Can you be gay and have hocd

Can you feel heat on the tip of your finger? Think about that the next time you are experiencing sensations in your groin. It is not evidence of anything but the fact that you are paying attention to it. Compulsions are behaviours or mental acts that people with HOCD use to reduce their anxiety.

HOCD (Sexual Orientation OCD): Support from a UK Psychologist

I worry excessively that I do not really love, or am not really sexually attracted to, my spouse or partner, and that this is evidence that I am gay. I prefer to avoid being around certain people, places or situations in an effort to ensure that I will not have unwanted thoughts about my sexual orientation or unwanted sensations in or near my sexual organs.

HOCD and Homophobia

For those with thoughts of being homosexual, part of the distress must surely be social in origin. I suppose this remains a question for research to answer. The older psychoanalytic therapies often make people with this problem feel much worse by saying that the thoughts represent true inner desires.

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