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i agree wholeheartedly. even with so-ocd, i read it like a bunch of times and it makes me over analyze every guy i’ve ever liked and if i had ever liked them. ive always had trouble making any relationships bc of my own personality and that doc just makes me question who i always was. good for the women that have figured out they were into women with that doc but it is quite broad and it doesn’t explain EVERY women. and like you said, men can experience comphet but it is not talked about as much as women having it
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It's not helpful for those with OCD and I can imagine it could be harmful for those who are lesbian with so-OCD you can easily flip it, and your OCD could be like what's to say you're not just convincing yourself your a lesbian, its mean like that. I think its nice that some women have found their sexuality from it, however I dont think its the most healthy way in doing so, I'd rather have experiences than just speculating from a few scenarios I've read. It does make a good ERP exercise tho so I guess that's the postive I can take from it lol.
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It’s not ever useful. As you said we can’t fit things in a matching basket. Having 5 similar situations as someone who’s a lesbian doesn’t mean you’re a lesbian too. Who you are attracted to is what determines your sexuality, not how you dress or similar situations.
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Yes definitely, the way you carry yourself has nothing to do with who you're attracted to, society needs to let of that unhelpful notion.
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Well put! I don’t have tik tok but I see the posts on here from people saying they saw something on tik tok like “your gay if you ever did x, y, z” and then it lists something that most people have done! I think that a lot of these are probably written by women who are reflecting on their past after coming out and trying to make connections with their past behavior and their current sexuality. And this may be very helpful to them to process. But what they think was a sign for them of being gay does not mean it is a sign for everybody!
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I've tried Tiktok briefly, it wasn't good for me besides the fact there was too much going on, it is a huge trigger for someone with s-OCD, the only positive I can take from that is it's good for ERP exercises but besides that point trying to help people figure their sexuality with unreliable reasons when they could've figured it out themselves seemed pointless to me. Although I dont think the world should bend to suit people with OCD, I've just realised in this generation at least every excuse is used to doubt your sexuality, which can be quite distressing.
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gosh i came across that topic on tiktok and it really was a huge trigger for me but I do agree with the points you have said. I also feel like it’s just being thrown around loosely.. like people would say that being shy around guys is comphet. idk I feel like it doesn’t take into account a lot of factors.
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It definitely doesn't take in alot of factors, it's not nearly as extensive as it could be, I think as humans we just love to be one or the other we're not really good at being inbetween and that's what I take from the masterdoc but I guess it could help other women it's just for those with OCD it seems to be more of a trigger and like you said being shy around the opposite sex doesnt mean its comphet, it could mean you have social anxiety which you'd then miss treating because you just think its a comphet problem.
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I cant afford therapy which is why i’m not diagnosed with ocd. The first time i had heard what ocd was truly abt was 6 years ago when i overthinking my sexual identity and it fit. Additionally, i struggle with debilitating health anxiety and when i was in a rlt i was extremely anxious that i might not love my partner. This is the third year i experience distress around my sexuality but this year it feels real. And it could also explain my rlt anxiety. Comphet is a concept that really scares me. I dont want to be with a girl. I would rather die than discover i was lesbian. I cant accept uncertainty cz i dont want to be homosexual. Chat GPT told me it wasnt ocd + the thoughts dont distress me anymore. I experience 3 intense weeks of anxiety prior to now. Maybe its internalized homophobia. Maybe its comphet. I do find women to be attractive but i dont wanna be with them. Maybe i’m in denial. Idk anything anymore. I’m remembering times where i would find an actress attractive and try to shift my focus towards the man cz it would make me anxious. I’m not well at all.
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- 14w
I need too know that I'm not insane, really. I am 16 and for the past two weeks, this has been completely ruining my health and happiness. I only recently came out as a lesbian like 3 months ago after a lot of confusion about my attraction since I used to think I liked men. At first, I felt so sure that I liked women, but lately, I've been having these unwanted thoughts about the possibility of liking men. I never used to feel this way, but now, every time I look at a man, my brain obsessively fixates on it. It forces me to imagine kissing him, loving him, things I don’t want, and then tries to convince me that I do. It’s painful. The thought of this fills me with fear and anxiety, leading to panic attacks and breakdowns. I don’t want these thoughts. I hate them with every fiber of my being, but I’m terrified that one day I’ll act on them and somehow like it. I used to think I liked men, but back then, I was in a very unhealthy space in a time of escapism and something deeply parasocial. I’ve only ever liked the attention and validation a man could give me, but these experiences are somehow treated as further proof that I’m "bisexual." I’ve never been in a real relationship with anyone, which makes my brain constantly challenge me—telling me, “You don’t even know what love feels like.” It won’t shut up. It keeps obsessively trying to make me prove that I’m a lesbian, testing my reactions and questioning my certainty. Is this normal?
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- 14w
As a lesbian with SO-OCD, I feel so helpless. It's truly exhausting because no one I know understands what I'm going through. The first response is always, "You're just confused" or "You don't have to know yet." But that's not the issue, I do know. I just never see any lesbians with SO-OCD so I feel so invalidated. These thoughts flood my brain constantly, forcing me to analyze my reactions to every man I see. I feel trapped in an endless cycle of "testing" myself, trying to prove that I don't like them. But my brain fights back, telling me I do want to love a man, making it feel real even though don't want it. It's terrifying. At this point, it's hard to even hold onto my identity as a lesbian because I'm so overwhelmed. I don't know if this is what real attraction is supposed to feel like, and that fear eats away at me. The truth is, when I think about being with a man, all I feel is disgust and fear-but my brain twists that into doubt. I hate it. I'm at the point where I'm scared I'm going to have to accept something I don't want because I don't know if this will ever go away. I miss who I was before all this.
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