any of u who suffered with or do suffer with HOCD, did ur attraction for the opposite sex ever return (or for the same sex if you aren’t straight) ? this part of HOCD bothers me so so much :/ i miss the attraction i used to have for guys .

Hi! I had HOCD when I was a teenager, and my attraction to men came back almost immediately after I recovered. Don’t worry, you’ll get it back!

YES IT DOES RETURN! I had SEVERE sexual ocd and wow I thought it would never get better, for sure I was gay, etc. but I am not!!! It does NOT change your sexual orientation, just mutes your sex drive bc you have stress hormones. My attraction to guys is back full throttle :) it shall pass!

My attraction comes and goes. I have a mild crush on a guy right now and still think certain guys are really cute and want to kiss them, lol. Lots of people with hocd said their attraction to men has gone away completely and it triggers me because mine hasn’t gone away all the way. I just don’t feel quite as attracted to men as I used to and I’m terrified that I’ll never get a real crush again and only have mild ones. I’m scared that since I still feel attracted to men and that lots of people with hocd don’t feel attracted at all means that it’s not hocd and I’m bi or something.

thanks so much, do u happen to know any exposures you used to do that helped u recover

Thank you so much, I’m so glad to hear that! ☺️

My OCD was very mild at that time, so basically after I talked to my mom about it and she said it was normal for straight people to have the occasional non-straight thought, I just kinda got over it. Man, miss those days! But I did definitely accept the uncertainty and just realized I probably was straight. Maybe try watching stuff with gay people and gay relationships without reassuring yourself. Good luck! You’ve got this!

thank you:)

Dianaaa what did you do??

I had a break for hocd when i start thinking about being pregnant!! And i got crazy because of that!! this shit would really ruin my day!!! But since i got over this, the hocd thoughts got back in a very horrible way!! like, i can stop noticing girls and this just kills me... but at the same time i didnt lose my attraction to boys