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You’re not alone
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like i adopted most of that mannerism from tiktok and like my hands don't look feminine a lot and so it makes me look like a lesbian and makes me sad, not even anxious anymore but just overall sad
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@Nour04 You don’t adopt mannerisms from social media. They are who you are. You adopt them from your friends you spend the most time with and your family. Don’t worry your hands can’t look a sexuality it’s just your ocd. I cried every time I looked in the mirror for about 10 months bc I kept telling myself I looked like a lesbian like my body, not clothes. It’s very common for us with SO-OCD to have these thoughts
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@Nour04 btw i have a question: sometimes when i see a girl on instagram my heart immediately starts racing. is this a crush?? how do i know it's anxiety and not a crush??? because when i see for instance an edit of my celebrity crush well my jeart beats faster, so how do i know it's anxiety and not a crush? and what if i am not letting myself live freely as a lesbian and am in denial and repressing my homosexuality??? i know it sounds bad when i say it but i don't want to be a lesbian
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@Nour04 It doesn’t sound bad to say that. We have SO OCD for a reason. And I can’t answer any of those questions for you bc I’m not you and if I tried to I’d be giving you reassurance which I won’t do
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@Justmesadly i haven't spent time with my friends in so long but i do feel like i got them from tiktok, and same with the mirror thing, i tell myself i am a lesbian because of my body AND my clothes too and by mannerism i meant like hand gestures and stuff
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@Nour04 Yes I understand. You cannot get mannerisms from social media.
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@Justmesadly so am i just born this way? am i a lesbian???
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@Nour04 You’re not born with mannerisms, as I said you learn them from your parents or whoever you spend the most amount of time around. I don’t know your sexuality nor can I even guess your sexuality. Only you know what you desire. And you can’t clearly know while you’re analyzing and ruminating
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@Nour04 Your appearance and mannerisms do not determine your sexual orientation. Our society and the media have forced a lot of roles, stereotypes, expectations, and standards upon us that make us feel wrong and doubt ourselves when we don’t fit those exactly. I’m sorry you are having such thoughts and feelings, though there would be nothing wrong with you if you were a lesbian or anything else. Your sexual orientation is determined by your head and heart. It is not unheard of for people to question and doubt that as well, especially people with OCD.
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@void-dragon I wouldn’t say especially people with ocd bc this is an OCD subtype and i have been told it is not considered questioning your sexuality it’s just ocd
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@Justmesadly Yeah that’s what I meant, sorry for being unclear about that.
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@Justmesadly Although I believe there are times where anyone (with or without OCD) may question their sexuality, but I am not an expert!
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@void-dragon Yes of course but that’s not the case for us. Our theme is specifically SO OCD
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im so scared that this is just denial and that im actuall gay. idk what to do anymore i need help. its just constant anxiety in my chest and i hate it. is there anything i can do to help?
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i have had intense thoughts and fears about being gay today and i have been sick to my stomach. it just stopped and now im scared im accepting it and im not freaking out. i feel like im okay with it. I AM NOT OKAY WITH BEING GAY.
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hi guys i added to list. i’m freaking out i just need some help. signs of comphet (comphet is when lesbians who don’t know it and just follow norms and believe there straight) ive felt: “I never felt anything when kissing boys and totally thought that was normal… I talk to men, go on dates, but I think it’s to keep my life ‘interesting’ and have something to talk about with friends.” • lack of deep, natural emotional connection • • talking about my boyfriend to other people made me feel “cool”, “worthy”, “interesting” and felt like a way to prove myself • being able to clearly articulate all the reasons I liked a guy crush/my boyfriend (he’s smart, funny, kind, handsome, etc) whereas with a girl crush I can’t exactly put my finger on why I like them but I’m just naturally drawn to them • never missing my exes or feeling heartbroken about them (i would feel sad from being lonely and no longer having that daily routine of having someone to talk to, but didn’t necessarily miss that specific person) • i was always very hesitant about “becoming official” with a guy i would be seeing and would make him wait before deciding to date because i “didn’t know if i really liked him or not” only being aroused by their the man’s desire for me • Thinking I was cooler than other girls because I didn't spend any time thinking about how cute boys were or being "boy-crazy". I was under the impression for a while that I must just be less shallow than other people because I didn't really take looks into account when I had a crush on a boy, I only factored in their personality. chasing the ego boost more than emotional closeness agreed with friends or mom about someone being attractive even if you didn’t feel it—another big flag being bored, ditching serious commitment, chasing the drama again it also feels like i’m acting a lot of the time to make it more romantic cause i cringe When you fantasize about men, it is mostly just enacting a kind of narrative. More focused on movement than features- the men in your fantasies might be faceless or blank-featured or their bodies might symbolize some emotion. you might not even be in the in the fantasy, but instead another faceless woman might be. You might even imagine yourself as the man. The narrative follows the sexual script, but the details are more vague and abstract and might even shift and change throughout the fantasy. i dont care about like what guys looks like. like my sister saw a video of a guy working out and was like got damn omg gotta like that. if i saw that i would prob be like damn to try and prove something to myself but i don’t really understand what i should feel it feels like i relate to so much comphet after i read it on reddit and it doesn’t even make me want to cry and die anymore. it feels like i tolerate men or have done it for attention or because i thought it was going to happen at some point cause it was what was happening around me like sister and friends. i’m scared ill never find someone i want to marry that’s a man it feels like it’s all just comphet and i don’t want to actually be with a man the more my meds work and anxiety lessens the more the fear feels real because i can’t get myself anxious about it anymore. i can about other stuff but not this. i always told myself i don’t chase i attract. maybe thats cause i never wanted a big badly enough. maybe what im missing is a girl what if that ends up feeling more real Straight people don’t need to talk themselves into what’s hot. like during the hocd break i would try and like see what was “hot” and and be like yeah that’s hot. i also i refused to masturbate to women and not think about it because i didn’t want it to prove that i still liked it but i mean idk if that was left over hocd
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