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usually a common thing with soocd!
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Even if I'm not attracted to him? I just feel like I LOVE HIM, not that he is attractive, because I really don't like his appearance.
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@memlo since you’re into the same sex, u most likely just have platonic love for him! i’ve had the same issure but vice versa and my best advice is to accept that there is a possibility you like this friend but don’t break up with your girlfriend as it shows that you still have love for her
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@nikkii accepting the possibility of liking this friend as a way to accept your thoughts and not go into compulsion ^
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I really can't accept that, just the thought of me liking him makes me wanna puke, sincerely. This is a big issue because everyone says that I have to accept the possibility, but it doesn't help me at all, it just makes me feel even worse, I've been crying for days because of this
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i know what you mean i have the same feelings. it’s hard for a lot of people with this theme to just accept it bc they think it would become true. take self care days and start slowly with recovery
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@nikkii Yes, I don't want to like him, I just want things to be the way they were weeks ago. I feel that if I keep going like this, I might fall in love with him and I don't want to, I just want my partner, the mere thought of not being with her gives me so much anxiety. Also I didn't understood what you meant with platonic love, as everyone has a different view of that kind of things.
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@memlo not to give reassurance but if this attraction gives you anxiety, it’s not right for you. and i meant plationic love as in you love your friend as exactly that - friends.
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@nikkii You're talking about my friend? Or my partner? Sorry if I ask so much, english is not my native and I get confused easily. That type of love is actually what I feel when I get those "lucid moments", I will be like "oh I really love my friend! but as a friend only" and feel so sure about it, but when the thoughts come back it feels as my mind was telling me "see? You're thinking this again, so you do LOVE your friend"... And it feels so real.
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@memlo yes i was talking about your friend. ocd makes your obsessions feel real even when they’re not
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@nikkii Oh ok, but- How can I cope with this? I can't get therapy right now because my parents neglect me so much, I feel like I need to do everything alone, because I obviously cannot talk about this with my partner, neither with my friends.
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@memlo since i’m in the same boat, try journaling or meditation to soothe the anxiety and lower compulsions
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@nikkii tell your partner when you think it’s right
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@memlo Hey on this app there fee group therapy sessions on certain days regarding sexual intrusive thoughts. Maybe attending one will help!
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Thank you so much, I hope you can get better soon ❤️
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hi i’m a lesbian! and i have known im a lesbian for a really long time and i have a sweet girlfriend of 1 year. it all started when i saw this masc lesbian come out as straight, after that i had my guy friend over and he’s a sweet guy and he was flirting with me (he didn’t know i was gay) im not sure but i panicked and my brain froze and i was like “do i like him”, ever since my brain has been over worked 24/7 for 2 months now and it’s spiralling constantly. im trying to control it but all these thoughts are so disgusting and my brain tries to put him and i in scenarios that make me uncomfortable and i feel panic and i hate it. i have always been comfortable being a lesbian and i still am comfortable as a lesbian, but i dislike these thoughts i have about him and men and i want it to be over. i do not want to experiment with men even tho my brain is telling me i do, i find it disgusting and i dread it, i have a sweet girlfriend and i want to be with her forever, i do not imagine anything with any men and i hate these thoughts. im scared of becoming bisexual/straight one day and i hate hearing sexuality is fluid. its a whole mix of comphet and so-ocd
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I’m like 90% sure I’m just bi, more romantically inclined to men, mainly my bf who I wanna marry. But now my brain is like “if you lean into liking women or keep circling and circling for answers you’ll lose all attraction to men and your bf. You’re practically already a lesbian” I feel so tense and anxious I will admit I am talking to chat gpt out of desperation I’m scared of losing all attraction to him I don’t wanna be thinking about women. I don’t unless I’m really stressed cuz when I’m stressed my ocd can take advantage of that I can usually ground myself when I’m in the city with him but I’m back home for most of the summer and I can’t be physically close to him which usually reminds me that hey this is real this is what I really want in life. Him But then I panic and question I haven’t been here in a while tbh. I’m worried I don’t feel enough. I don’t like magic Mike all that much, I like softer guys. But now the fact I don’t like/get turned on by random men on tv but do women in lingerie really stresses me out and makes me worry I’m truly a lesbian but I’m not. Once I started getting to know my bf and my ex bf’s I really did truly genuinely like them and wanted to make out and everything. Idk can anyone relate to the not liking big buff men All my brain is repeating rn is “when he dies you’ll be able to date a woman, when you break up you’ll only wanna date women” and it’s stressing me out. It’s making me nauseous. I was doing well for about a couple days after I initially left but being at home has been so incredibly draining This might give you a vision of how stressful home is: I’ve been on nexplanon for 7 months ish? Only had very minimal spotting during a stressful school period. Today: fully bleeding, like a usual period. I haven’t had my period since having it put in. I wanna go back to my bf so badly rn. I’m so worried I’m faking or don’t feel enough. I’m learning what a healthy relationship looks like and I’m terrified I’m gonna up and leave him when we’re older cuz I’ll finally figure out that I’m a lesbian or smthn. Idk. Someone pls just help me out a tad
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Hey guys so I have been suffering with sexual ocd due to the fact that I don’t feel that romantic spark with him anymore, I love him and I know I do but I get to much in my thoughts thinking about why can’t I feel that anymore what has changed what if I don’t wanna be with anymore I’ve been with him for 4 years and at first I think it was ROCD but now I started thinking what if I’m into girls now I’ve always been the type to say oh a girl is so pretty or I like this about her but now I feel like every time I see a girl I’m like do I see myself in a relationship with her oh she’s pretty oh I like her voice do I find it attractive and sometimes I do !!! Which is killing me I feel disgust thinking about because what if I secretly am no shame to people who are my sister herself is but I just feel wierd because I wanna be with my husband and feel happy there not with a girl and feel like a man because I see myself in the mirrior and I’m like do I myself being a man do I look lesbian? Do I act lesbian or bi? What if secretly I wanna be a man or I imagine myself being a man in a relationship with a pretty girl and idk what to think
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