Linoahs121 wrote:I know where you're coming from mate, I have a history of ocd (duality, health, ritual) and shifted from one place to another now it's sexuality which is a complicated because sexuality doesn't rely on absolutes but ocd does.
Something that I would dimiss years ago, for instance a gay intrusive thought is now interpreted as a subconscious message of always being gay.
It's hard to rationalise that's for sure, as you st a rt thinking that you're just in deep denial. Something in me has definitely changed but it's more my habits and how I perceive the world. You have to look at the evidence of the past and present then let time be the judge. It's hard but that other than CBT and exposure therapy can effectively shift your perception. I wish I had the solution I'm deepnin the rabbit hole and afraid of the idea of piv with girls atm. Of course my mind is putting it to you know what. You're not alone mate we are all on the same boat. And trying to get off it.
chanceshiff22 wrote:There is no such thing as hocd.
Snaga wrote:Well....
I have harm OCD. Intrusive harm thoughts. I learned to disregard them as preposterous.
Okay so I'm talking from from a bisexual perspective... but on some level, sex- is just sex. Some of it is our cuppa. Some of it ain't. Try to just remind yourself that these intrusive gay thoughts ain't your thing. I treat OCD as a separate thing, sometimes. An adversary. These are ego-dystonic thoughts (read that once so I like to whip it out every now and again)... they're not YOU. They're just thoughts. The more you react to them, the stronger you make them- sometimes I like to think of OCD as a monster that lives on fear, with squatter's rights in my head.
When I quit fighting the intrusive harm thoughts, and just let them have their say (without agreeing I was going to act on them), then that takes the wind out of their sails a bit. Refuse to worry about having them. Starve the monster, make it weaker. Then the thoughts got better, less frequent, and less worrying.
These are just thoughts- if you don't feel excitement at the idea of other guys, then these are just thoughts...
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