I’ve been struggling and recovering from sexual orientation and harm ocd since 2012 on my own. Over the past couples years, my libido has gonna down so much that I don’t even think about dating anymore; I feel indifferent towards guys and dating. The indifference makes me think that I must be a lesbian since I’m not interested in any guys right now and then it’s the same never ending cycle of thoughts and wondering if that what’s my whole family thinks of me too. ::sigh:: this cycle gets exhausting. Hoping therapy helps

Wow thank you for all of this!

You may not want to refer people to Ali Graymond. She’s not an ocd specialist. She’s actually a “coach” and isn’t qualified to administer therapy but does anyways. It’s pretty harmful :/ I’d suggest “The OCD Stories” as a replacement podcast. The host is training to become a specialist and interviews qualified specialists all the time.

I was 21.

Thank you for saying that. It’s been tough, but some years have been better than others. I wish my brain would take a break so I could just have a moment to breathe and feel normal

@annierae Yeah, I had a couple years where it didn’t hit me as hard, but I would still get light false attractions and stuff. It is a struggle. I’m so tired at this point, I want to just give in. We will get better though. Have you attempted to contact NOCD for therapy?

@nGfloat I did finally set a session with a therapist - it’s in 2 weeks. Have you done therapy on here before?

@annierae Yeah, I am currently with an NOCD therapist. I’m having to go back to more intensive sessions though because it is difficult for me to break the soocd theme. I was able to stop a couple of others, but this one is very difficult to break.