Common subtyp of HOCD / Gay OCD are discsed. From the OCD Center of Los Angel. Servg clients California and ternatnally.
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'HOMOSEXUAL OCD': STRAIGHT MEN WHO SPECT THEY ARE GAY
Currently sufferg om OCD (Obssive Compulsive Disorr)Recurrg unwanted or tsive thoughts about your own sexualyConstantly reassurg yourself that you are straightAvoidg people of your same genr due to anxiety or unwanted fears that you might be gayWorryg that you might be sendg out “signals” that will make others thk you are gayHomosexual thoughts are repulsive to you, rather than arogFeelg no attractn to your same sexRepeatg an actn bee you worry that you might have done somethg a way that mak others thk you are gay (example: a man repeatedly gets up and ss down on a chair bee he worri that he tak a seat a way that looks too feme). Homosexual thoughts are enjoyable and/or arog to the person, even if they hi their sexual orientatn om others or are ashamed of Havg had past sexual experienc wh those of their same genrPreferrg to date or have sexual enunters wh people of their same genr stead of wh those of the oppose sexOften, people who are gay report havg felt differently than their same-sex peers at an early age. Homosexual OCD n be bilatg to one’s life.Be assured that HOCD Treatment volv many of the same typ of therapi ed for other typ of OCD.A person sufferg om this sub-type of OCD nstantly doubts their sexual orientatn:A straight person worri whether they might actually be gay even though they haven’t doubted their sexual orientatn the pastThey might worry that homosexualy is “tchg”They may thk that talkg wh a gay person will make them act out by triggerg their own latent homosexual tennci.
Where a tly gay person obtas happs and relief the act of revealg their homosexual orientatn, HOCD people who e out ntue to doubt their sexualy.As wh tradnal OCD, people who are affected by this ternalized homophobia engage ruals to help them alleviate their anxiety and prove to themselv that they are tly straight. Lbian, gay, and bisexual (LBG) people who have negative feelgs about their own sexualy are said to have ternalized homophobia or ternalized heterosexism (IH), but most people wh SO-OCD are fact heterosexual, so this nceptualizatn is generally not applible to SO-OCD sufferers. The realy is that we live a very heteronormative world, which is reflected through mastream media showsg heterosexual relatnships, lack of diversy polics, relig groups that nounce homosexualy and claim—wh zero evince—that gay folks will go to hell, and laws that enable discrimatn agast the LGBTQIA+ muny.
Some obssive thoughts may strike the rear as nocuo, even il: “When he was an adolcent—although he was heterosexual—the worst thg [he] uld thk of was beg gay, which uld e relentls teasg… he would fd himself snng his body to try to feel certa that he wasn’t sexually aroed.