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- 3y ago
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That use to be my main intrusive thought, and it’s one of the worst thoughts because it’s such a mind game and OCD will play tricks on your brain. Just know if a thought brings mental discomfort then it 99.9% of the time is not true, also if you are worrying about it and trying to over analyze it you won’t feel attraction because your brain is in a fight or flight mode so it will shut down the part of your brain that gives you the ability to actually feel real attraction. In my experience when I’m in fight or flight mode my I truly don’t have the mental clarity to actually know if I find someone attractive so my OCD will jump to conclusions and make me think that I’m not the sexuality I know I am. It’s a primal instinct looking for someone attractive and when you don’t have it, it will play so many tricks on your brain and the thoughts that come with it are just simply annoying. Try not putting emotion to your intrusive thoughts and analyzing them like a scientist and understand it’s just your brain playing tricks on you. In the end whatever feels right for you sexuality wise is what your sexuality is don’t second guess it. I hope this calms your brain a little bit. Good luck.
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- 3y ago
Thank u !
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- 3y ago
I get that too I'm so happy to be straight but my ocd wants me to think I should be lesbian instead and that scared me so bad cause I already have a boyfriend and I don't wanna be lesbian either 😭 seeing girls anywhere scares me and I always have to check my feelings for boys....
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- 3y ago
The same for me ! but im a lesbian and my brain tells im i like men when i 100% know i dont lmao
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- 3y ago
i can relate to this!! i just recently discovered what SO-OCD is. On my way! thing i noticed in my experience with these kind of intrusive thoughts is once i’m settled down and calm i am able to think about having relationships with men and feel certain about that. whereas when i am worrying and experiencing intrusive thoughts, feeling certain that i am straight is something that’s incredibly hard to grasp.
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- 3y ago
good luck, ur never alone !
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- 24w ago
Does anyone with so ocd get scared or feel like they r just going to suddenly realise they r gay. Like all of a sudden you’ll be like omg I’m gay and then I get scared like ong it’s happening to me Can any relate to this
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- 23w ago
Anyone else will just be doing anything normal and I’m gay comes in? It’s so distressing and I try and say ok sure ocd but the anxiety over takes me and my mind won’t let me believe I’m straight when I am. I love men I’m Not attracted to women but when I ask myself the doubt is for sure there which sounds like Casebook ocd. I’m just sick of this I don’t want to have to laugh at things in my head that don’t make any sense it’s so hard and unfair
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- 22w ago
Ok so I’m a 17 year old female, and I’ve always thought I was straight. But I just really want to know how you would know the difference between so-ocd and actually questioning your sexuality. I have nothing against the LGBTQ community (in fact I am very much a token straight friend, lol) but I saw a video about comp-het recently and it sort of felt like what I was experiencing. I don’t want to be gay, I want to be with men, I want to like men, I’ve always liked men, but now I’m questioning whether or not that’s real? Because people can be gay but not want to be right? I’m single and I always have been. I think women are gorgeous, but when I try to imagine actually having any sort of romantic or sexual relationship with a woman it feels wrong, at least most of the time it does? Sometimes I’m less sure, and I’ve never been particularly boy crazy. I’ve liked maybe 2 or 3 people in my life, (not to say I’ve never found other guys attractive, but it doesn’t seem to be as often as most people) I have no particular reason to be afraid of being gay, very supportive family, safe area ect, but I don’t want to be, does that mean this is ocd, I don’t know what’s going on every time I say I’m straight I feel like I’m lying, but that might just be because I think about it so much. The idea of being with a woman doesn’t feel like something I would want, but is that just because I don’t want to want it? People online say things with so much sureness, if you feel like this it means this. Ect.
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