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Absolutely! A pretty common misconception about this theme is that it only afflicts hetero people, and sometimes that can be used as a stick to beat heteros with this theme, as people who don’t understand OCD often think that the ‘fear of being gay’ is masked homophobia (which almost always isn’t the case). This sounds to me like a typical case of SOOCD. You had come to terms and were comfortable with being a lesbian, and because OCD always attacks what we value, it attached to that part of yourself, and made you doubt it. OCD is a biochemical issue where the sufferer can’t recognise false thoughts, as false. When the question ‘do I like guys?’ pops into your head, you’re unable to recognise it as truly false, so the mind starts ruminating and ruminating to the point where the whole issue seems extremely blurry and confusing. Someone without OCD may have gotten that thought, but almost unconsciously they are able to instantaneously recognise it as false. You don’t have to believe every stupid thing you think!
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Yes ocd can come in SOOO many ways
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Why am I like this...?
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@Hey I'm Sky Absolutely nothing! I’m queer and have pocd as my main theme and I hate life sm.
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@Anonymous321 It feels like I dont even know who I am anymore ,it makes me think that I'm a thing that I'm really not
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@Hey I'm Sky Me too I know how u feel. If u EVER need to talk I’m here
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Yup sounds exactly like ocd!! It’s absolute hell
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Bro if it is then it's horrible
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@Hey I'm Sky Yeah!! But there’s hope! Faster you get into therapy, the faster you learn how to cope! I’m straight and have super bad so-ocd, and real event ocd. Wishing you the best of luck!!
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@hate_ocd.123 Thanks 😊
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My thoughts
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@Ope I went to the urgency today
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@Ope Yeah but now I have to go to other hospital
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@Ope Thanks friend😄
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I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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So I identify as a lesbian and I am in a committed relationship with a wonderful girl. But i’m stressing that I have crushes on boys I go to school with. I get anxious around them, which I think I mistake for excitement. I obsess over it in my head which confuses me a lot. Idk I also never think about them sexually or romantically but I think about them often which is scaring me. Any advice?
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I need too know that I'm not insane, really. I am 16 and for the past two weeks, this has been completely ruining my health and happiness. I only recently came out as a lesbian like 3 months ago after a lot of confusion about my attraction since I used to think I liked men. At first, I felt so sure that I liked women, but lately, I've been having these unwanted thoughts about the possibility of liking men. I never used to feel this way, but now, every time I look at a man, my brain obsessively fixates on it. It forces me to imagine kissing him, loving him, things I don’t want, and then tries to convince me that I do. It’s painful. The thought of this fills me with fear and anxiety, leading to panic attacks and breakdowns. I don’t want these thoughts. I hate them with every fiber of my being, but I’m terrified that one day I’ll act on them and somehow like it. I used to think I liked men, but back then, I was in a very unhealthy space in a time of escapism and something deeply parasocial. I’ve only ever liked the attention and validation a man could give me, but these experiences are somehow treated as further proof that I’m "bisexual." I’ve never been in a real relationship with anyone, which makes my brain constantly challenge me—telling me, “You don’t even know what love feels like.” It won’t shut up. It keeps obsessively trying to make me prove that I’m a lesbian, testing my reactions and questioning my certainty. Is this normal?
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