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Of course but that’s a great exposure! I would look for coming out stories where people came out late after being in denial and sit with the anxiety and do nothing. You should try and use it as an exposure. Don’t look for reassurance just sit with the anxiety for a couple of hours thinking it could possibly be you.
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You’re never going to get better until you accept that you might be gay. Sit with the anxiety and the thoughts and do nothing. You keep asking for reassurance by coming here and telling your story. You’re not going to get better this way. Trust me, get back on the horse and try again. Let yourself think the thoughts are true and do not argue with them even though you don’t like them. You have to take the risk
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Kind of , when people tell their coming out story in this way, yes
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As a gay person who didn’t struggle with acceptance even though I live in a homophobic society, it def triggers me when people say they had to do the mental work to accept themselves
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Hi there. I saw that you are gay. Is there any way you would want to message with me on the side? I am dealing with HOCD and have a few questions.
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@wyattthedude No dude don’t go down this path. You are looking for reassurance. Stay away. Look for the anxiety. Accept the anxiety and live with the possibility it may or may not be true. It gets easier trust me
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@wyattthedude I agree with the op. As much as I don’t mind answering any questions, I don’t think it’s a good as this will only end up feeding your ocd. But if you still insist then we can talk on discord
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@Reassurance Destroyer It’s so much harder because i’m in a 2 year serious relationship.
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@wyattthedude That’s an excuse and a ritual. You need to accept the possibility that you may or may not be gay. Don’t tell yourself it’s harder because you’re in a 2 year relationship. Let’s sit with the anxiety and not do anything about it. Trust me it gets better.
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Yes
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This is what scares me as I was never told this, 6 therapists told me it was OCD and I wasn’t Gay but this feels real so are you lot saying it can be as this has destroyed my 10 year relationship with a girl I was with and had no issues before.. can someone come out of this realising they are Gay as people and therapists have told me this doesn’t or hasn’t happened but have to live with the uncertainty
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Are you asking if you can realize you’re gay through HOCD?
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Again! Accept the thoughts are true and do not respond to them. SIT WITH THE ANXIETY AND DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
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@Reassurance Destroyer the HOCD is so bad that at this point it feels like it would be easier if it was real.
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@Reassurance Destroyer Okay.
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@wyattthedude Good that it feels real. Once you get to that point sit with it hide your phone. Don’t disagree with it and just let the anxiety take what it wants. Trust me it gets easier
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@wyattthedude Play a game. See how long you can go with sitting with the possibility that your fear is true. See how long you can go with the anxiety. Trust me you’ll see results
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@wyattthedude Yes this is what scares me as I was never told this for over 10 years therapists said people don’t realise there themes are true.. I have been with a girl for 10 years have I misunderstood OCD as thought it meant this wasn’t true from what therapists told me
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@Anonymous I’m sorry, is there any way you can rephrase this? I don’t quite understand.
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@wyattthedude Who cares what she said. You are you. Quit searching for reassurance through someone else’s life.
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But I can’t as I don’t want to be Gay I want my life back. I accept I am gay but can’t stop thinking of all the acts throughout the day I don’t know how to stop ruminating and when I do accept I am Gay I feel like I have accepted I am and then I have just been in denial and been misled by therapists who told me I wasn’t and it was just OCd. Accept it can be true then if I am then I have lied to my partner and misled her so why are therapists telling me I am not and it’s OcD. I don’t want to be gay and will never be able to accept it as I don’t want to be
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Yes, right now my biggest worry is that girls are somehow going to seem appealing to me. So now it feels like I’m curious? But I don’t think I’m curious, it’s more like I’m desperate to make sure it’s not what I like and it feels like the only way I’ll know is by looking into it and I’m just scared. I mean I understand why people like girls, but I don’t think it’s for me but my mind says since I recognize the appeal it must mean I want it for myself. :/
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You’re trying to figure something out. You should accept the possibility that the thought is true and do not try to check in on it. Try to sit with the anxiety and uncertainty for as long as possible
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@Reassurance Destroyer You’re right
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You said can someone with Hocd realised they are Gay but I am been diagnosed with ocd and told by over 6 therapists this doesn’t happen but people fear it will like people realise they are Gay or a pedophile.
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Again REASSURANCE
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Just scared as been with my partner for 10 years and I feel I like the these thoughts but don’t want and hound me 24/7 which has left me housebound. Everything is kissing men and all other acts my parents and girlfriend have sat through therapy and they have said it’s ocd and I am not so why don’t I believe them
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https://youtube.com/channel/UCX7a7Ydw1-lZq-cwHkeND2Q Watch ocd mindful he helped me get through HOCD. Highly recommend subscribing
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I have watched a few of his videos but my therapist told me it’s just OCd and I am not Gay or a pedophile but why do I feel I like these thoughts
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Go watch this video and understand how your therapist is wrong. https://youtu.be/jbRUUnESn-0
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@Reassurance Destroyer What do you mean therapist is wrong so I could be gay and pedophile then
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The problem is I feel I know I am Gay now and so confused with what I was told and my family that this was OcD and I wasn’t
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Try to accept that you’re gay for a day without ruminating or doing any compulsions. I bet you in hours you’ll feel way better. See how long you can sit with the anxiety. Take the risk that the possibility is true
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I know but I don’t want to be but feel I already know on and I am destroyer
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Ok so I’m a 17 year old female, and I’ve always thought I was straight. But I just really want to know how you would know the difference between so-ocd and actually questioning your sexuality. I have nothing against the LGBTQ community (in fact I am very much a token straight friend, lol) but I saw a video about comp-het recently and it sort of felt like what I was experiencing. I don’t want to be gay, I want to be with men, I want to like men, I’ve always liked men, but now I’m questioning whether or not that’s real? Because people can be gay but not want to be right? I’m single and I always have been. I think women are gorgeous, but when I try to imagine actually having any sort of romantic or sexual relationship with a woman it feels wrong, at least most of the time it does? Sometimes I’m less sure, and I’ve never been particularly boy crazy. I’ve liked maybe 2 or 3 people in my life, (not to say I’ve never found other guys attractive, but it doesn’t seem to be as often as most people) I have no particular reason to be afraid of being gay, very supportive family, safe area ect, but I don’t want to be, does that mean this is ocd, I don’t know what’s going on every time I say I’m straight I feel like I’m lying, but that might just be because I think about it so much. The idea of being with a woman doesn’t feel like something I would want, but is that just because I don’t want to want it? People online say things with so much sureness, if you feel like this it means this. Ect.
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This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
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Sometimes I think " do I like kids?" "Would i get aroused if I saw content with kids?""What if I'm a pedo and cant accept it?" "What if I'm ok with these thoughts?" "What if I'm not distressed enough " "What if I enjoy these thoughts?" , i avoid kids as much as i can, i cant look at them bc I'm scared I'm gonna have some groin like response. I keep testing if I'd get turned on or if I'd have some groinal response to sexual scenarios with kids. Sometimes I think that if I took my life this would be over and i wouldn't have to think about this and i wish i doubted something else instead of things like this. I had similar situations just with different topics such as if i loved or found sexually appealing a guy while in a relationship and i kept asking myself those questions for months and i avoided going to school for weeks and when I went I'd cry and have anxiety attacks. I had it with past actions i obessed over and felt the need to exploit every detail and be honest because otherwise i was being a fraud. I had it for sexual things that happened when i was a child. Im not diagnosed with ocd but should i tell this to my local counselor? Can someone help? Give me advice or tell me anything?
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