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HOCD is destroying my life

I have always been a good kid never worried about too much. Always lusted after girls, grew up in a loving family. I was very dedicated to studies and would probably say nerdy, considering I double majored in biochemistry and biophysics in college. I have always been very reticent and shy, never had the balls to go and talk to a girl for fear of rejection and have always had low self-esteem and negative image looks wise. My senior year I had a couple of friends suggested I was probably gay cause I wouldn't dare talk to a girl I was interested in, I just laughed it off. However I know my current OCD probably stems from this because I can't think of anything else. I was also a virgin then and so when friends found out about this I would always get humiliated which would even lower myself esteem. These thoughts perpetuated through the rest of the year to the point where I could barely look at friends in the face for fear that they would think I was gay. I constantly told myself that there was probably something wrong with me and that I was gay for at least not going after a girl I liked. My senior was filled with anxiety, had always been an excellent student but my senior year, if you looked at my transcripts, you would see a giant drop. It went a away for a while when I started to take initiative and date a few girls after college and didn't get passed much 2nd dates so I continued to doubt myself. It has been less than a year since I graduated and I have an entry level research position at a medical school, and this OCD is just overwhelming. I constantly trying to tell my brain to 'shut-up' or wish thoughts to go away. Its too the point where I have broken down emotionally and find disgust in having obtrusive homosexual thoughts. I am not attracted to men whatsoever and but my brain keeps telling me that I am and I know deep down that i am not. I stumbled across this website: http://www.brainphysics.com/yourenotgay.php and found temporary relief because that guy described exactly how I feel, the straight one lol. I have also been reading OCD sufferers have depressed levels of seratonin in the brain so I have began taking inositiol, which is a completely harmless natural vitamin. It has worked a little, but I am just in the beginning 2nd week and my doses are still pretty low. I will continue to increase to at least 14 grams for a few months for test run. I am trying to seek medical help, via therapists. I really want to get rid this horrible obsession. I get bad panic attacks and have insomnia some times. The inositol has helped me sleep a little. Can anyone suggest anything else, I am not depressed, or at least i don't think I am, I really don't want to take medication (prozac etc). I have a scientific mind, so when It comes down to the wire and it gets bad, I always tell myself your a smart guy and no your not gay, relax, and so on but this only helps for so long until I begin another cycle. I am sorry if my story is a little jumbled, I am at work and am writing as quickly as I can.

By menikmati on Mon, 06-14-10, 13:00

I have also stopped drinking, found being hungover, besides being the worst feeling in the world, perpetuates my OCD. Have stopped drinking. Now that I think about it too, I probably am depressed because I feel like I have no motivation. I use to be so self-motivated and ambitious and recently I have found that I don't want to do anything, and I hate feeling like this, I feel worthless and pathetic.

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By babyjadey44 on Fri, 10-15-10, 20:40

I feel the same way, but i am a girl. I was raped when i was younger by someone of the same sex & for the past year the thoughts of that have been flooding my mind. So im experiencing HOCD also.

If i cant find relief, im going to go to a therapist and try Cognitive Therapy as i've heard great things about it actually "curing" OCD.

I wish you luck, & Im straight as well. Your straight, just these thoughts mess up our minds to confuse us. Honestly, I think it is the devil doing this to our minds. Goodluck!

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By Trickm on Thu, 12-29-11, 05:01

Hi!

I have OCD and intrusive sexual thoughts too!
It's very weird huh?but since you're not attracted to men and those thoughts are intrusive and unpleasent it's quite clear that your are straight to me...the reason must be your insecurity, taken to an unbearable level
That happens to me, I've obsessive thoughts about academic failure and in the last year obsessive thoughts about getting cheated, so I just keep picturing my girlfriend having sex with others and etc. It's horrible, actually, so it's not some kind of voyeurism, lol....I guess it's because my last girlfriend cheated on me, so that leaves me insecure. But the mental images are horrible, indeed

I glad that you're seeking therapy, but don't get narrowminded about antidepressants, and they're not just for the depressed. They are very helpful for anxiety spectrum disorders. You should consider that along with CBT, if CBT doesn't work alone with you.

Goodluck!!!

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