How has HOCD impacted you outside of reduced attraction? For me, it’s made me isolate myself from my friends and made me feel really self-hateful and critical, and has made my future look kind of bleak whereas before I was, quite honestly, *thriving*.

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope one day you can find your way back to him!! We can defeat ocd together

@Anonymous I really want to. It’s hell knowing we’re both young and in love but I can’t handle that piece of us right now

@wellwellwell I’m having such a bad time with my loss of attraction. TMI is involved so I don’t want to really say but it made me feel like I was numb after it and the feeling I had before was at the back of my chest

@notoOCD I’m sorry😞 I know how hurtful it feels. this is the worst consequence of my ocd

@wellwellwell I just want to be with the opposite gender you know? I only want to be with the opposite gender forever but the reduced/loss of attraction is getting to me bad

@notoOCD I’ve started trying to bargain, like please let me be bi so I can still be with men. It sucks. I get your feeling

@wellwellwell I don’t want to be either bisexual or homosexual. I only want to be with the opposite gender. Imo I would rather be dead than be gay or bisexual

@notoOCD Understood, I just want to still be with my husband so in my mind I just don’t want to be a lesbian otherwise I can’t be with him

@wellwellwell I just wish I had a wife. I want to wake up next to my wife in my bed imo

@notoOCD Me too I would rather be single then be with a man. We have to stay strong though!! We can get through this. I’ve been getting therapy for 2 weeks and it feels like it’s getting worst which is normal. I just want to be happy with my girlfriend too because I love her.

@wellwellwell Don’t worry one day you will get back to him!! One thing i do is exercise and ignore the thoughts then carry out with my day. This is my way though because for some it’s different.