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How did u overcome the thoughts and feelings ur changed and how u get attraction back to the Opposite sex
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Yes please let us know ^^
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Quick question, are you on SSRIs or another antidepressant? Those can sometimes affect libido (sex drive).
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i’m not!!
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Following
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I ain’t a therapist, but you may just need some time to heal mentally. I used to have some themes around sex, that I eventually overcame, but it still took about a year after that to become comfortable with the idea of dating again. It was also just part of growing up for me too.
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i feel like i don’t care about the theme i had before though. i haven’t had an intrusive thought about it in a couple months.
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 How u recovered
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@Sven erp! everyday a few minutes of it
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@lmaocd🍓🥰 Hmm yeah idk. I overcame my themes (the compulsions, and also did lots of new things so it would make me stop ruminating and take my mind off of it. From that point I didn’t care about my themes and my life was healthy, but I still needed time to get back to reality since my disease took me out of it. That’s just my experience though
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What u did Whit the thoughts u didn't love the Opposite sex anymore. And what u did with thought of feeling like u want to kiss same sex and feel attraction to Them etc. Van u explain Erp for us
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i stopped reacting to my thoughts about liking a certain gender. when i would get those thoughts i would ignore them n move on. erp is exposure response therapy if u click on the app here it will explain it to u. it’s doing exercises like writing down “i am attracted to this person” then reading it over and over without doing compulsions or thinking it’s true until u don’t feel anxious.
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What are the compulsions u had to quit
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Hi there! Thank you so much for reaching out on here. I am not an OCD expert, but I have experienced SOO CD as well. Definitely not fun, and I’m glad that you have it under control right now. Try not to put pressure on yourself to feel arousal at this time. Let yourself and your brain do its thing and process how it needs to. I can tell you for certain though, that you are definitely not broken. I’ve felt that before, but OCD does not make us a broken person. Keep up the hard work, you’re doing a great job!
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So for a while i have been suffering of HOCD combined with a little of ROCD and had massive episodes of anxiety and panic attacks, because of that I lost my attraction and my libido while also being in a relationship and that stresses me bad. Also since the start of the severe anxiety I started to lose it gradually over time and at the moment I do not feel any anxiety anymore while having these thoughts which makes me think that I want this to happen because they don’t disgust me anymore. Any advices on how to hold on and get over my OCD? Also is the disappearing of disgust a sign of recovery or denial?
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Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please
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I’ve completely lost myself. I can’t focus on my studies, I can’t go to the gym. Dang it I can’t even be around my male friends normally anymore. I got no idea why or how this happened but the only thing I know for sure is that I never questioned my sexuality neither doubted it. I never cared in general. I just liked girls. I keep testing and keep testing and keep testing my arousal but no matter how many times I see but I don’t feel the same way for guys that I do with girls my mind will always try to make me believe that I am gay. It’s like it’s forcing me into an identity I never asked for. But at the end of the day like my psychologist told me. Sexuality doesn’t change. So since I never felt anything for guys in my life it’s ocd. I’ve been up and down for 5 months now and while the last week I was feeling way better. Monday now and I’m back to zero. I just want to go back when everything was normal. I can’t keep living with this.
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