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HOCDfighter
08-09-17, 18:59
Hi everyone! :) Introducing myself, i'm a 21 y-o boy from Portugal.
I suffered from OCD since my childhood. I always had constant obcessions and irrational fears. I obcessed that everyone were mocking me (no one could even laught, i assumed that was because of me), fear that a giant spider would kill me while im in bed, fear that i could get blind, fear of death... i even had stupid intrusive thoughts about killing people or calling them names... i got so stressfull when i get that. But there is other, HOCD...
I suffer from HOCD for like 8 years (since im 13). Just because a girl mocked me and called me gay, i felt nervous and didnt like it, but she still mocked me. But before i telling all the story, when i was 12 i "discovered" masturbation and became like a chronic masturbator (don't know if that even exists), i would masturbate at least 1 time per day, but when i got into porn, things got worst... i got into it that i lost my erection to real girls (i only could get erect to porn), later i even couldnt get an proper erection :weep: i thought that was because i was depressed but then that story in my post about a girl mocking me got me thinking about this. I couldnt sleep, i was afraid, i thought "if i become gay i will never ever leave home, i rather die"... and later that year a gay boy from my school was trying to talk to me, so he was with a fake account with no image sending me messages, i asked who was the girl, but then his photo showed up and i never felt that much anxiety, i started to cry and felt terrorized. I was so depressed because i couldnt get a decent erection and now, because i worried about being gay :weep: My life was completely ruined and now i'm trying to fix it.
That's my story.

But for now i'm going to talk about my symptoms:
- A weird feeling in my groin (ik, groinal responses).
- Anxiety to thoughts (gone, it made me feel worried because i thought i was accepting that i was gay but later on i realised it was bullshit, backdoor spike).
- Suicidal (i can deal with this).
- Constantly testing to toughts.
- No arrousal to oposite sex (libido gone when i feel depressed, some days i just ignore and i can preform sexualy with no problem).
- Avoid same-sex (Dealing with it)

I have some questions...
Sometimes i check myself if i like it and sometimes it looks like i'm liking it, but i don't! Its hard to explain... and when i'm checking if i like being with a girl, i get a feel that i dont and i start to freak out! I'm constantly checking if i like or not... I only started to have this for about 3 months (i only discovered my OCD early this year, and HOCD came back full force this year...). Should i ignore this?

Can someone give me good tips about this? What should i do?

Scaldris
09-09-17, 19:58
Hello! :)
I'm a fellow sufferer as well,I'm a 17 years old girl, but I think I'm on my way to recovery. :) Of course I have some thoughts and doubts now and then but I know who I was before this, and I still do, just like you. :) And I don't want to tell you whether you have HOCD or not, that's reassurance seeking, and you know the answer. :)
I am familiar with the feelings you described, lots of times I could even believe I had a crush on someone when not, and I was soo stressed I couldn't even feel I ws stressed, uh I hope that makes sense. :'D I even had a period of time when I didn't know who I was anymore. And also a time when my OCD weakened and started to look for other obsesions, it still tries to.

So what helped me: - Repeating the thoughts, if the thought said I was bi, no matter how much it hurt, how sick I've got *I've had nausea, my head was spinning, I could barely walk to get myself some water* , I repeated them, and didn't try to look for reassurance
- Doing the exact opposite fo what your ocd tells you to do: If you are afraid of watching tv, then do it, expose yourself to your fear
- Not caring, just agree with the thought, then continue on about whatever you were doing at the exact moment
- Don't be afraid to think a thought, thoughts are just thoughts, if you are scared of it, then you won't do what is tells you
- Understand these: - If you accept the thoughts your sexuality WON'T change against your will
- If you were gay, you would have know by now, and would only panic about other people, not about liking the thoughts :)
- STOP: checking, imagining, asking yourself - these will only confuse you more

You need to know: this will be really really painful and tiring, but it's worth, I know, luckily I'm almost over it *not bragging here, just motivating* :)
Check these pages: http://www.brainphysics.com/share/hocd/dont-clown-with-sexual-orientation-understanding-hocds-spikes-and-lies
http://www.psychforums.com/obsessive-compulsive/topic48932.html

You can do it. :) Stay strong,
Best wishes, R. :)

Feel free to email me if you want to talk. :)