you for your personal opinion on their sexuality (because again, you felt the need to make the comment about YOUR belief of homosexuality being a sin when I did not ask at all). I just think posting things like this based on personal beliefs makes no sense, especially when nobody asked.
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@kamilia Okay I’m religious and bisexual. I FIRMLY believe that God made me bisexual for a reason. Different theologies exist so yeah I understand what op means when it feels unwelcoming when I myself am a believer, lgbt, and also suffering from ocd.
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@9jewels Same. I’m bi and have religious ocd, but my beleif that God loves me has never been in doubt, despite so much else being in doubt for me. There are theologians in every religion that can argue in favor of same sex love.
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@Nikki1809 Thank you for your comment, it feels nice to have people understand where I am coming from
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@9jewels Same! That’s how I feel too. Thank you for commenting it really feels nice to have people agreeing with me and see where I am coming from
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Ok so I just downloaded this app like two days ago because I was looking for a OCD specialist. Maybe this is just my opinion but the posting’s on this app can be super triggering. If feels like even sharing your experience on an app like this can contribute to fueling OCD. So many people I see reassurance seeking, confessing and posting the same things multiple times to gain certainty. Makes me wonder if this app is counterproductive to the point of OCD treatment. I’m guilty of spending hours scrolling through the post trying to find people who relate to me, but in the end it makes me more anxious and fuels my OCD. Idk what do you guys think.
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Here are some things that make me feel alone and isolated in my journey with sexual orientation OCD: 1. This feels like a complete identity crisis. I think that is what makes it so hard. It seems to go against everything I believe myself to be and who I always have identified as. 2. My compulsions, thoughts, triggers, and everything else that comes along with this disease feels and seems like I’m the only one that struggles with those things. My thoughts and images in my head often seems so real that it can only be me in denial. 3. Because this sub type of OCD is so sexual in nature, it has made my sex life with my husband, a really hard situation. Because I always get afraid and sex that I will think of these thoughts, I subconsciously then think of those thoughts, and if I have any type of feeling associated with those thoughts, it feels like proof that those thoughts are real and that makes it even harder. 4. Because a lot of the pleasure that comes with sex is on hot for me while I’m figuring out in this journey with OCD, my mind has convinced me that it is because I will only feel those things if I were with someone at the same sex (I am a straight female. I have a fear of being homosexual.). Well, all those things have made it really hard for me to function daily, I am doing a lot better at finding ways to combat those. I wanted to offer some of the things that I find that help me move past these thoughts and while it’s not always a perfect fix, it’s really helped. 1. I tried to remind myself daily that while love is a feeling it’s also choice. I have to remind myself to get up every single day and choose my husband not because I always feel like choosing him because that is who I choose. That is who I want. That is who I want to grow a relationship with to have a child with Thus why I always don’t feel that love, I always choose it. And while this can be really hard because just society as a whole has made us have these unrealistic ideas about what love is and made us think that love is just this huge with butterflies and sparks, it’s not always that. 2. I try to remind myself that these are just thoughts. And thoughts are not who I am. I don’t have to become the thoughts. I’m not a bad person for thinking of thoughts, and I don’t have to believe the thoughts. 3. When I get, like I often do, groinal responses to the things that I am thinking or seeing in my mind I just remind myself that those are responses to the anxiety I have. I’m not thinking those because I want to think those, but it’s in a response too The fear that I will think those and that I will get that response and then in turn I get the response. 4. I tried to remind myself that this isn’t a fear of coming out like if I was gay, this is a fear associated with a thought that I would be because that’s not who I am. If I really was gay, I would like the thought I would like the pleasure and I would be afraid of coming out. But in this situation, I don’t want any of the thoughts not because I’m afraid of coming out of this because it’s not who I am. If that makes sense.
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Please don’t judge until you read this I have religious beliefs and I want to understand the lgbt community but my beliefs is that being lgbt is a lustful sin and I don’t like it. I have been trying to tell people I’m not trying be mean it’s just what I read in the Bible and what I believe. But I’m not gonna kick my friends out if they were to come out at any point. And I’m not trying to spread my beliefs but it is also my calling as a Christian to spread the gospel as well but I do believe that you can still be saved even if you’re lgbt if you believe in god but I worry about that because my god doesn’t want people to keep sining over and over again and I love people but I hate how they don’t understand me. So I just try and pray for them and hope they understand. I feel horrible so I never know if I want to go back to god or not.
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