OCD n e people to worry about their sexual orientatn. Experts at top univeristi have veloped the sexual-orientatn OCD tt lled the SORT for HOCD (Homosexual Obssive-Compulsive Disorr). Do you have HOCD? Fd out now at OCD Typ by takg this easy ee tt onle. Download the SORT HOCD tt as a pdf. Learn om world experts about the many typ, symptoms, signs, and forms of obssive-pulsive disorr (OCD). OCD n e upsettg thoughts, repetive ruals, ongog obssns about sexual orientatn, checkg, groal rpons, anxiety, and distrs. Confed about beg straight, gay, or bi? Learn more about homosexualy-themed OCD, fd an expert therapist, and get onle help for this troublg type of OCD.
Contents:
- GAY OCD / HOCD TT
- DO YOU HAVE HOCD OR ARE YOU JT NYG THAT YOU'RE GAY OR BI?
- HOCD; GAY OR STRAIGHT OR OCD?
- HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
- GAY OR OCD?
GAY OCD / HOCD TT
Take our ee, nfintial Gay OCD / HOCD tt om the OCD Center of Los Angel. Servg clients California and ternatnally. * am i gay or is it ocd quiz *
Gay OCD / HOCD Tt. Gay OCD, also known as Homosexual OCD (HOCD), or Sexual Orientatn OCD (SO-OCD), is a term for a type of Pure Obssnal OCD (Pure O) which an dividual reports experiencg repeated, unwanted obssns related to their sexual orientatn. It is important to note that the terms Gay OCD and HOCD, while ed monly as shorthand for this type of OCD, are misnomers.
Jt as some “straight” people obss about beg gay, some homosexuals (male and female) experience obssive fears of beg “straight”. While may seem that the dividual wh Gay OCD / HOCD has obssns whout pulsns, a review of his/her symptoms almost always reveals var pulsive behavrs, avoidant behavrs, reassurance-seekg behavrs, and “mental pulsns” which are not at first as easily observed as other, more obv OCD pulsns. The OCD Center of Los Angel offers this nfintial qutnnaire an effort to help you get a better ia of whether or not you are exhibg signs of Gay OCD / HOCD.
While this qutnnaire is not meant to replace a thorough evaluatn, may help intifyg tras of Gay OCD / HOCD. E., after seeg an attractive person of the same genr, or while watchg film or TV show wh a gay character), and I worry this is evince that I am sexually aroed or that I am gay. I often worry about actg a manner that uld be nsted as ‘gay’ (i.
DO YOU HAVE HOCD OR ARE YOU JT NYG THAT YOU'RE GAY OR BI?
I repeatedly worry about the possibily that I will sudnly and explibly ‘turn’ gay. I worry that some childhood same-sex experimentatn is ‘proof’ that I am actually gay, or that somehow ‘ma’ me gay.
HOCD; GAY OR STRAIGHT OR OCD?
I worry excsively that I do not really love, or am not really sexually attracted to, my spoe or partner, and that this is evince that I am gay. I sometim read certa books, newspaper articl, magaz, or webs (or watch certa TV shows or movi) an effort to ‘tt’ whether I am sexually aroed by ‘gay’ subject matter.
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
I sometim ‘tt’ myself by lookg at gay pornography to see if I bee sexually aroed. I equently analyze my personal behavrs or characteristics that I thk might dite that I am gay (i. I sometim wash or shower or change my cloth orr to get rid of gay thoughts or feelgs, or after exposure to gay people, plac or suatns.
G., enterg a room, turng off light swch, readg a book) bee I feel I need to do the behavr wh a ‘straight’ thought my md, not a ‘gay’ thought.
I worry that if I am gay, I will be subject to public ridicule, and/or will be rejected by people who are important to me.
GAY OR OCD?
Probably the most mon qutn asked by those likely to be sufferg om homosexual obssive pulsive disorr (HOCD, also lled Sexual Orientatn OCD or Gay OCD) is "Am I gay? The qutn is right at the heart of HOCD feelgs, sce this particular type of OCD foc on an obssn wh gay, lbian, or bisexual activy and the patient's uncertaty about his or her own sexualy.
The qutn of whether or not you're gay is lerally at the center of the OCD you're sufferg om. Gay OCD is not an official, clil diagnosis, but is gag acceptance as a subset of obssive pulsive disorr (OCD). So am I really jt gay?