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Topic Title: How do I know if I have hocd
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cats1234 said 4 years, 10 months ago:
So basically I’m really struggling right now. I think I have hocd but mind keeps telling me I’m actually gay. It all started when I was watching this movie about a girl who came out as gay and then this random thought just pops in to my head, “what I am like this girl?” First I felt cold dread and my mind suddenly went to one of my good friends and I thought, what if I like her?! I started to freak out suddenly started to view girls completely differently. I looked at every single female and thought I felt attracted to her even though I knew that I only liked boys. My ocd also caused me to think that I liked some of my friends even though I know I don’t like them like that. It went away for about a week before it came back much worse than before. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, I would go on forums for hours searching for answers and take “am I gay tests” This would get better some weeks and worse again and I would feel like I was falling deeper and deeper down this hole and I would never be myself again. Today was particularly worse, I keep thinking that I will act on these thoughts and become gay in the future and that now I’ll always view girls as more than friends even though I don’t want to and I don’t. The anxiety is not really there anymore but my ocd makes me believe that I have now accepted that I’m gay and this scares me even more. I always have had crushes on boys but now when I see a cute boy my mind asks me if I really like him because it says I actually like girls now. I really don’t know what to do. Does this sound like hocd?
Zoe Chater said 4 years, 9 months ago:
Hi there!
I am sorry to hear you've been struggling recently and I really hope I can provide you with some information to help you to understand what's going on and to feel more supported
It is firstly important to mention that we are not medically trained on this forum and so I am not able to give you a diagnosis or offer any medical advice, but I am able to provide you with the information that I have of OCD and offer emotional support.
It might be firstly important for me to explain to you what OCD is in detail to help to see whether you shows similar symptoms. OCD stands for obsessive-compulsive disorder. The obsessions are intrusive and unwanted thoughts that people experience, causing them extreme anxiety. The compulsions relate to behaviours that OCD sufferers perform in order to reduce the anxiety that accompanies the intrusive thoughts. I will leave a link below containing more information about OCD:
http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/resource/what-is-obsessive-compulsive-disorder
If you are curious as to whether you have OCD, the first step you need to take is to see the GP, where they can ask you some questions and then decide whether you have a diagnosis of OCD or not. If you are above 16, you can do this by yourself and can tell your parents that you want to make an appointment and explain all to them, as it helps so much to be honest with your parents. If you are below 16, your parents need to come with you and sort the appointment out for you. This visit will hopefully help to calm your worrying caused by not knowing whether you have OCD or not.
I hope that this has helped! Feel free to post whenever you want on the forum and I will try my best to reply as soon as I can,
Zoe