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- 3y
GabbrielGabbriel
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- 3y
I will try my best to help you. When you have those unwanted thought, never reply them, it might sound crazy but this is your cure. Those positive sentences or words that I used, and you do, only hurt. They make you feel less anxious for the moment but then return later stronger and stronger, which is bad and won't end. When those thoughts pop up ignore them, don't say your word, you will feel anxious but it will go down on its own throughout the process called habituation. Also, though have no power, cannot change the future neither the past, having those thoughts won't make you act on them! It might feel like they will happen but they won't! Ignore those random thoughts because there is no reason you should listen to them, it is like some stranger whispering you those thoughts, will you believe them? No! Then leave them talk as much as they want without you reacting on them, replying. Do what you enjoy the most while it happens as you feel the anxiety spiking up, but you shall not fear it, you will be alright!
anxiety:>anxiety:>
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- 3y
Thank you, this makes sense and helps a lot
GabbrielGabbriel
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- 3y
@corpse dance It really does! We are struggling against illogical things, we don't need to argue with them or to try and make it logical, just accept and acknowledge they are here, they won't harm and will leave on their own!
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Anonymous
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- Date posted
- 25w
Pls I need advice
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
Anonymousssssss
- Date posted
- 19w
Idk what to do
Hey yall, having a tough time. I’ve been struggling with intrusive thoughts while I self pleasure and it GENUIENLY feels like I enjoy them for whatever reason. And then now about half an hour later it’s like okay it’s a sexual thought but I might not actually like it. Idk I just really hate myself, because I basically genuinely liked it in the moment
geodrimilis
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- 14w
Hocd is literally a clown in my head.
Like I can’t think straight. This is making me doubt everything I’ve thought about myself and even makes me feel like I like the thoughts when I know I don’t. Like I would be less anxious at a time while I still have the thoughts and my mind would go “oh so you like it you must be gay” or the other one where I’m not anxious and I think of my attraction for girls that I’ve had my whole life and my mind goes “see now you’re not into them you’re gay” like it’s so stupid but so effective. I clearly remember being into girls my whole life but my mind is making me believe that all these attractions and feelings for women were all fake or “a thing of the past”. But I can still get aroused by women but I have this weird anxiety going on which brings these sensations/feelings and it’s so weird. Today I’ve spent my whole day thinking about it like I’ve been doing for 5 months now. I know that this aint normal but my mind just won’t let me live in peace. I never cared about my sexuality cuz I simply liked women my whole life but now my sexuality is a fundamental philosophy. I hate this.
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