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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!
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- 6y ago
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!
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- 6y ago
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.
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- 6y ago
thanks so much, do u happen to know any exposures you used to do that helped u recover
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- 6y ago
Thank you so much, I’m so glad to hear that! ☺️
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- 6y ago
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!
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- 6y ago
thank you:)
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Dianaaa what did you do??
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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
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- 19w ago
I feel so sad, alone, scared and hopeless. Until two months ago there was not even the remote possibility of being anything other than heterosexual and now the idea that I could find out that I was lesbian or bisexual terrifies me to death. Everything was born from the fact that I didn't feel sexual desire towards my ex-boyfriend and I started to be afraid that it was because I was a lesbian... how can I be a lesbian or bisexual if everything was born from this? I would like to run away from myself and my head. I would really like to go back and go back to my life before. I can't take it anymore. I just want to live my life like before
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I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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- 11w ago
Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please
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