HOCD; am I gay or straight?

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

* am i gay if i have hocd *

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 .

Influenced by the heated atmosphere around sexual polics nowadays, and even the amount of media verage around LGBTQ issu, some gays argue that the g-out procs they went through much of the same nfn, and therefore believe that the HOCD person is simply experiencg the same thg. If you have thoughts that make you doubt your long-standg sexual preferenc, and the thoughts go agast your te sexual inty, and you have no genue sire to start a same-sex relatnship, You uld have a form of Obssive-pulsive disorr lled Homosexual you have arrived on this page, you have no doubt been googlg your thoughts as somewhere ep down, you know that your sexualy has not changed, but you do not unrstand the thoughts your is not an article about g out. The obssn n be the thought what if I am gay and then feelg pelled (the pulsn) to check this out by lookg at members of the same sex to tt if there is an attractn example, a straight person wh HOCD may fear beg secretly gay, while a gay person wh HOCD may fear beg you are a heterosexual male but sudnly start to qutn that maybe you are gay or a heterosexual female and beg to doubt your long-standg attractn to men, this article will help you make sense of what is gog on.

Homosexual Obssive Compulsive Disorr (HOCD) is a type of OCD where the person experienc obssive thoughts and doubts about their prevly taken-for-granted sexual n often clu excsive checkg for signs of homosexualy, qutng recent teractns wh others and playg out potential the ndn first entered the public doma, was labelled HOCD and, acrdg to Bhatia & Kr, 2015 (1), was marked by excsive fear of beg or beg homosexual. People wh HOCD often thk they are gay or bisexual bee of obssive thoughts and self-doubt, not bee they feel attracted to people of the same shared thoughts and behavurs associated wh HOCD are difficulty settg asi thoughts about your sexual orientatn, avoidance of people of the same sex, preoccupatn wh one’s level of aroal toward eher sex and avoidg people who might make you qutn your thoughts n be credibly distrsg and lead to a great al of anxiety and nfn. Doubt And The Denial QutnHomosexual OCD And Sexual AroalTreatments for HOCDSelf-help urse for HOCDSigns of HOCDWarng signs may clu:creased attractn to people of the oppose sex, creased attractn to those of your own sex, preoccupatn wh the level of aroal you feel towards people of eher genr, nstg any posive reactn as evince that one is gay or straight, and watchg both gay and straight n be challengg to diagnose, so you mt know the warng signs if you thk you might have do I know if I have HOCD?

HOCD BUT GAY ANYWAY

” Dog this n distance you om the thoughts, see them as HOCD symptoms, and not prove that you are gay or do the pulsns to make yourself feel better or try to ‘check out if you are gay’ COMPULSIONSYou are gog over prev sexual enunters wh members of the oppose sex to reassure yourself that you are not might try to image beg wh a member of the same sex to check out your theory that you might be might have remembered an event om your childhood that you now see as evince that you are gay.

AvoidancePeople who have HOCD may avoid what they believe may trigger their uld be certa songs or artists that you associate wh beg gay, typ of TV programs, magaz or books that you might associate more wh same-sex might avoid gog out or mixg wh a same-sex uple or showg support for same-sex upl. Avoidg men if your HOCD is ncerned wh beg gayAvoidg women if your HOCD is related to the feelg that you are lbianAvoidg takg part thgs that you believe are too manly or too femaleAvoidg changg rooms where you will see members of your sex drs and undrsNot beg able to make eye ntact wh members of the same sex or avoid hangg out wh themAny topics of nversatn relatg to sexual preferenceMovi where same-sex actors may kiss or be romantilly volvedFdg Members Of The Same-Sex AttractiveHuman begs fd many thgs attractive.

I shall ntradict myself now; thoughts only have the meang you give to them, so be reful about any flty beliefs you may In The SpotlightYou might have noticed that your life before HOCD, you never qutned your sexual preference, took heterosexual relatnships for granted, and never noticed who was gay and who was you have a radar, or a spotlight as I like to thk of , where everythg you do, and everywhere you go, you seem to notice thgs that make you qutn your sexual preference. If you were meetg iends for a ffee, you would have filtered out the people you walked past, how you were walkg and foced on gettg to the ffee shop and filtered out the background noise to enjoy your iend’s you have a spotlight; you n selectively attend to everythg you associate wh beg gay. It uld be challengg to pay attentn and jt enjoy beg wh your iends, as you might wonr if they thk you are of this do not mean that you are gay; means that you are shg a spotlight on thgs that you associate wh beg gay, which brgs me to an important pot; what’s the difference between HOCD and beg gay?

YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD

Difference Between HOCD And Beg GayIt’s straightforward, HOCD is Obssive-Compulsive Disorr, and beg gay is enjoyg and wantg romantic relatnships wh members of the same you have HOCD, your thoughts are ncerned about beg gay–not your actns. Further ReadgCentreforanxietydisorrsNCBITreatments for HOCDIf you are stgglg wh HOCD, there are thgs you n do on your own that, ’s sential to unrstand that HOCD nnot change your sexual orientatn- is only a doubt, a symptom of the ndn to know if you are gay or, try not to give the thoughts too much power by refg to engage wh them.

Then somethg happened that make them thk they were gay and then beg wh guys sudnly seemed way better than beg wh Im gay:Gay fger rat - only gays have thisbetter asms to thoughts of guys when I masturbategroals rpons or aroals to seeg guys every day No groals for girls. Gays ually have feme rat which is what I I get terrible anxiety around girls and on Empty Closets they say s bee 'you are feelg prsure to feel what you are SUPPOSED to feel and nt bee you are gay' so lled groal rpons are so strong for me.

DO I HAVE HOCD OR AM I 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. 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 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. All 30 pots are rrect about hocd i h by this at the age of 29 i am straight i always found femal attractive and i beme porn addict one day i dont know i had this urge to watch gay porn durg masturbatn i was already sexually turned on by watchg straight sex i went to see gay thg and masturbated, was jt one tym thg i always watch straight sex i never found men attractive never, om that onwards i bee obssed that watched gay sex mak you gay i went to prsn i was not eatg food and drkg water nor i was slept like 3 nights and 2 days, all the symptoms of hocd i found on me checkg reassurg. My mds always says “you’re gay jt say ” and I’m sayg no I’m not and i try to ratnallize and fd argument to prove that I’m straight and when I fally fd proof that I’m straight my md will say “you’re gay and jt tryg to fd exc like sayg that you have HOCD.

So I’ve had this issue for 10 years now and pletely nsum my life every day even when i’m speakg to people or an attractive girl i have this anxiety the back of my md that im gog to say im gay out loud or even my sleep by accint and then my life will be over and everyone will thk im gay and will my chanc wh girls and will be ma fun of for somethg i’m not.

GAY OCD / HOCD TT

I have no tert beg a relatnship wh a man but i have groal rponse almost every day when I check, i have a gay sexual thought and thats THE MAIN thg that eaks me out is i get exced sexually i thk e i get hard and blood is pumpg but at the same time i feel sick bee im strsed and get mad about /prsed I hate the thoughts but then i get aroed i thk and mak me feel tricked that i like them idk so nfed. I prent many of the symptoms scribed there but, there are days when they are d and others which I am aaid to observe a symptoms: At first I was aaid to leave bee I was gog to fall love wh a man; There are days when I have so much hyperventilatn that my bra wh the ia is bee I like ; Y I do not look at a woman as unattractive as is, this tells me that I am homosexual bee they should like me; I have ias that I have a reprsed homo and even a bisexualy, to thk this me a great disfort and addg that if I say that I’m hetero, creas the feelg that I ny myself, when I have been 22 years as a hetero; I’ve been a year wh the symptoms that you scribe that nosology and addg that for tim the tensy creas; I n not see men (be my father, uncl, children, etc.

I remember beg sexually asslted by a guy and that eaked me out that maybe that changed me to gay, maybe ’s been lyg ep down the recs of my md, maybe I was gay nial, I was eaked before havg HOCD I have masturbated to gay porn a few tim and after dog I feel guilty and that got me thkg maybe masturbatg to gay porn turned me gay but I have stopped now.

The groal rponse is very strong like when I check out hentai gay porn an aroal and erectn almost stantly whout thkg about or participatg and when I seek assurance checkg my aroal level ’s the same thg I am eakg out e ’s feels like I want those thoughts. I’m an 18 yo male and for almost 6 months I’m havg the unwanted thoughts (not fantasi) I’ve been straight my whole life ieven fell love wh a girl last year and have numero csh and sexual fantasi for a lot of girls all started 6months ago when i had a weird same sex dream which i didn’t enjoyed at all and fell really unfortable after and then the qutns started to pop my head that am i really straight i still fd girls attractive but at the same time i also observe almost every guy near me and qutn that am i attractive to him due to this reason i have stopped om var activi like watchg films that they might trigger those qutns and I’m a huge movi fan and same go wh the songs as well i thk they might be trigger pots so i don’t listen to them ’s killg me and sometim and then thk about every girl which I’ve fantasized the past that weather or not was real when i was 13 i had a same sex experiment i jt disvered masturbatg and watched porn a lot(straight never gay)and was really horny and i never thought about any guy like that i also fear that i might not love anygirl aga due to the….

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