Hocd or am i bi
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What is HOCD? Also recognizable as Homosexual Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, HOCD is a form of OCD where a person fears unwanted thoughts that they might somehow be attracted to people the same sex. This is also called SO-OCD, for sexual-orientation OCD. People who have these thoughts often feel they are losing control or are scared of terrible consequences surrounding their sexual orientation or identity.
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HOCD is real and can cause sexual disorientation
In my training, I sometimes interaction men who are so obsessively worried they may be gay or attracted to both genders that it takes up such a significant amount of their daily experience and thoughts and causes them nearly crippling anxiety. Sometimes they truly are same-sex attracted or bisexual, and sometimes not at all.
Such a guy constantly may reflect about if he is walking is too “girly,” or that he may appear gay if he crosses his legs at the knee like a woman. He may even avoid entity alone with other men for fear of creature attracted to them. He very adv could be coping with homosexual obsessive compulsive disorder (HOCD), similar to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) but with the added worry of sexual orientation.
HOCD, also known as sexual orientation OCD, has not yet been recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a disorder, however, it does exist in both men and women. In this article, I will focus more on men dealing with HOCD.
In my clinical experience working with HOCD men, they find themselves obsessively looking
Sexual Orientation OCD Is Difficult. It Can Be Even Harder When You're Bisexual.
This story is part of our Bisexual Awareness Week coverage, which explores the intersection of bisexuality and mental health. To study more about how fluid people are disproportionately affected by mental illness compared to lesbians and homosexual men, visit the Human Rights Campaign.
I had never said the words out loud, but I felt I could trust my psychiatrist. I was 16 years old and had been seeing him for nearly half my existence. I took a dense breath and uttered the words: “I think I might be gay.”
“Okay, let’s explore this,” he replied. “Do you like women?”
“Yes,” I said. It was the truth—I did like women.
“Okay, then you’re not gay.”
"Could I be bisexual?" I asked. I knew what bisexuality was for as drawn-out as I could remember—and thought it really did describe my attractions—but I had never met a single person who openly identified as bi. So I wanted to listen what the mental health expert had to say.
“You’re not bisexual," he answered. "Bisexuality really doesn’t live in m
Hocd or bi?
Seems more that the conversation placed a trigger in your subconcious and as you are in confusing period of your experience. Just happens sometimes but you can actually easily place triggers on people if you know what you are doing, just requires right timing, words and gestures. sort of hypnotism. I actually understand someone who is very good at it, he uses it to manipulate people and seduce women to do things they normally wouldn't, a authentic asshole.
Few years from now when you are an adult, who grasp, life changes contstantly and experiment a lot of things, some good some not so good.
You don't know who you are dating in 5 years or marry 10 years from now, allow alone even what you are going to consume on monday next month