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Yes! I literally have the same story. I a family that I love so much, that I would never want to loose! Im just staying positive & hoping these thoughts subside!
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I agree with all of y’all! Images pop up in my head of what my future would look like if I wasn’t straight and that spikes my anxiety.
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I would have to say that my story is very similar also! Just can’t always convince myself that it’s my OCD....
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The exact same thing happens to me! You literally described my ocd ?☺️
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As much as I hate that y’all have to struggle with this too, I’m glad we aren’t alone!
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You literally made my day with this!
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I can relate, I was 14 when mine started and it was awful. I can say now I can get excited and know I love men, but even then I still have the doubts.
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HOCD is intrusive thoughts/feelings/sensations/ etc..related to your sexual orientation. POCD is intrusive sexual thoughts/feelings/sensations/ etc.. toward children. I’ve struggled with both, and I wouldn’t wish either one of them on my worst enemy.
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@Jen22 I get those too. Groinal responses come in a lot less but I get what you mean. But overall it’s just a sensation and if we were attracted we would love it and etc. ?
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@Jen22 I’ve been able to enjoy moments with my boyfriend at times but other times i feel so bad, it’s like “I have sexual attraction to my boyfriend and I only like men but what if I turn out to be gay? What if I’m just one of those boy crazy girls who turns gay?” I hate those thoughts
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@Jen22 that’s ok! I was just making sure thx
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@bailey I guess OCD is called the “doubting disease” for a reason ?
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I assume so!
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I’m sorry I dont know what POCD or HOCD is? Can someone please explain so I can try and better help others
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Hey I saw that you reported my previous comment. I’m not mad or anything I was just curious as to why you reported it?
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@fry_fry Wait..I reported your comment? If so, I didn’t mean to! I must have accidentally done so! I’m so sorry!
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Do you get the groinal sensations?
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@ocdwarrior I have before but usually it’s like a weird sensation throughout my whole body like a feeling of attraction but I don’t like it. Does that make sense?
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Yes! @brookenoel I hold on to that hope and truth! I know that if I was truly attracted, I would enjoy and even welcome the feeling but I don’t! Sometimes that is the only comfort I find in those moments
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I understand that! My fear seems to mostly center around “What if I’m actually in denial?” Even though I’ve only ever dreamed of having a husband. It’s so annoying
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I wanted to voice that homosexuals can get HOCD too. I remember when i was younger and knew i was gay i still got HOCD one time when watching The Office. I thought Pam was so pretty and then started doubting my whole identity because what if i am straight? Oh god, what a terror if i was heterosexual. But anyway, thought that maybe this would help heteros with HOCD by knowing that this is a universal symptom across OCD sufferers of all sexual orientations. A big problem is calling this subtype “Homosexual OCD,” because its not. It has nothing to do with being homo or hetero or bi or anything. Its just OCD being a bully. I think labelling subtypes is an issue altogether, as it can unconsciously make people feel like its not just OCD. But it is. Does this make any sense? What are yall’s thoughts on this? Or is this just my OCD talking? (Im not seeking reassurance just genuinely find this interesting) TLDR; each time we “qualify” OCD with a subtype, we reinforce that the subtype is part of the issue. In reality, OCD is just a broken loop in our brains, and thoughts are just thoughts. And Pam Beesly is a hottie.
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I’ve been dealing with SOOCD for over a year now, and I have been having a very hard day today. I feel like I just need someone to talk too, my whole life I’ve always had girl crushes and always wanted to be romantic with women . Ever since I posted this picture on instagram and one person said I looked “zesty” in it , which is when I started obsessing about being gay . I feel like I put so much meaning to these thoughts where now I’m always checking how I feeling around men. I had a really bad porn addiction for a long time and bad anxiety which fucked up my sex drive. I feel like I doubt if I’m attracted to women when I know I am , but the doubt is so overbearing where I start to believe it . I never was interested in men sexually, and my ocd makes me feel like I like the thoughts even though I feel no pleasure out of it. I feel like I lost who I am as a person . It feels like I don’t even know what my sexuality is and it’s really upsetting to me . I meant this girl the other day and she is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met and I just feel like ocd is getting in the way😭😭😭 please any advice or comments
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I wouldn’t really say I have SO-OCD, but it manifests in some areas of my TOCD. Like if I see a woman for example my thoughts will go “what if I like her but as a man?” like my thoughts say I’m a straight man instead of a straight woman. And it’s really bothering me. If I see an attractive woman my brain will re-wire and imagine myself as a man looking at an attraction woman and it gets super uncomfortable that I have to like shake my head and say “no no no no no” multiple times to get the thought out. I know that counts as a compulsion but it’s hard to not do it because it’s so triggering. Now I don’t mind if I like women, however I’m really scared that I’m actually a straight man who likes women (or at least a bisexual man, considering I like men) and I hate it because I don’t want to be a man. Like I’ll think of my desired relationship as a woman dating a man but my OCD will switch it up to me being the man dating the woman, which is the opposite of what I want. I don’t want to be a man at all and I don’t want to date a woman, both of those are the opposite of my desires, but I’m still so scared. I’ll accept myself if I actually like women and am a bisexual woman, however I heard that being bisexual can mean being trans which scares me (for the record it was said in reddit by a sub which is mainly focused on a pseudoscientific phenomenon, that is still believed by the members to be true, so it’s definitely not a trustworthy statement, but my OCD will use anything to work against me) Does anyone here relate a little? 🥲
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