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I am a straight male, and I am not diagnosed with OCD (am wanting to get evaluated soon), but I dealt with lots of insecurity about my sexuality and unwanted thoughts about having sex with men and being a girl among other things. I didn’t have a girlfriend until I was 24. I at least can commiserate with some of what you’re feeling.
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Okay did you ever feel lost or different than others? I compare myself a lot with other friends my age that has tons of experience, and it fuels my anxiety on being gay.
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@🥰 I definitely felt lost and different and so so many other negative feelings. On the other hand, there’s something meaningful it adds to the relationship, even if I have some anxieties tied to it being my first too.
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Yes and I was really attracted to him. Like I was horny every time I saw him. But I find every man attractive so that was hard then I realized that I was able to see that a woman was attractive but I didn’t want to do anything with it.
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22 guy here, never had a gf unfortunately.
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Thank you for answering. Maybe I am reassurance seeking but at the same time it’s very nice to know that I am not alone with being inexperienced. I feel so alone
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I had a short term relationship in HS - nothing serious: now 24 and haven’t experience a real relationship / done anything sexual - definitely plays a huge role in my HOCD
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Okay thank you so much for your honesty! It helps a lot. The reason I got HOCD was because of inexperience and the feeling that something has to be wrong with me because I never want a close relationship or being intimate. I am actually very scared of it.
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@🥰 Yup!! Same. I’m so scared of Intimacy
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I feel I have HOCD FOR MORE THAN 10 years now. Basically all my ocd started since me and my husband started dating for real…. Will it ever go away? Will I ever be happy? Will I ever know? I don’t know… How long for you? Edit for me it’s more SO OCD cause I think I’m bisexual
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I feel like I'm lying to myself, like I just don't accept that I'm gay, I don't want to be gay, I don't want to feel any kind of attraction anymore, I want to go to a psychologist to find out if I really have hocd or if it's just an excuse, because it feels like I really am gay, but nothing was authentic, it all started with thoughts that made me panic extremely hard and I felt like crying and I had delusions, I don't understand why this is happening to me, I didn't like any boys before the thoughts appeared, but exactly one day after they appeared, all the boys were attractive, of all ages, I want to recover :( I'm only 17 years old, for about 2 months I've been having thoughts, I don't know what to do, I can't go to a psychologist, I need help :(
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I really need help understanding what I’m going through. For a long time now, I’ve been struggling with thoughts and feelings about women that confuse and scare me. Sometimes I feel this strange emotional or mental ‘pull’ toward certain women — it’s not exactly sexual, and not clearly romantic either, but it feels like something, and it triggers deep anxiety. When I see a beautiful woman or a WLW (woman-loving-woman) couple, I feel something that I can’t explain — sometimes I think it’s just admiration or aesthetic appreciation, but OCD keeps telling me: “You felt something, so you must be gay,” or “You’re hiding something.” I get stuck in endless loops, trying to analyze these moments and label them. Even when I feel physical or emotional reactions, they don’t feel natural or aligned with who I am. They feel like a reaction to the idea of women, not real attraction. I try to be honest with myself — I even told a friend I might be bisexual at some point, just to test if that felt more comfortable. But it didn’t. It made things worse, and I felt like I lost touch with who I am. I don’t want to lie to myself or live in denial, but I’m exhausted. It feels like I’m being mentally forced to feel something that isn’t mine. I’m 14, and I understand that things might still be developing, but I can’t help feeling like I’ve always been drawn to men, and never naturally wanted women that way. Still, I keep doubting everything. Is this real attraction or OCD feeding false feelings and thoughts? Can OCD create emotional or mental sensations that feel like desire? I’m so scared that I’ll lose myself, or find out something I never wanted. I just want peace and to feel like myself again.
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