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I can't say that I can help, but I feel for you and if you need someone to vent to, I'm here ♡
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okay so when this all started, i knew for sure i had hocd. i would ruminate for hours, check for hours, search for hours and spiral really bad. i would be distressed and disgusted all the time. now for the past month or two, i have barely been feeling any anxiety, barely ruminating and spiralling, minimal thoughts that i am able to disregard, but some feelings are still stuck, like me feeling bi and attracted to certain girls. now because my ocd has gone down, i feel like those feelings are real :( yet that barely causes me any anxiety either. whenever i want to ruminate, i just feel like i have no energy to do so or to deal with the thoughts. it's like i'm too sleepy all the time to even worry about it. it doesn't even bother me that much anymore. it was bad before but at least i knew it was ocd. and well i can't have ocd without anxiety, so i feel like it was never ocd. even that doesn't cause me distress. it's like i can't be bothered with it anymore, i have no energy to do so. i am just so numb and desensitized to the thoughts that even bad ones don't make me react. can this still be ocd?
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Well, I'm not an expert, BUT I'm struggling just like you and in my experience, this is still OCD. There's not "something wrong" with a trigger toning down, I've been through it. Either it comes back at me at some point or I managed to process through it. I used to have sexuality related anxiety, but slightly different. I knew I was attracted to both sexes, but I felt like because I didn't date any girls, then I'm not a "real" bisexual and I'm missing out on an experience, while I'm busy with my boyfriend. This thought would fade in and out. Sometimes everything felt fine then all of a sudden, "HEY UM ARE YOU A REAL BISEXUAL OR-" You know, it just bombards it's way in. I've thankfully gained acceptance in myself, I am a real bisexual despite my unique experiences and I'm happy with my boyfriend. But this was my experience, just telling you so you know I'm here with you. If those feelings make you uncomfortable, disgusted, and scared, identify why that is. Why does being bisexual make you uncomfortable? Is it because you know that you're not attracted to that other gender? If you know you don't have that attraction, and it makes you uncomfortable to think about, then you're latching on to fear, like OCD loves to do. If you think you are genuinely attracted to that other gender, why did it make you scared, uncomfortable, etc. Is there some sort of guilt related to it, do your beliefs stop you, or are you just not used to it? Any of these thoughts are okay, but I think it's good to write this stuff down and process through them within yourself. One thing I used to do was have an "emergency medkit" for my triggers. A list of links of articles or videos that helped me get back to myself? Worried about if I'm a "real bisexual" here's some writings written by bisexuals letting you know that your feelings are okay and there's no such thing as a real bisexual. And then you translate that into your own triggers. "Whenever I want to ruminate, I feel like I have no energy to deal with the thoughts" It sounds like you've exhausted yourself, I've been there. You're looking for a reaction in yourself to your fears and triggers, but you've beaten it into yourself mentally so much that you can't do it anymore. It's time for you to rest up that brain. Let the thoughts not be in your presence, and appreciate that it's gone, meditate and gain some mental clarity out of that fog. I recommend writing out everything about these issues, how it starts, how it makes you feel physically and mentally. I hope any of this helps, and take care ♡
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thank you so much for this <3
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@Nour04 You're welcome. Stay strong, you got this ♡
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Just wanna say, one things about this is you can’t identify the root of a problem!! Some people dunno if they are actually attracted to the gender they fear or if they are not, that’s the sole root of ocd. At times you spiral so much and it becomes so real you genuinely do not know. That’s why erp if the best method! That’s talk therapy which is best for other mental illnesses, just not ocd. They use logic to counter ocd, when you can’t do that because ocd is illogical.
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@itsnotoveryet But still thank you for your reply!! It was super sweet and definitely helpful:)
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@hate_ocd.123 Oh yeah, you make a great point too. Just speaking on my experiences is all I've done. You give great advice as well! It's why I said "write out everything" so you have a better understanding of where it all comes from :)
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@hate_ocd.123 So can I Identify as straight didn’t doubt until I started having ocd and feel like I still don’t know if this “attraction” feels real or not
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