coolpop
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nGfloatnGfloat
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Could you elaborate a little?
coolpopcoolpop
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Ok... so I have harm, pocd and I'm relating it to the fact that I'm gay. Then i question weather its hocd.... but i dont think them thoughts are what people with HOCD experience..... so I'm struggling to understand what is happening... 😕
IsaacGee97IsaacGee97
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Sounds to me that like you dread these thoughts
coolpopcoolpop
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Well yes 🤦♂️
IsaacGee97IsaacGee97
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Then correct me if I’m wrong but if you dread it then don’t you think that people with HOCD don’t dread? Of course they do, that’s why OCD exists
coolpopcoolpop
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No you misunderstood me.. I not a fool, I understand that people with Hocd fear thoughts about "men" the "what if I'm gay" " What if I'm in denial" about being gay...
nGfloatnGfloat
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What do you mean then? We don’t think you are a fool. Is it that the thoughts don’t stress you out?
nGfloatnGfloat
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Also, you can have OCD to something you don’t particularly feel. For example, a lot of people aren’t so much afraid of being gay as much as not knowing for sure. That’s not my experience, but it is definitely out there.
coolpopcoolpop
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I'm not in denial, I am gay... but I'm linking the fact that I have Harm ocd, and pedophilia ocd to the fact that I'm gay.... which is making me dought weather I'm gay or not... and I think well other (actual gay) people dont feel this way, so am I really gay.
nGfloatnGfloat
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
nGfloatnGfloat
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@nGfloat It is SOOCD but you fear being straight. Nah, I have heard many people on here say the same thing. You are good bro. Sorry to hear you are going through this. Just let the thoughts float on by. We are here for you if you need anything!
coolpopcoolpop
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@nGfloat thanks.... so you think its sexuality ocd? 🤷♂️
coolpopcoolpop
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and if I was fearful of the "attraction to men" then I'd think hocd is to blame.... but I'm not 🤷♂️
coolpopcoolpop
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I feel so lost.... 😭
nGfloatnGfloat
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You are good bro. You are just over thinking.
nGfloatnGfloat
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If you keep on doing compulsions though, it will seem like you are fearful because of the anxiety. How did you know you were gay?
coolpopcoolpop
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So technically the thoughts are just OCD and nothing to do with my sexual orientation? And linking them, drives the anxiety.... would I be right with that?
IsaacGee97IsaacGee97
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Hey sorry for misunderstanding you but yeah you are right on that
coolpopcoolpop
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@IsaacGee97 Can I ask what intrusive thoughts you suffer with?
IsaacGee97IsaacGee97
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@coolpop Homosexual encounters, whether it be romantic or sexual. Also for some reason, when I just workout my mind tends to say “I’m gay” but I just know for a fact that this isn’t me. I want to be with the opposite sex and I have always been attracted to the opposite sex
IsaacGee97IsaacGee97
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@IsaacGee97 But how about you?
coolpopcoolpop
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@IsaacGee97 Yeah, I'm sure that's difficult. OCD is hell tbh
coolpopcoolpop
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No worries..... sorry but not having complete certainty... gives me no reassurance 😫
nGfloatnGfloat
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Probably. Who knows? I am going through SOOCD right now and it messes with me so I can’t give you 100% certainty because I don’t have it myself. Sounds like OCD though.
coolpopcoolpop
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@nGfloat Can I ask you what intrusive thoughts you suffer with?
nGfloatnGfloat
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@coolpop Yeah, same as Isaac. Romantic and sexual stuff. Very confused atm because I have always loved women and am currently with a beautiful girlfriend, but it feels so real.
coolpopcoolpop
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this illness is awful 😭😭😭
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