Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
Contents:
- YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD
- HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
- 'HOMOSEXUAL OCD': STRAIGHT MEN WHO SPECT THEY ARE GAY
- INTSIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT BEG GAY
- I'M AAID THAT I'M GAY
- I’M MALE AND I AM AAID THAT I MIGHT BE GAY
- GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD
He says he’s bisexual, but I’m worried he’s actually gay. * worried about being gay when i'm not *
I am wrg for the benef of heterosexual folks who hope to e this article to unrstand their fears about beg gay (also known as gay OCD or HOCD).
HOW DO I KNOW I’M NOT REALLY GAY/STRAIGHT?
I have for the last few years been very aaid that I may be gay. Deep down, I want to watch my wife have my children and have a really close relatn... * worried about being gay when i'm not *
Only ten mut after I had started readg the most recent posts, however, I realized that somethg was wrong: The folks wh gay fears were clearly not gay.
'HOMOSEXUAL OCD': STRAIGHT MEN WHO SPECT THEY ARE GAY
Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * worried about being gay when i'm not *
As of this wrg I have been bombard by threads, private msag, e-mail, and stant msag by straight folks terrified that they are gay (and a very small number of gay and bisexual folks terrified that they, too, are not their real sexual orientatn). Neverthels, is sufficiently wispread to warrant more specialists the field, more media exposure, and more unrstandg among therapists relativ, iends, and, pecially, gay people who give the wrong advice.
INTSIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT BEG GAY
HOCD works the same way: Heterosexual sufferers feel that the gay thoughts are real even though, their hearts, they know that they are straight.
I'M AAID THAT I'M GAY
The only anxiety I feel is over what others thk of gays and how I thk I’ll be treated by straight people power if they fd out about me.
I’M MALE AND I AM AAID THAT I MIGHT BE GAY
In orr to have doubts about one’s sexual inty, a sufferer need not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. ” Some people’s doubts are further plited by havg such experienc as hearg other people talkg or lookg their directn and thkg that the people mt be analyzg their behavr or appearance and talkg about them – discsg how they mt be gay (or straight). Let’s face , gay people have always been an opprsed mory wh our culture, and to sudnly thk of beg this posn, and to be stigmatized this way, n be ighteng.
I have sometim wonred if those who experience the most distrs om such thoughts as the do so bee they were raised wh more strongly homophobic or anti-gay attus to beg wh, or if is simply bee one’s sexualy n be such a basic doubt. Lookg at attractive men or women, or pictur of them, or readg sexually oriented lerature or pornography (hetero- or homosexual), to see if they are sexually excg. The flip si of this is when they look at thgs havg to do wh sex of an oppose orientatn and then feel aroed some way, which they then nclu to mean that they liked , which means that they are gay (or straight).
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
Makg a seri of three-mute tap that based on the wrgs gradually suggt more and more that you are gay, and listeng to them several tim a day changg them when they no longer bother you). 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.