I'm Aaid That I'm Gay | Psychology Today

Contents:

• HOCD – HOMOSEXUAL OCD OR THE FEAR OF BEG GAY
• YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD
• 'HOMOSEXUAL OCD': STRAIGHT MEN WHO SPECT THEY ARE GAY
• I'M AAID THAT I'M GAY
• MEET THE STRAIGHT MEN WHO ARE TERRIFIED THEY ARE GAY

HOCD – HOMOSEXUAL OCD OR THE FEAR OF BEG GAY

“HOCD”, short for “Homosexual OCD”, is the term ed for a theme of Obssive Compulsive Disorr which the sufferer has obssns—unwanted tsive thoughts—surroundg their sexual orientatn. I will be g the term “HOCD” throughout this article to discs obssns of those who intify as heterosexual and have relentls doubts about whether or not they are gay.

YOU’RE NOT GAY: HOMOSEXUALY ANXIETY OCD

A more reprentative way to scribe the obssns is “Sexual Orientatn OCD” bee OCD n latch onto anyone’s sexualy, whether that be someone who intifi as gay or queer or asexual. Furthermore, as sexual obssns of OCD n be about perverse ntent (fear that one is a pedophile or unwanted thoughts about ct), the term “Homosexual OCD” impli that homosexualy is perverse.

The way many clients scribe is that they had a good sense of their heterosexual orientatn and then randomly had an tsive thought such as “what if you’re gay? HOCD is not to be misnsted wh nial or sexual reprsn, as those who are reprsg their te sexualy know that they are attracted to the same sex but ph away, often due to shame that om livg a heteronormative and homophobic world. It is a touchy subject among OCD sufferers and therapists alike who proclaim that HOCD is not homophobia.

'HOMOSEXUAL OCD': STRAIGHT MEN WHO SPECT THEY ARE GAY

While HOCD is not sexual reprsn, is not accurate to say that every person wh HOCD is not homophobic. “I have HOCD and I’m not homophobic but I would tell my kid that they should not act on their sir if they were gay.

I'M AAID THAT I'M GAY

“I have HOCD and jt bee I am not fortable wh or don’t agree wh one’s sexual preference don’t make me homophobic.

MEET THE STRAIGHT MEN WHO ARE TERRIFIED THEY ARE GAY

All of the people above may have HOCD but that do not erase the blatant homophobia. It is important to weed out what is what bee addn to hurtg the LGBTQIA+ muny, ternalized homophobia may be keepg those wh HOCD further stuck.