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I’m a girl and this happens to me too. It drives me crazy but we just have to accept that Greg area
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Grey*
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I'm gay and I also get this fake attraction to men so I can't really help you. just remember that your thoughts aren't real and can't decide who you really attracted to.
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you’re gay and have false attraction to men?
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@anto007 Sorry I meant I'm a lesbian
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@Alice1837 I think what’s frustrating too is that attractions with your preferred arc aren’t as strong as the false attractions and that is what really gets me suck.
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Well get through this we just have to let it pass over us.
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did it happen to you before the obsessions?
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@anto007 Yeah I may have gotten a mild case of hocd when I was younger but I just thought I was questioning because I had no idea what hocd was. Now though I experience what you do but with female parts because I like men so my ocd is the opposite. It’s really hard to deal with because you feel like you want it. But I actually read something really helpful from an advocate from here, she had said that there is a term called arousal non concordance. Where your genitals may be aroused by mentally you are not and vice versa. Either way the best route to take is just to accept the the thoughts or feelings that come up and let them pass
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@Legallyocd damn, i understand. yeah that’s what ive been trying to do but it is really hard when your mind uses those false attractions as proof that you are what you fear, i’ve been doing compulsions like crazy lately and my anxiety is at an all time high, this is really hard but i’ll try to resist de urge to do more compulsion and accept the uncertainty, hope you do well too.
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@anto007 Thank you, I totally understand how you feel. I have been doing compulsions like crazy to but I actually attended a group session for sexual thoughts today and the therapist had told me to not beat myself up for it. I recommend the same to you, what we are going through is super difficult, so take it hour by hour. There’s still time for you to have a good day, and if not there’s always tomorrow too
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@HSP Today was my first time attending one specifically for people with sexual intrusive thoughts and it was really great. You have a therapist that proctors the zoom meeting and everyone shares what they are going through and offers support. The session is free and it’s an hour long. It’s just nice to be around people that have the same theme as you that know what you’re going through.
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@HSP I feel the same way ! But we will get through this. Try the groups they help a lot especially if you’re having a hard day
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You can even go to one every day basically
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I was scrolling on insta and I saw a post of a kid, I felt a sense of attraction, idk if it was false or not. I hope it was, I got worried and the kid kept popping up in my head, I kept trying to stop it because I can’t stand not doing anything and feeling attracted, I don’t wanna be attracted to kids, im fucking tired of having to deal with all of this every day. I can’t tell if it is real or false attraction, all of this is so annoying, I can’t even listen to music properly without feelings of attraction showing up. I’m not able to tell if it’s false attraction or not anymore at all, it feels way to real to know, I keep hoping that it’s all false, and I hope that I have pocd not actual pedophilia because I was never disgnosed, I was also exposed to porn at a young age, and I’m worried it causes pedophilia. Please help me with these attraction feelings I can’t tell if they’re real or not anymore. I can’t even tell if I’m distressed, panicked, disgusted, or shamed. I don’t feel any of those feelings anymore, idk why, idk how to deal with this stuff anymore, I don’t even know if I have ocd or not, I’ve only ever gotten one short diagnoses that said I have ocd but I lied on 2 questions about feeling arousal which I do, idk why, and the other about liking the thoughts, which I said I didn’t, but in reality I don’t know if I do or not. Also only certain kids trigger the attraction feeling, it makes me worried I’m a pedo because it’s only certain kids that cause it, kind of like a “type” (edited)
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When trying to find explicit anime stuff i enjoy, i keep stumbling across POCD related content I find disgusting and disturbing... but then i get this urge to click on it... when i do, im immediately disgusted and quickly exit out because I hate that content... it happened a couple of times tonight... i hate it so much... i feel like a bad person because of this... My POCD is labeling this as an unconscious attraction... chatGPT is saying this is morbid curiosity... i dont want to be attracted to men or kids... i dont want to be attracted or even curious about it... i just hope its not subconscious attraction, let alone any form of conscious attraction at all... im genuinely disgusted...
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Y’all I think I’m dealing with false attraction but idk and I can’t tell. It’s bugging me. It’s one specific (female) friend of mine lately. Idk if it’s cuz she’s a lesbian and it’s playing on my soocd or smthn. I keep having groinal responses around her. I don’t see her like that but I’m worried I either am starting to or already do and am suppressing it but I have had no interest in her in the last 2 years she’s been in our group. This started somewhat recently and every time someone makes a sexual joke or smthn (like flashing or twerking) it causes a groinal response and I just kinda shut down. I don’t feel anything in the crush sense of the word. And it’s bugging me that I’m having these thoughts and I keep having thoughts of my bf and then my friend gets placed into the thought and it just makes me upset. Annoyed. I feel this tightness in my chest and it’s not good. I like seeing this friend but I don’t get excited seeing her. I wonder where she is when she’s gone but I do that with all of my friends, if one doesn’t show to our group dinners I ask. I worry I’m making too much eye contact when we talk. I keep checking if I’m feeling anything anywhere but it’s just a persistent groinal response and I’m worried it’s attraction
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