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it wasn’t my ocd i dont think, i rlly just got the impression they felt i am attracted to men or at least older men. then i started crying which i tried not to & they yelled at me! i just hate this
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wait do you WANT to be attracted to men?
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no why
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y do u ask
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 i was just confused because you said you found older men attractive i’m sorry
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@holley wait what what did i say that made u think that
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 ohhhh i misread. you’re scared you’re only attracted to certain kinds of men. just know this: it’s not attraction if you’re scared of it
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@holley what wait do u think i like men or no?
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@holley i’m confused by how u interpreted what i said lol i make lots of typos
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 do you identify as lesbian? then of course you don’t like men. personally I’m having trouble finding my comfort zone like I don’t get anxious when my boyfriend touches me or when I kiss him or anything so I don’t get anxiety or get grossed out by men but my anxiety towards attraction to women isn’t really there I just question a lot if I’m attracted to certain women or like my friends
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@holley yeah i don’t want to be into ANYman, but the therapist was implying maybe i like older men because i question being attracted to men my age. what did u think i meant? if i’m only questioning if i’m attracted to younger men and i focus my anxiety on younger men that means i might like older men idk
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 i can promise you you don’t.
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@holley u mean u can promise i’m not attracted to older men?
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@holley when u fear being attracted to women, do u ever think about older women?? because i never think about older men like why would i... they’re not someone who is a threat to my sexuality yk?
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 i cant promise you that but for me it’s so weird because the only thing that is triggering me is the fact the intrusive thoughts have invaded my fantasies and i can cum to them but i was also addicted to lesbian porn too so of course my body is used to that. i used to never fantasize about being with women or like fantasize about having sex with them. i only watched porn. and sometimes i think i get aroused by seeing like sexual images/videos of women. that’s what my hocd is hanging on to. also i do fear having a crush on a girl later in life like i feel like that might happen
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@holley but u just said u promise? what i’m confused. and yeah i relate a lot to what u said. i’m also afraid of the future
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 i don’t think you’re attracted to men at all. and waitttt you relate to the fantasy stuff omg wait that must mean i am bi or lesbian😭😭😭😭
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@holley nooo i never said that! i relate to having fantasies with men now. not with women. my fantasies with women r almost gone and it’s so depressing i’m seriously depressed
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@holley i relate to ur experience, just switch around the genders lol
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 it’s so confusing for me.. like i get aroused by that stuff and can cum😭😭😭😭 and kind of fast
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@holley i’ve seen people post how u feel about m*sturbating. ur not alone in that :) so ocd is a struggle!
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u mean because mostly i’m anxious of men my age? so it’s like i might be into men older ?is that what u mean
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no no not at all i’m sorry if i made you anxious
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Sorting out what your triggers are is important for creating effective erp exercises. She did the right thing in not giving you reassurance and now you’re here seeking it and doing plenty of other compulsions too. Stop analyzing what she said or what it could mean. You don’t know and that’s the truth. Any conclusions you draw beyond that are unfounded and based in anxious catastrophizing, not reality. Accept that this makes you anxious and you don’t know what was meant by it. Let that anxiety leave on its own when it’s ready.
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Today I had my first appointment with my new therapist in a clinic and she told me that my thoughts could be because of my past trauma and that it’s what makes most people pedos. I’m so in distress right now, I don’t want to hurt people but she made me feel like I’m disgusting
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I told my therapist I had intrusive about my bff and keeps asking me if I’m attracted to her and I’m say I am not he’s keep saying maybe u are .
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I have no idea anymore. I guess this all started with me worrying about whether I was gay, then whether I was a P, then worried about being just attracted to teenagers. After that I started freaking out about not feeling “grown up” enough. Like “I’m an adult wtf is wrong with me for seeing someone who is probably younger and thinking they’re physically attractive. Then I started overthinking not finding older adults (like 30 or 40) very attractive. Like ofc I’m probably not gonna find them attractive, they’re not anywhere close my age. Maybe the desires are half real. Maybe as a 21 yr old young adult I do find older teenagers (16+) somewhat physically attractive. I still think it’d be weird to date one. Maybe that’s the normal reaction I’m supposed to have. If not, please let me know. I just don’t wanna do anything illegal one day and I’m super scared I will. I can’t tell if the fear is my just being afraid of the law though, in which case I might actually just be a bad person. I hate that my brain is just rationalizing thoughts now. I feel like I can’t do the ERP thing of “just accept that the thoughts are there but don’t engage.” Like what? How can I just think a thought that might be so integral to my identity and just ignore it? If it’s all true and I don’t like people my age anymore then I have to know and plan around that, that could change my entire life. I’m rambling, my b.
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