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I questioned it once too because I thought female celebrities were very attractive and since in porn I would look at the girl. Not because I wanted to do stuff with her but because the guys in porn seem so brutal, etc. I told my bf about it but after that it just went away bc I couldn’t see myself in any kind of situation with a woman. Still haunts me tho
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i don't know what i want anymore
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you’re not alone!! i always knew that i found women attractive but never wanted to pursue any sort of relationship with them. i always favored female characters in tv shows or movies, and i was a tomboy all through school. i like television shows that have LGBTQ relationships spotlighted. none of this stuff really bothered me - i mean, the thought bothered me but i didn’t obsess over it - until OCD told me all of that equates to being in denial. it doesn’t. we are not our thoughts. it’s our choices that matter. hang in there ❤️
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omg thank you infinitely! this made me feel less alone tbh because i was a tomboy and was never really boy crazy but i did have crushes (pray to God it wasn't just comphet)
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@Nour04 ugh comphet is like my BIGGEST trigger. especially since i check like ALL the boxes. i always pursued boys and even though i knew what “gay” was, i never thought it was something i wanted to pursue. until OCD 🙄
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@bdk this is awful i feel you. how are you???
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@Nour04 actually doug pretty well! i’ve been doing ERP with a therapist on here for about two weeks now and i can tell a difference. i still have the thoughts but don’t obsess as much. what about you?
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@bdk not that good, these past couple days have been awful :(
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@Nour04 i’m so sorry. are you in therapy or trying any self-help techniques?
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@bdk nope i am too scared that this will all turn out to be denial because it has been feeling so real lately :( like i am truly convinced that i want it and like it and i am just in denial. can ocd feel so utterly real and true??
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@Nour04 ocd isn’t called the doubting disease for no reason. it feels so real bevause it has you totally convinced. to get better, you have to do the hard stuff. what got me to decide to take on therapy was this thought: would i rather feel like this for the rest of my life or go through therapy and deal with whatever happens after that? considering the second option has a possible positive outcome and the first doesnt, i went with the second.
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@bdk i want to go to therapy but i can't tell my parents about this :/
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@Nour04 oh, man, i understand. that can be so rough. until you feel comfortable enough seeking it out, take care of yourself and try as best you can to not give in to the thoughts. try to slowly expose yourself and keep from doing compulsions. especially reassurance seeking.
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@bdk thank you so much for all the advice <3 if you ever need me i am here for you
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Hey Nour, Just seen some of your posts but havent commented in a while, but i just wanted to let you know youre not alone. Ive had the exact same thoughts as you and literally convinced myself i must be all these things and still i always end up back in the ocd cycle.. its super hard but not asking for reassurance and trying to not engage in compulsions is the only way out of this and you will get better i promise. Hope youre okay and im here if you wanna talk :)
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i was just watching "hocd vs denial" video by they call me jesse and i kept on pausing to think about women to see if i find comfort but i don't know anymore, it really feels like i like it and then i was starting to tear up and felt myself spiralling because "what if i was realising i am in denial and all of it is true" and then i pressed my hand on my chest and told myself not to spiral this is just going to make things worse. the thing is i don't know if i like it or not anymore. at first i would feel nauseous whenever i picutred naked women but now it feels like all of me wants it and it all feels so true and like i truly am in denial. i just don't want to like girls
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@Nour04 I know exactly what you mean, its such a horrible feeling.. but that’s exactly what ocd wants you to feel-like you dont know and cant accept that uncertainty of not knowing and its so tough but youre doing so well dealing with this. I know youve heard all this before but the only way is to let that horrible, scary feeling of not knowing sit and not fighting against it so ocd loses the control it has over you. (Im typing this right now and knowing im not following my own advice here too haha because it is so so hard and im so sorry youre going through this too..) please just know that you are never alone and you deserve to get better and you will i promise! Stay strong ❤️
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@Winter thank you so much! sometimes I am able to put the thoughts aside and that makes it feel too like it's denial because i am able to bury the thoughts, "if it were really hocd i wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it". it's just that even when i am able to have some calm there's always something
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@Nour04 Omg i have the exact same! Then i feel guilty for not having the thoughts and “faking” the ocd which is an ocd though in itself i think. I had i guess mild(?) hocd for years but i managed to keep myself relatively distracted with schoolwork and other things and had less like bad episodes but more like constant thoughts until covid when i had no distraction and things got so much worse. I completely get what you mean, it sucks haha
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@Winter omg i relate so much to the faking it part. i have been worrying so much about it being denial to an unbelievable extent i am actually starting to feel like i enjoy all of those thoughts and want them and like them. and now i can't tell because whenever i feel like i like them and say "noo i don't want to like that" or "ugh why does it feel like i like it" it reinforces the feeling of me being in denial
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@Nour04 and the guilt part too for not having the thoughts!! that was me last week!!
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@Nour04 Yep ive had those exact thoughts too. It will get better though, dont give up!
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You’re not alone! Went through the same thing for years (7th grade to freshman in college) and I am now in a happy relationship (: thoughts will always come and go, but it is possible to recover!!
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thank you so much for the encouragement!
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I’ve struggled with believing I’m attracted to someone and constantly fixed on looking around a room trying to disprove those thoughts that I am not. Even when my body tells me I am I still constantly question if those feelings are real. Is this common?
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Idk what else to title this. I was watching a film cooper video cuz why not and he mentioned smthn about wall paper customization and icons and stuff and I just kinda had a groinal response followed by the memory of me having my first crush on a woman (my friend at the time) that helped me figure out that I’m bi and I felt kinda intensely for her but that’s cuz a) it was new and b) we were kinda on again off again friends who haven’t spoken in a few years now and I’m over her entirely. It was toxic I think. She was too much like the person who bullied me in elementary school (they were friends as well so my mom made me cut her off which is. Fair. Made me really sad but eh that’s life) I saw her at prom cuz someone brought her. It was nice to see her but yeah that was it. And now I’m mentally comparing what I felt for women in the past (idk intense crush, listening to a lot of gay songs (think she by dodie) dressing semi masc cuz funky, we had nicknames for each other despite not dating or anything) to men (less intense crush but still big crush, I’ve only dated and kissed men so sparks rhere) and now I’m just slightly nauseous and worried that I don’t like men as much as I like women but I think that’s normal for any bi person? To have different levels of attraction to different genders? Idk I feel gross and icky now like I shouldn’t even be thinking about it or her cuz I have a bf. And I do look fondly upon it, now I’m nervous cuz I got more excited about her calling me a specific nickname than I do from my bf calling me honey even at the beginning? Honey felt more traditional and I love it but we do switch around nicknames and it’s always nice, not many butterflies anymore, and sometimes I get anxious when he does lately, if it’s a nickname in Portuguese. Or if he called me a shortened version of my name. What does that mean? I’m nervous now. I was doing half decently today now I’m nauseous again. I’m worried that cuz I liked the nicknames she and I had that means I don’t like the ones my bf and I have and that I just don’t like him or men cuz I’ve been feeling off around him. But I love when he calls me honey, it still feels good when he does it now but no butterflies. Idk what’s wrong with me. Is it even ocd at this point. Even if I do like women slightly more it doesn’t erase that I love my bf. I’m worried I’m leaning too much towards women tho and I’m a lesbian. Idk if my bi cycle is cycling or if I’m just a lesbian entirely cuz I don’t feel much when my bf takes off his shirt, sex feels different, and things feel stale and slow. But maybe that’s cuz I’m checking and comparing. Now I’m anxious fuck. I’m trying not to think about her idk why. I’m worried I still find her attractive or am attracted to her or smthn. She’s in my city. I didn’t care before but now I do. Or if I think about her I’ll think about other women and will only want to have sec with women which not really tbh. I wanna be able to enjoy sec with my bf. It just hasn’t felt right lately cuz I’ve been so depressed and obsessive. I wasn’t obsessing much last night when we had sex but it still didn’t feel passionate. It didn’t feel uncomfortable but I thought it’d be more? Idk. I know it’s normal to not feel him inside me cuz the vagina isn’t very nerved up compared to the clitoris but it felt like more the motions. But tbh. I needed it. Idk I wanted to have sex and it was a nice stress relief. I just didn’t feel butterflies which kinda bummed me out but we’ve been having sex since august so that’s normal. Idk. I haven’t been able to fantasize about sex. The fact that I’m bi makes all of this so confusing. Cuz yes hypothetically I can enjoy the thought of sex with a woman. But I don’t want to rn cuz I’m dating a man. And I can’t fantasize about sex with him cuz I’m getting intrusive thoughts about my friends and I having sex. I have this urge to watch porn cuz it’s been a while but I’m not going to. I’ve cut down a lot on masturbation. Partially cuz this partially cuz I wanna do things with my bf (when I’m mentally ok) but jow my brain is saying “Oo you think all these women are so hot you’re gonna go feral blah blah blah” and yes women are hot but I don’t wanna have sex with a woman. Idk saying women are hot doesn’t bring me anxiety but the thought of sex with one or leaving my bf and saying I’m a lesbian bother me. Cuz I know it’s not true. I love him I know that. I’d be happy if we stayed together. I wouldn’t regret a thing honestly. I like having sex with him. Idc if it’s not like porn or the movies. As long as I’m being pleasured and he’s being pleasured we’re good. That’s what sex is about. I think the loss of butterflies is normal cuz the excitement of like (sorry tmi) fingering and oral eventually wears off right? But still feels good. I don’t feel as excited about intimacy anymore cuz we have done it so often but it still feels nice. But my brain perceives that as me not liking sex with men and therefore I’m gay. No I just don’t feel the need to jump his bones every single time I see him?? Idk the friend thing is bothering me. Idk if I feel any joy behind it. The groinal response really really throws my perception off
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I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please
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