When my hocd began, thoughts of what my famly/friends only came up very very rarely. I now got an anxiety spike reading an hocd article. Im starting to ask my self why I dont want to become gay. Now im starting to feel because its what my family will think of me. Never have I ever gotten an erection thinking about gay fantasies or men before. Ive only gotten erections and masturbated to women before. Can anyone confirm if this article is legitimate information about hocd versus being gay? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/homosexual ... d=22589452
Please. I also think I dont want to tell my mom about my hocd is because she likes to make problems a bigger problem than what it really is. About 15 min has passed. The thought of coming out to my family doesnt really give me anxiety now that I think about it. I think I just had a panic attack. Even in those rare times I thought about coming out it didnt give me anxiety as much as the thought of actually becoming gay. I dont want to be gay because its not me. Ive never had a gay thought before this hocd or arousal towards men. And then to suddenly assume im gay? Ive also been wondering if the difference between gay and hocd is that gay people/closet/denial people can feel normal about gay thoughts and hocd suffers try to fight them off (Like reading articles and watching porn ) to try to reassure themselves that that are not gay. Is this true?