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Once you have a worried thought that you are gay, what do you do next typically? What do you think right afterwards ?
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Think more? Figure out If I actually am or not, even though It feels like I just am somehow. Try to understand the feelings, or understand what the thoughts exactly mean or say. Deciphering them I guess. Theres alot of thoughts/feelings that follow up or happen at the same time tbh.
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@Imaan7 That's sounds very compulsory to me. Compulsions can be completely mental. General anxiety is different its really not about most hocd themes. Its worries about school, it's worries about the future, it's worried about sleep, it's worried about social settings, it's excessive worries about Financials, how people see you, There's overlap but it's not really about if ur gay or not. Listen, if ur gay u pretty much know you're gay. There's anxiety about coming out of the closet bc of family members and society and internalized homophobia, but you typically know. I'm bisexual . I made my dolls make out when I was 6, I had possessive feelings over some of my best girl friends, then at 14 I kissed a girl I loved it. I still didn't admit I was gay until about a year after that when I felt real feelings for the girl and wished we were together.
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@whatadooo If you have a intrusive though Ex "I think I'm gay" And then you start thinking more thoughts to try and dissuade or analyze it further till it "makes sense " or u can find comfort or find a conclusion. That's the compulsion.
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@whatadooo Im just worried that I have come to a conclusion, cant accept It and have Gad and not Ocd.
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Gad and ocd are strongly related and it's common that you'll have both of them together. Did it also take into account of mental compulsions? Not everyone is well educated about pure o
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It didnt, Im worried though that I dont have any mental compulsion either. I just dont know know If I do or not
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Haha, I was in the EXACT same boat as you a few months ago. Sucks, doesn’t it :(
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Regarding hocd? Ive seen people say that were questioning for a long time and had Gad, it feels like that Im like them
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@Imaan7 Yep, regarding HOCD
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@OCDumb >:( If it helps, I’m straight with homosexual ocd, as opposed to gay with straight ocd
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@OCDumb >:( Same, Im straight ( I think Idek at this point) with hocd. Wdym opposed? Straight people with hocd are more common than gay people with hocd
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@Imaan7 Mhm. I just wanted to clarify, haha
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I’ve completely lost myself. I can’t focus on my studies, I can’t go to the gym. Dang it I can’t even be around my male friends normally anymore. I got no idea why or how this happened but the only thing I know for sure is that I never questioned my sexuality neither doubted it. I never cared in general. I just liked girls. I keep testing and keep testing and keep testing my arousal but no matter how many times I see but I don’t feel the same way for guys that I do with girls my mind will always try to make me believe that I am gay. It’s like it’s forcing me into an identity I never asked for. But at the end of the day like my psychologist told me. Sexuality doesn’t change. So since I never felt anything for guys in my life it’s ocd. I’ve been up and down for 5 months now and while the last week I was feeling way better. Monday now and I’m back to zero. I just want to go back when everything was normal. I can’t keep living with this.
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So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.
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i’ve thought that i have OCD for about 2 years now, but i’ve had a lot of the symptoms for as long as i can remember (but i don’t really remember a lot of my childhood- i need to check w family to confirm). i’ve talked to my gf about it, and she thinks i just have GAD and am a hypochondriac. i definitely do have GAD, but the things i have obsessions and compulsions ab aren’t just health related (even tho a lot are), ill imagine that people are injured or dead if i don’t hear from them, i ruminate on childhood events and think about if i could have changed things, i blame myself for things that aren’t my fault, i check all of the locks in my house every night to make sure nobody can break in (even tho ik they’re locked), etc. my GAD more shows up in worrying about like worrying about an upcoming exam or about going into work, or that my friends/family/gf are/is mad at me. i know you guys can’t diagnose me, but the i can’t see a therapist on here until i am able to tell my current therapist that i need to see someone else. i just wanted to talk about it i guess, ive taken so many online quizzes and psych classes that i feel like i somewhat know what im talking about.
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