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- 4y
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ocd can definitely influence those things! i'd be curious also to hear what your doctor would have to say or your psychiatrist - if you're on meds then medications can affect this one way or the other. it may also just get better and improve over time as you continue to reduce your symptoms.
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Mam thank you so much for replying !. The thing is that I'm not an adult. I'm just 15 years old. I'm not comfortable with anyone knowing about my hocd. I tried to tell my sister about it but I'm scared that she thinks that I'm gay. I'm neither on meds, nor have I visited any psychiatrist. I really dont wanna tell anyone about this. What can I doš
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- 20w
Iāve recovered from HOCD before and got my attraction and my usual actual identity back. I was recovered from end 2022- start 2025 until I got triggered UGHHHš My HOCD is REALLY trying to convince me and itās SO annoying cause I genuinely donāt want these thoughts. I know I naturally like men and always have done so. I canāt wait for my first therapy session in two days Omg! I need your advice, not necessarily reassurance, but more advice? My HOCD is throwing random āproofā I did/ saw as a child in my face, which back then had no meaning in my life and I continued to live a perfectly heterosexual life. Iāve educated myself about arousal non concordance / childās play, but it still doesnāt remove the HOCD. Iāve read therapists great explanations on how itās not a sexuality issue, BUT ITS AN OCD BRAIN ISSUE. So basically Iāve been straight and i will die as straight. But my ocd is still continuing with the intrusive thoughts/flashbacks. Iāve had some moments where I havenāt done as many compulsions and had less anxiety but still had those damn thoughts and I DO NOT want those damn thoughts. I have so much proof and factual/logical explanations but HOCD is still continuing to thrive. I absolutely hate this and I feel so alone. I wish there was a reset button cause I donāt want these thoughts to happen. I want a man and I stand by that. How do yāall deal with these situations? Cause sitting with the thoughts is clearly not helping.
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- 18w
I haven't had anxiety for 1 week, I haven't had so many thoughts, but when it comes to sexuality I feel discomfort and I feel like something is pressing on my chest, it's very disturbing, and I still have attraction (false I hope), I wasn't diagnosed with hocd but I had all the symptoms, (now I don't have anxiety anymore, except when a feeling that I'm gay appears), I no longer felt that strong need to watch videos on yt or look for things that would make me feel comfortable, so somehow I managed to keep this under control, but I don't know if it's recovery or if I'm just lying to myself that I'm not gay. If anyone has any ideas, I hope they write something here
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- 17w
I don't know for sure if I have HOCD, but it seems like I do, I tried to accept the idea that I'm gay, I felt calm, and then I started to get scared because I didn't feel anxiety anymore, I still feel attracted to my girlfriend, both physically and emotionally, but I feel an attraction to boys, sometimes I panic when I feel attracted and sometimes I don't (but most of the time I do) and I don't want to break up with my girlfriend I want to get back to normal
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