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I won’t tell you how you should feel about possibly being gay or not, OCD can make things feels really, really real. But I know for a fact suicide prevention hotline won’t judge you at all if you tell them you’re gay or are having these thoughts. Let’s say worst case scenario, you are gay, and it’s not OCD. You are still a caring and amazing human being, none of that will change by you being gay. Again, I won’t say you are gay or not since OCD is terrible and can make our thoughts feel really real, but please don’t be ashamed either way, you are amazing, I hope everything goes well for you!💜
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Thank you for the response I hope you’re doing well
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suicide hotline will not judge you. but i definitely recommend a therapist. even if you were just gay, therapy is beneficial to anyone and everyone. it sounds like these thoughts and feelings are distressing you and causing you to drink and isolate yourself. both of those factors are more than enough reason to seek long-term treatment. if you feel bad enough to call a suicide hotline, then seeing a therapist is well within your rights. there is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking help. no one's problems are any better or worse than yours.
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Have you tried talking to a therapist?
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Just for them to tell me I’m gay idk man
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It’s too late I’ve already told a bunch of people that I think I’m gay no matter what I do with my day every waking hour is about gay stuff
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@Andrew Yeah man, I know how it is, did you tell people you were gay bc you though you were? Thats a compulsion even if it didnt feel like a compulsion, I almost told my fam and friends that im gay so Incase if I am it wouldnt shock them later
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@Andrew How long have you had hocd?
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@Imaan7 I told them because I want this to go away I want to live my fucking life again I want to feel ok like I used to I’m dead inside and it hurts so bad well if I do have hocd it started when I was 16 I started doubted my sexuality I’m 26 now so you can see why I think I’m just gay it hurts so bad on top of that I used alcohol to mask it now I’m having with drawl
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@Andrew It is very much possible that you really pushed yourself deep in the rabbit hole, I think hocd has taken over your brain. Do talk to a therapist man, Im in a similar situation where I think Im gay too but then again Ive overthunk way too much and may have confused myself. I can barely function these days which is why Ive decided to talk to someone. Do it man, see an ocd specialist
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Suicide hotline is a great resource for you! They have no idea who you are and will stay neutral!
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I feel awful that I keep coming on here whenever I’m down bad but oh my gosh OCD is the most painful shit that I have EVER experienced in my life and I have a physical chronic illness…. I hate to say it but I hate living right now it’s too painful… im crying as I type to the point where my stomach is hurting, I have pretty severe ocd I do have generalized anxiety and idk if that is connected with ocd but because of that I have most of the subtypes REAL EVENT OCD,POCD,ZOCD,ROCD,SOCD HARM OCD, you name it and I got it!!! a lot of also why I have have those theme is trauma growing up and involving those things^ as of right now i’m 25 and a women with the most loving boyfriend in the entire world before my ocd hit me I NEVER questioned my love and care and attraction with the love of my life I always knew I was going to marry and be with this person the rest of my life! Now with ocd it confuses me soooo much and now I think I’m gay and didn’t realize or indenial and listen I get it “don’t look for reassurance!” “It’s not the thing ocd is attacking that is the problem ocd is the actual problem!” Here’s the thing with that if I’m in a relationship and I’m gay that would mean I would have to leave that said relationship and to say that “oh yeah that stuff happens and you’ll move on” is absolutely devastating to me this is THE LOVE OF MY LIFE and your telling me that iv been lying to myself this whole time or that I didn’t realize?!?!? And that sexuality can change (even though some say it can’t google says otherwise and some people have said it can’t idek anymore) and all this other BULLSHIT I can’t take it WHY?!?! why does this have to happen why can’t I just be with my love the rest of my life?!? and yes before anyone says anything I have been attracted to girls more so when I was younger watching lesbian porn liking the body’s and fantazing them sexually it stopped when I got older but I still don’t get disgusted with women who are pretty it just makes me uncomfortable because I’m with the love of my life and before I remember talking to my partner and discussing certain childhood things I experienced and we discussed that we both could be a little bi and for certain I’m (demi sexual so I don’t even really care about looks) and I truly didn’t care!! NOW I do care even with being bi because again I don’t like thinking about anyone else but my partner but I do also know my parents are homophobic and I do think about if I am gay they wouldn’t be okay with that and I also dont want to deal with that so now I sound like in indenial right?!???? I didn’t even care about labels before my ocd it just didn’t matter but now it’s effected my sex life and it’s hard for me to enjoy sex with being so confused I’m so confused I googled everything can you still have sexual fantasies with same gender but still be straight? Can you fantasize about same gender or imagine marrying them all of it !!! And non of that disgusts me it just makes me uncomfortable AGIAN only bc I just love the partner I’m with right now!!! I’m so fucking confused do I have to leave my partner and accept that I’m gay is that going to happen in the future if I get better with ocd and find out it’s been true all along?!???
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I’m struggling so bad. I actually started getting better but now my thoughts are back. I feel like I can’t do anything, watch a movie “oh you’re turned on by that”, go out shopping “oh you’re trying to look pretty for her”. Like what???? My brain just won’t stop!!!!!! It’s making me so depressed, I just feel like I’m about to lose it. I’m happily married, and absolutely in love with my husband. But my brain keeps saying “you’re gay! You’re bi” whatever. I’m so tired guys, I feel so alone, and this has been going on for months…
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I cant afford therapy which is why i’m not diagnosed with ocd. The first time i had heard what ocd was truly abt was 6 years ago when i overthinking my sexual identity and it fit. Additionally, i struggle with debilitating health anxiety and when i was in a rlt i was extremely anxious that i might not love my partner. This is the third year i experience distress around my sexuality but this year it feels real. And it could also explain my rlt anxiety. Comphet is a concept that really scares me. I dont want to be with a girl. I would rather die than discover i was lesbian. I cant accept uncertainty cz i dont want to be homosexual. Chat GPT told me it wasnt ocd + the thoughts dont distress me anymore. I experience 3 intense weeks of anxiety prior to now. Maybe its internalized homophobia. Maybe its comphet. I do find women to be attractive but i dont wanna be with them. Maybe i’m in denial. Idk anything anymore. I’m remembering times where i would find an actress attractive and try to shift my focus towards the man cz it would make me anxious. I’m not well at all.
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