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I feel you, I have been going through the same thing and right now I am struggling again with this uncertainty even though I can handle it better than last time thanks to all the knowledge and practice I have accumulated about ocd, ERP and mindfulness. It's like, hey I already accepted that I might be bi or curious, why do I still feel scared when I already felt ok with it?! I guess for us it is best to stop trying settling into a label and try to accept and even embrace the ambiguity,uncertainty and messiness of sexuality. It is such a complex and subjective thing, we will never find the certainty that OCD bullies us to get. It just doesn't exist, that is why the questions and doubt never stops. I am doing best and feel almost cured when I manage to just leave my sexuality unlabeled and stop analysing it. So what if it is not a 100% figured out? We don't have to be sure about this even though OCD tells us otherwise. But I know it's hard. I am facing a huge change in my life right now and this makes it harder to accept the uncertainty and resist seeking reassurance. But we will get through this💖
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thank you for being compassionate i was scared someone was going to come at me and tell me “because you’d experiment you’re bi” or oh “that sound pretty bi to me” i just confessed i’m bisexual to my boyfriend and didn’t feel relieved one bit the doubts are still there and it’s just terrible.
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@holley Your welcome, I think I know exactly how you feel. Keep in mind that confessing is also a compulsion, especially when you do it to get relief. Of course you should be open to your bf but don't think you have to confess all the time what you are experiencing. I did the same. It will get easier. Try to tell yourself that you don't have to figure this out now or ever. Fear is not a good advisor. What also helped me was to learn that anxiety is a feeling we can have and tolerate, we don't have to do anything to get rid of it even if OCD tells us we have to through reassurance, confessing, figuring things out. But we don't. We can let it be there until it gets bored and leaves on its own. And it will!
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@Shoeshifter A+ advice, Shoeshifter! 💯
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@Madison Thank you 💖
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Keep accepting the uncertainty and let go of trying to figure it out. Easier said than done, I know, but it REALLY helps. I just am like “ok, I’m just not gonna figure it out” and let go of the concern. It feels uncomfortable but eventually it passes out of my awareness when I’m not ruminating about it. And if it pops back in that’s ok, I’ll refrain from solving it again.
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This is exactly how i feel right now! I was really thinking if i really did have ocd because i kind of got over the thought for just 2 months and i was beating myself up that i dont have ocd and im really just in denial. even if i was ok with experimenting and finding myself, i stilll wasn't comfortable with the idea of being bi but i always fear that I'm just lying to myself because my ocd convinces me that I've always been bi. the thought don't give me anxiety anymore, but the fact that i need to find a label for what i feel makes me so confused
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- 22w
I’ve tried accepting the uncertainty, I’ve accepted I may be gay, bi or still straight. I’ve tried doing ERP myself to the best I can. When I accept that I’m gay or bi why doesn’t my head agree and move on? Why does it still question it? I know I don’t want to be at all. I love my family. But I just want this to move on. I want to enjoy life. Why can’t I find women attractive again? (Brief moments I do). I seriously don’t understand the false attraction? I’ve tried agreeing with it but it won’t let this drop. Why am I attracted to the same sex? Why am I attracted to people I would never thought of looking at? Why does it give me such grief about this? I know I shouldn’t look at adult content but why can I only feel good watching either lesbian or females? I tried to agree with the gay but it makes me sick and horrendous I even considered this? I just want my life back.
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- 20w
I’m trying to live with uncertainty but it doesn’t feel right. The “I may or may not be bi/gay” really sucks because I can’t stop ruminating, analyzing, or checking. This especially sucks because I feel like literally EVERYTHING in my life leads to the fact that I’m a fraud which feels horrible. I can’t even talk to my friends the way I used to without feeling like I’m lying about myself. The false attraction and loss of attraction to men is literally horrible because now I feel like the life i fantasized for myself isn’t something I want.
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- 18w
i had recently been triggered to have so-ocd. its been on my mind non-stop. (i am a heterosexual female) and my mind has been all over the place questioning if i have been in denial the entire time. ive always had people tell me they sort of got that vibe it it never really affected me until my own mother had her suspicions. so i would constantly get triggered un public around the same gender, while knowing my true sexuality. ive always been attracted to men but as of recently ive been having super bad anxiety to where i cannot eat or sleep and feel weak all the time. it was like that for a week or so. now im in the calm where i have been trying accept the uncertainty but it still isnt fair as im getting triggered. im a little worried because it feels like i have been lying to my parents the entire time although ive never had the desire to be with the same gender. and i keep getting intrusive thoguhts that make me feel anxious and uncomfortable. its all starting to affect my friendships as im constantly getting triggered with the intrusive thoguhts. i feel a little less anxious compared to how i was a couple days ago. im really scared on why im having these thoughts now when i have been having romantic feelings for a guy the past year or so. ive also been struggling with false attraction and loss attraction to men. it makes me feel uncertain of my life the entire time
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