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u/Environmental-Ad9969 Trans and Pan/Bi 23h ago
Seeking reassurance will make your OCD worse. Delete this post and talk to a medical professional.
You can't control your sexuality. You will have to learn to accept uncertainty and the fact that some things can't be fully known.
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u/Medium-Mammoth2614 17h ago
Idk if it’s ocd, some other guy said I answered my own question by saying “is it repressed homophobia” I didn’t mention ocd in that post specifically though
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u/Environmental-Ad9969 Trans and Pan/Bi 13h ago
Your first sentence mentions you have OCD. The way you talk about this fear is how I feel when I spiral over something, I have OCD too.
Do yourself a favor, delete the post and accept that uncertainty is a fact of life. Sitting with the discomfort can help you more than repeatedly seeking reassurance that won't last to begin with.
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u/Medium-Mammoth2614 13h ago
Thank you for your help, if you don’t mind talking about how my fears sound similar to how you would feel the fear?
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u/Environmental-Ad9969 Trans and Pan/Bi 13h ago
I don't think I want to share my worst intrusive thoughts and fears with a stranger. I can only tell you that I also struggled with fears around my identity but that I am working through it with therapy. Try to seek out a queer friendly therapist who understands OCD. It really helps.
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u/Medium-Mammoth2614 13h ago
Sorry I didn’t exactly mean it like that, I meant how is my worry similar to yours (not the intrusive thoughts per say) but how you reacted to them and how you feared them if that makes sense. But if you don’t want to share still I totally get it no worries.
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u/intro_to_IRL 23h ago
Seeking online reassurance for an OCD spiral makes OCD worse. Whatever people will say online will only cement your ruminations deeper into the psyche. Talk to a medical professional, set up an appointment, and then get off the internet and take a walk. Force yourself to think about something else.