- Date posted
- 3y
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- Date posted
- 3y
It sounds like you might be stuck in a bit of a ruminative spiral. OCD tells us that we need to figure things out right this second and can make things feel really urgent, heavy, and overwhelming. Unfortunately, when we give into that urge, we are strengthening OCDās cycle. I know it can feel really hard to lean into the uncertainty, but when you find yourself feeling that anxious need to analyze - try validating the emotions instead. Rather than trying to figure it out, practice sitting with the anxiety and distress you might be experiencing. Recognize that these feelings can go away on their own, without you needing to figure it out. You can practice this after you wake up from a dream or anytime you feel the need to analyze! I hope this helps!
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- Date posted
- 24w
I keep having this weird feeling none stop that itās most likely not HOCD and most my feelings. Like Iāve suffered none stop distress and unwanted thoughts the past few days. But those thoughts after a bit just feel weird not the kind of discomfort but are just their and stale. When I look at a guy I donāt feel anything but my thoughts sometimes compliment his looks or personality which makes me doubt my sexuality. Iāve never felt this weirded out. Because Iāve always been straight and still believe I am but Iāve never even had an emotional connection to someone of the opposite gender in fact. My view of the female body has been ruined with none stop pornography addictions. I donāt believe Iām gay but I feel like it may just be denial instead of HOCD but all my symptoms are literally HOCD. I donāt hate the idea of gay people but I canāt imagine or see my heart going off to like someone of the same sex. I havenāt really had any meaningful real life friends besides online but that also ended a few months ago. My only friend ever online that was my friend for the longest of time was a queer but I never really cared about what he liked. Like yes at some point I did try to challenge him with his own feelings but that didnāt last long I just accepted what he liked and moved on. Iāve never even touched let alone held a long conversation with a female. Iāve always been timid and shy around them but I can just say that towards male as well. The gay feelings feel so real. The thoughts feel a bit natural to me but I donāt want this. But I hate how I canāt just move on and be myself and love women when those thoughts demand attention and an answer. It wonāt quit it. If I try to do a compulsion it calms down but it quickly becomes a problem again. Iām lonely I donāt have any friends or past relationships I can even think of helping me with the emotions. I still believe Iām straight and I just canāt see myself with a guy. It just doesnāt feel right for me despite my lack of experiences. I just wanna go back to how I was happy and loving girls and not having to question if it was a real feeling or just my natural timid nature. Everytime I think these distressing thoughts I always just wanna sit down and close my eyes and sleep. Because thatās where I can have peace of self. It sucks but Iām so exhausted of having to deal with emotional distress and I canāt even focus on my job as much. I want to meet new people discover my love for women again but Iām scared in the process I may discover I may be gay. Because deep down I know I wouldnāt ever be happy with myself if my greatest fears where confirmed. My dream of always being a father with a loving women and kids would be torn away by something I never asked for. Yes Iām religious, yes I come from a place that homosexuals are usually seen in a bad light. I just hate feeling this emotion that I may not be what I thought and having my dreams torn apart maybe true. Iāve read MUTIPLE articles about HOCD and seen MUTIPLE videos. Iāve come to the realization that I most likely have it. But itās still hard when the feelings of maybe being gay maybe true you know? I hope I get better I hope I donāt suffer. I just wanna be happy with myself and loving females and I donāt wanna hate myself for feeling an emotion that never occurred to me more then a few times.
- Date posted
- 11w
Iāve always been straight my whole life and Iāve never considered being different nor have i ever had attraction to women but lately Iāve been going through a lot of different thoughts that definitely feel unlike me. When I was a kid and I donāt remember how old I was but im sure like 7 or 8 and my cousin that was I very close to had me do inappropriate things to her that I didnāt really know anything about at that time. After that happened to me I knew it was wrong and I felt so bad and disgusting and scared but at the time I didnāt really know anything and I remember when my mom would drop me over my grandmas house while she would work, Iād take my grandmaās phone and I looked up kissing videos and I saw the kissing scene from Jenniferās body and looking back on it I just feel so much shame and confusion bc it certainly feels embarrassing. My cousin always liked girls but I never did. I loved sitting and watching Disney movies preferably princess and the frog and wanting to be a princess getting married to a prince just like in all the movies. I knew who I was from a very young age and that never changed about me. When I learned what porn was at an older age, I started becoming hyper sexual so I watched tutorials videos of women to learn how to pleasure myself. When I was a kid and to now Iāve never looked at women in that way. Iāve had best friends and sleepovers itās never been anything sexual, romantic, or intimate. Just simply innocent friendships and hangouts. When I got to high school thatās when i started remembering what happened to me and i remember how the girls would talk about their first kisses and i remembered my sa and how I felt so scared to say anything to anyone bc I didnāt want people to think badly of me simply bc my first kiss was like that so I would simply just not say anything. Lately Iāve been having obsessive thoughts out of nowhere wondering if my sexuality has changed or if im bi or is it just my thoughts? Iāve always had ocd and even in school, the kids would pick at me because I always eat my food in order and by the lightest color. But lately itās gotten worse. Itās like Iāve never had thoughts like this nor have I ever been like this. Not even when I was a child. And humans question themselves of course but this feels like something different. Iāve gotten distant from my best friend whoās also a girl and Iāve just cut off social media and female friend relationships at all because for some reason my brain tells me that itās āgayā to even hug your friends or hold their hands anymore like you used to do when you were kids. I even got to a point where I would watch women porn and try to masturbate just to see if I was attracted to it or not like thatās how bad the thoughts got. It felt like an evil voice was in my head trying to convince me and sweet talk me to do and enjoy those disgusting things even when my body didnāt want to. I eventually had confided in my bf about it because he was also a victim of sa and so he helped me through it and I stopped doing it but then and my bf (now ex) broke up a couple days ago and now ive been dealing with this alone which feels like the hardest part for me. So Iāve texted my bff a lot to catch up because Iāve been distant dealing with this and I was just checking my phone awaiting for her responses to my texts because she tends to type slow and usually I never think anything of it because I used to check my phone all the time when I would await my boyfriends reply or simply just a text from him and so now im having thoughts like āwhy am I awaiting her textsā ādo I like my friend?ā Its just so many obsessive thoughts and so much overthinking that I am getting tired of because Itās been going on for months so I know this is a lot but please if anyone can please help me I beg, it would be such a great help appreciated bc this has became a really big impact on my life and not in a good way lol. Thank you !!
- Date posted
- 9w
I really need help understanding what Iām going through. For a long time now, Iāve been struggling with thoughts and feelings about women that confuse and scare me. Sometimes I feel this strange emotional or mental āpullā toward certain women ā itās 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 canāt explain ā sometimes I think itās just admiration or aesthetic appreciation, but OCD keeps telling me: āYou felt something, so you must be gay,ā or āYouāre hiding something.ā I get stuck in endless loops, trying to analyze these moments and label them. Even when I feel physical or emotional reactions, they donāt 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 ā I even told a friend I might be bisexual at some point, just to test if that felt more comfortable. But it didnāt. It made things worse, and I felt like I lost touch with who I am. I donāt want to lie to myself or live in denial, but Iām exhausted. It feels like Iām being mentally forced to feel something that isnāt mine. Iām 14, and I understand that things might still be developing, but I canāt help feeling like Iāve 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? Iām so scared that Iāll lose myself, or find out something I never wanted. I just want peace and to feel like myself again.
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