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What ocd focuses on doesn’t matter. You treat all the thoughts the same. Watch some of Mark Freeman’s videos on YouTube!
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I'm annoyed that so little can be found about TOCD as opposed to HOCD. Thanks for the answer, it means a lot
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Can I ask whether your psychiatrist diagnosed you using these terms or if she diagnosed you with OCD? The reason I ask is because I believe it's not usually helpful to put OCD into boxes based on the content of your obsessions. As an extreme example, you could be obsessing about whether you're a llama. You would most likely have to undergo treatment to someone with any other forms of OCD: exposure, and learning to cope with uncertainty and other feelings you don't like.
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Saaaame. I have hocd and sometimes I wonder the same as you do. You have my support ♡
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Hi there! It's becoming more common as LGBT people are getting more and more visibility in our societies. It's my main obsession as well. I have made huge improvements, the anxiety used to be overwhelming. Read about OCD, take care of your lifestyle and what you eat (coffee used to enhance anxiety for me) Be strong. And I agree Mark Freeman is awesome.
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Don't get stuck on that. It really just works the same way. Check out Chrissie Hodges pure OCD advocate on YouTube she made a whole video about TOCD.
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Thank you for your support :)
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(I could be wrong of course, but that's my understanding)
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@Jay Bird I second Mark, he's been a huge help to me personally.
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Yes my psychiatrist diagnosed me pure OCD F42. 0
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all the best :)
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@Cedoux You have/had TOCD a now you feel allright?awesome
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Hey yes I'm ok I'd say. There are ups and downs. But I have seen a lot of improvement. I have been off meds for a year now. I still have anxiety from time to time but no panic attacks. I used to think that my well being on meds was just a lie and that without it my obsessions would become real. But here I am, still the same, still a man! I have decided to put all my efforts in my recovery this year and I can feel I will soon see the end of the tunnel. It's a long road I know. It might also depend on your personal life. I can see the anxiety and OCD lessening as my life is getting more stable.
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thank you so much
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Yes! This is exactly me. I first developed POCD, then I developed “what if I loose control?” I also developed Harm OCD. Then I saw a transgender person on the internet and started thinking “what if I want to be?” It’s been so hard! I brushed it off but it came came back about three weeks ago. Makes me doubt myself so much.
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@Beverly I had TOCD, then HOCD then TOCD again(right now) and it’s trying to convince me i am of another gender or i’m non binary.
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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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Struggling with TOCD has probably been the hardest theme I’ve had to deal with so far For reference. I’m a gay male 20yr old Before this theme I was so open with my gender expression, love drag and used to do it for a time. A lot of my friends are trans women and my whole life is queer When this theme hit. It’s like I completely lost who I was. Questioning everything I enjoyed, not participating in anything because it triggered me so heavily. I went through a whole gender journey awhile back and the trans path never spoke to me when I looked into it. I love my physique and my face but now when I look into the mirror i feel like a shell of who I was. I can’t find any sort of pure enjoyment without the accompanying “what if” or “you’re this” intrusive thought I still enjoy how I look. I’ve not looked in the mirror and felt like anything is missing from me or needs to be taken away I just feel like a spectator in my life while this disease tells me I’m not who I know myself to be I affirm myself every day I know who I am and it may change in the future but that’s not important. It’s highly unlikely it will but it may! Giving into the uncertainty has been so hard but it’s worth it! My ocd has really picked up since getting into my first serious relationship I care about my boyfriend with my whole heart but over the course of our relationship my themes have included Health Relationship Irreality Harm I just want to be who I was again before this current theme it feels unbearable to live like this BUT! I’m seeking appropriate treatment and not giving into a majority of compulsions I just wanted to write this to see if anyone can relate and if they do. Know that you will overcome this! I know I will and you will too
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I can't look at 18+ videos, comics, etc. I am straight, but SO-OCD tries to make me think I am not And the thoughts turns to feelings, and makes me scared, uncomfortable, sad, because I know this is not me. And when I try to imagine myself being with the woman on adult videos, and comics, my OCD gives gronal response not at the girl, and it fills me with fear, and anxiety, I always loved, and was attracted to women but I can't and it caused me to be depressed, and I keep ruminating I keep trying to focus on her, but it's so bad that I avoid those all the time now. I am wondering has anyone gone through something like this, or currently is, and wondering how you have done to combat this!
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