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If you are going to tell your parents that you aren’t straight in hopes that it’ll take away the discomfort and provide relief, you’ll find that if there is any relief it’ll be temporary and the OCD will come back torment you. If you are thinking about telling your parents about your Sexual Orientation OCD and informing them of your mental struggles for support, by all means do so. Be careful though because your parents might provide you unintentional reassurance about sexuality and in turn make the OCD worse. Your goal should be learn to deal with the uncertainty about your sexuality and all discomfort and distress whether it be thoughts, emotions, sensations, or what have you that bothers you.
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Well said!
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I'm just not sure who I am anymore. I keep getting thoughts like I want a boyfriend etc.... 😕. Not sure if it's real or not just feels me full of anxiety
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@Ihateocd83 It’s also ok to not always be 100% sure what your sexuality is. Always checking your sexuality is a compulsion. You get to choose to sexuality. OCD makes us think we have to know what we feel and what we feel always means something when in reality it doesn’t.
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@Jon w/ OCD My gf went down my phone and found all of the messages from me and my therapist. And she said she can't continue when I have this going on and said I've ruined her life and should have told her I had this going on. I have 2 children with her but she said I've dragged them into this mess 😔
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@Ihateocd83 That’s really hard. I can’t imagine how hard that is for you. I was fortunate enough to have learned about my OCD before my marriage and my wife is supportive, but it took her sometime to really understand. We watched tons of videos, read lots of research, etc. This sounds really hard
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@Jon w/ OCD I just don't think this is ocd anymore. Before I thought I had all the symptoms but it just feels like real feelings etc. When I think of women it feels like I don't like there virginas
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This is such a hard thing to deal with. It’s also hard because most people don’t understand what the true definition of OCD is, especially what SO-OCD is. It may be helpful to sit down with your parents and watch an informational video of what SO-OCD is and explain to them how you feel. Here is an example of a great video on SO-OCD https://www.madeofmillions.com/articles/talking-sexual-orientation-ocd-with-dr-steven-phillipson
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Thanks mate 👍
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Don't tell them. Unfortunately I have been there where (before I even knew what HOCD was), I did some confessing--multiple times lmao--and it provided temporary relief...key word being temporary. It was a compulsion, I did it purely because I couldn't sit with the discomfort. Don't be like me 😂
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I also did it after I knew what HOCD was, us obsessive compulsives have to learn to deal with anxiety and discomfort
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@alexisrae1999 But it feels so real and as if I want to be with a man. It just upsets so much. Because I loved women so much. I've had this since the age of 22 of 38 now and now it's just like I'm gay
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@Ihateocd83 You don't have to prove to anyone, or even yourself that you are straight, gay, or bi. I really feel bad that you've been suffering for so long, please do not prolong your suffering by looking for answers. We all wish we could have answers, but our brains are different from neurotypicals. I am also sad about my situation, but giving in to the compulsions, confessing, reassurance asking, etc will dig us deeper into our ocd :(
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@alexisrae1999 I don't know what to do. All I do is think of this and men all the time I can't focus on anything else 😔
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@Ihateocd83 The more you analyze it the deeper it takes you into believing it.
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@lewthompson3 My mind is telling me I want to be with a man and like penises. This is something that is new to my hocd and happened last August and has ruined my life.
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@Ihateocd83 Have you talked to a therapist and learned of ways to handle OCD?
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@lt3 I just don't think it is ocd anymore maybe I used to believe that but now I don't. My mind is telling me I want to be with a man etc...
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i did this and I felt zero relief. it actually made me feel worse, and i back-tracked almost immediately and instead just told my mom i was very confused and obsessed with figuring my sexuality out.
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Read my comment above tho mate ? 😔
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I feel awful that I keep coming on here whenever I’m down bad but oh my gosh OCD is the most painful shit that I have EVER experienced in my life and I have a physical chronic illness…. I hate to say it but I hate living right now it’s too painful… im crying as I type to the point where my stomach is hurting, I have pretty severe ocd I do have generalized anxiety and idk if that is connected with ocd but because of that I have most of the subtypes REAL EVENT OCD,POCD,ZOCD,ROCD,SOCD HARM OCD, you name it and I got it!!! a lot of also why I have have those theme is trauma growing up and involving those things^ as of right now i’m 25 and a women with the most loving boyfriend in the entire world before my ocd hit me I NEVER questioned my love and care and attraction with the love of my life I always knew I was going to marry and be with this person the rest of my life! Now with ocd it confuses me soooo much and now I think I’m gay and didn’t realize or indenial and listen I get it “don’t look for reassurance!” “It’s not the thing ocd is attacking that is the problem ocd is the actual problem!” Here’s the thing with that if I’m in a relationship and I’m gay that would mean I would have to leave that said relationship and to say that “oh yeah that stuff happens and you’ll move on” is absolutely devastating to me this is THE LOVE OF MY LIFE and your telling me that iv been lying to myself this whole time or that I didn’t realize?!?!? And that sexuality can change (even though some say it can’t google says otherwise and some people have said it can’t idek anymore) and all this other BULLSHIT I can’t take it WHY?!?! why does this have to happen why can’t I just be with my love the rest of my life?!? and yes before anyone says anything I have been attracted to girls more so when I was younger watching lesbian porn liking the body’s and fantazing them sexually it stopped when I got older but I still don’t get disgusted with women who are pretty it just makes me uncomfortable because I’m with the love of my life and before I remember talking to my partner and discussing certain childhood things I experienced and we discussed that we both could be a little bi and for certain I’m (demi sexual so I don’t even really care about looks) and I truly didn’t care!! NOW I do care even with being bi because again I don’t like thinking about anyone else but my partner but I do also know my parents are homophobic and I do think about if I am gay they wouldn’t be okay with that and I also dont want to deal with that so now I sound like in indenial right?!???? I didn’t even care about labels before my ocd it just didn’t matter but now it’s effected my sex life and it’s hard for me to enjoy sex with being so confused I’m so confused I googled everything can you still have sexual fantasies with same gender but still be straight? Can you fantasize about same gender or imagine marrying them all of it !!! And non of that disgusts me it just makes me uncomfortable AGIAN only bc I just love the partner I’m with right now!!! I’m so fucking confused do I have to leave my partner and accept that I’m gay is that going to happen in the future if I get better with ocd and find out it’s been true all along?!???
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I’ve had so many moments of clarity with my OCD that I love my boyfriend and I’m beyond willing to go through this to be better and be with him. in the back of mind I’ve in a way known I was at least somewhat sexually attracted to women (I’m a woman) since the start of the ocd it was always like “okay. Fine, but I don’t want to date a girl” I only just realized this after the ocd started, I never really argued with this. my ocd has always revolved around if I’m romantically interested in women and not men. I’ve done so many compulsions through this year and a half and 9 times out of 10 have come to the conclusion that I don’t want to be with a woman romantically. I always end up feeling like I know I love my boyfriend. But the doubts don’t stop about whether I want to spend my life with a woman instead, my heart literally breaks to think of not being with my bf and imagining him with someone else. I don’t want to be with a woman I know deep down somewhere underneath the anxiety that that’s not what I want. It doesn’t feel natural for me, unfulfilling. I want to tell my boyfriend about the possible sexual attraction to women (ik it’s still ocd related) but I’m scared that once I tell him, I’ll realize that I actually do want to be with women and not with him. Ugh I’ve spent hours today ruminating about this after being solid in my commitment with him for a little while, I’m stuck in this loop and idk how to get out right now
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i had recently been triggered to have so-ocd. its been on my mind non-stop. (i am a heterosexual female) and my mind has been all over the place questioning if i have been in denial the entire time. ive always had people tell me they sort of got that vibe it it never really affected me until my own mother had her suspicions. so i would constantly get triggered un public around the same gender, while knowing my true sexuality. ive always been attracted to men but as of recently ive been having super bad anxiety to where i cannot eat or sleep and feel weak all the time. it was like that for a week or so. now im in the calm where i have been trying accept the uncertainty but it still isnt fair as im getting triggered. im a little worried because it feels like i have been lying to my parents the entire time although ive never had the desire to be with the same gender. and i keep getting intrusive thoguhts that make me feel anxious and uncomfortable. its all starting to affect my friendships as im constantly getting triggered with the intrusive thoguhts. i feel a little less anxious compared to how i was a couple days ago. im really scared on why im having these thoughts now when i have been having romantic feelings for a guy the past year or so. ive also been struggling with false attraction and loss attraction to men. it makes me feel uncertain of my life the entire time
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