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“What if you don’t actually love your SO?” “What is you are not over your ex” “ex’s name at random times, and random memories” “what if you are a lesbian and faking it?”
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I made eye contact w someone at work yesterday n my brain is like "damn what do u love them or something? How can you do that when u have a bf?" Im like everytime i talk to someone we do this 😑 i literally dk this person
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I have a lot of person related ROCD. Where I question if he is stupid or morally questionable. It is awful. "He didnt reply the way he was supposed to, then he doesnt care about me and we shouldnt be together". Etc.etc
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Hi, I have ROCD. Currently one of my obsessions that I’m experiencing now is that I fear I’m attracted to my friend (him as a person and his personality) and that I possibly have strong feelings him. Out of everyone I know, I feel like he is most similar to me and I get along with him so easily. Even though I may feel this way, I love my partner very much and for the most part I enjoy spending time with him. My main fears have to do with fearing that my partner and I may be too different as well as plenty of other questions related to compatibility. Sorry for the long post! Just nice to share with someone
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Yea I’ve had this one too. Accepting the uncertainty of this things and putting it into more perspective helps me. For instance, when I think this way about friends I start to remember all the times I have been annoyed with them or irritated. Then I also remember how I am closer to my partner in a lot of ways. That means we will run into disagreements or seem different. It’s all a gray area, but you get to ultimately choose what you want to do.
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@sheridani Thank you, I appreciate that! It’s nice to know I’m not alone. We can beat this thing.
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@Shiba Inu No problem at all. I think we can get through this too! Have you started any ERP?
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@sheridani I have! It’s been helpful and my anxiety is no where near what it was like before. I still experience doubt and it’s been recurring. It’s so confusing... I feel completely at ease and in love with my partner and then complete doubt again and back and forth it continues. For some reason when my partner goes on monologues I experience intrusive thoughts and can’t help but cry when he does. This has happened many times even before I felt full blown rocd. I don’t know if this is a relationship issue or my obsession on flaws. It does seem to fit the pattern of the ocd cycle: intrusive thought->anxiety ->compulsion Just venting again.. Can you relate? Has Erp helped you?
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@Shiba Inu Yes I totally relate to everything you’ve said. Sometimes I’m just trying to enjoy myself and my mind will not shut up haha. I’ve found that ERP is working so far, but it has also felt like it had made things worse. Some thoughts I thought I was rid of coming back full force and the like. But I am also experiencing a lot more calm and clarity. It’s great !
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@sheridani That’s awesome! I’m really glad to hear that ERP overall has been helpful for you. I can relate too to feeling like I overcame some obsessions and then those obsessions coming back again. I will practice ERP and mindfulness more!
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I always worry if it "feels right". Or if I dont have something to talk about then we arent compatible. If he doesnt hold my hand he must not love me. Stuff like that.
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I relate to the "just right" feeling. It makes me pick apart everything we/he does. "So he didnt know what poloboloko is, he must be stupid and then we cant be meant to be together".
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I am 15 years old and my POCD feels like its not POCD, i feel like i like my intrusive thoughts, but i have more intrusive thoughts about having intrusive thoughts, and i feel like i cant enjoy the things i normally enjoy anymore, like calling with my girlfriend and joking with her because this is still in the back of my mind, its making me question morals and if i ever even viewed P as completely wrong and i hate this so much, i love my nieces and nephews and when they're over i know id never do anything with my intrusive thoughts but when they arent present i feel like i like my thoughts. Before this i was dealing with HOCD and ROCD and i wish i could go back to that
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I’ve recovered from HOCD before and got my attraction and my usual actual identity back. I was recovered from end 2022- start 2025 until I got triggered UGHHH😭 My HOCD is REALLY trying to convince me and it’s SO annoying cause I genuinely don’t want these thoughts. I know I naturally like men and always have done so. I can’t wait for my first therapy session in two days Omg! I need your advice, not necessarily reassurance, but more advice? My HOCD is throwing random “proof” I did/ saw as a child in my face, which back then had no meaning in my life and I continued to live a perfectly heterosexual life. I’ve educated myself about arousal non concordance / child’s play, but it still doesn’t remove the HOCD. I’ve read therapists great explanations on how it’s not a sexuality issue, BUT ITS AN OCD BRAIN ISSUE. So basically I’ve been straight and i will die as straight. But my ocd is still continuing with the intrusive thoughts/flashbacks. I’ve had some moments where I haven’t done as many compulsions and had less anxiety but still had those damn thoughts and I DO NOT want those damn thoughts. I have so much proof and factual/logical explanations but HOCD is still continuing to thrive. I absolutely hate this and I feel so alone. I wish there was a reset button cause I don’t want these thoughts to happen. I want a man and I stand by that. How do y’all deal with these situations? Cause sitting with the thoughts is clearly not helping.
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I’ve been struggling with HOCD for years, and it started with an intrusive thought about being gay when I was younger. It came up at age 12 and ever since, I’ve been trapped in a cycle of doubt and anxiety. I obsess over whether or not I’m secretly gay, even though I don’t feel that way at all. What makes it worse is the fear that I might have internalized homophobia, and that’s why I’m having these obsessive thoughts. I worry that my anxiety is a sign that I’m repressing something or rejecting part of myself. It feels like my mind keeps repeating the same question—am I gay?—and no matter how much reassurance I get, the fear doesn’t go away. I used to pray for my family members, fearing that if I didn’t, something bad would happen to them, and now it feels like I have to control these thoughts, or something will go wrong. For a while, it was quieter, but a week ago, the thoughts spiraled up again, and now the anxiety feels overwhelming again. It’s exhausting, and I don’t know how to break free from this constant loop of doubt. Has anyone dealt with the fear of internalized homophobia alongside HOCD? How do you manage the anxiety that comes with it?
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