HOCD - Homosexual or Gay OCD Revery

Contents:

• GAY OCD / HOCD TT
• HOCD; GAY OR STRAIGHT OR OCD?
• GAY OR OCD?
• DO YOU HAVE HOCD OR ARE YOU JT NYG THAT YOU'RE GAY OR BI?
• HOCD – GAY OR HOMOSEXUAL OCD AND REVERY

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 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.

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. Homosexual OCD, also known as hOCD, is the fear of beg gay or lbian, or persistently qutng one’s sexual inty. Common pulsive behavrs of Homosexual OCD clu checkg to verify if they are sexually attracted to the same sex, analyzg physil sensatns to tt for signs of aroal, avoidg physil ntact (i.

GAY OR OCD?

Ocsnally other pulsns n clu avoidg gay people, plac associated wh gay people, or gay characters on TV.

3) Do you worry that you are NOT attracted to members of the oppose sex (if you're straight) and that 'that might mean' that you are gay?

DO YOU HAVE HOCD OR ARE YOU JT NYG THAT YOU'RE GAY OR BI?

For example: A straight man thkg "If my legs are crossed, do my guy iends thk I’m gay? For Example: Worryg that if you n’t get aroed by a woman that might be evince that you are gay? In my practice, I sometim enunter men who are so obssively worried they may be gay or bisexual that tak up such a signifint amount of their daily life and thoughts and them nearly cripplg anxiety.

HOCD – GAY OR HOMOSEXUAL OCD AND REVERY

” He may worry that he appears to be gay if cross his legs at the knee like a woman when stg down rather than havg the typil “man spread. Like those wh Obssive-Compulsive Disorr (OCD), he may exhib the same kd of repet behavrs, such as stg and standg over and over aga to see if they may appear gay the way he do .

This may sound like ’s a set-up for a joke, or an ongog lgh le a s, but is a real disorr that some have labeled as Homosexual Obssive-Compulsive Disorr (HOCD), though the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs, the “bible” of psychiatry, has yet to regnize . HOCD n sudnly occur for some men who, for example, fd themselv beg h on by other gay or bisexual men, mistaken for beg a gay or bisexual man, fd themselv attracted to another man or stumble onto gay porn that exc them. They will often blame the thgs as reasons for how the HOCD started, but isn’t about homosexualy nor bisexualy, is about OCD.

In my own clil experience workg wh the men, those who suffer om this may fd themselv obssively lookg at porn, eher gay or straight, to see if they bee sexually exced by eher. They might nstantly check out others’ reactns to their gtur or nversatn to see if they get any strange looks or other signals that would imply homophobia.