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Help me figure this out whether I'm gay or just HOCD...

Discussion in 'Compulsive Sexual Behavior' started by saddist_adult, May 1, 2022.

  1. saddist_adult

    saddist_adult Fapstronaut

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    It's a long story about how I have got into porn as far as I remembered it was earlier when I was around 15 that's how I was deeply addicted to PMO.

    When I was young I always fantasized about women, my first crush is a woman, everything was all women, etc... I remembered the day I finally fell into addiction was I got heartbroken for the first time... my soul is completely torn apart, depression started to occur goes on and on using PMO as reassurance to suppress the pain... during that addiction period I watched all type of fetishes also addicted before that heartbroken events as I remembered. I started with straight porn, as I got bored i looked for another stimulation something new* then gay, also I was never attracted to the same gender at all... By then I discovered transwoman porn, just thinking now makes me arousal already, it was so highly addicted to the point where I mimick the pornography due to excessive masturbation my penis erection isn't hard, then it doesn't feel good and I tried anal masturbated... it wasn't last long at all, cause I didn't like it. also, extremely guilty, depression, and social anxiety were all over the place.

    My life is close to ruined if I continue this bizarre habit, that's when I started to research final discovered Nofap... It was probably the greatest thing that awaited me!!! I finally found the help I needed, I did everything cut pornography, stopped masturbating, during that recovering journey went through relapsing, triggered to finally.... it has been 3 years since I did nofap now...

    Life is completely changed, socializing, regaining my confidence, getting to enjoy life trying new experiences... although mental disorders that came along with is not entirely disappeared... i still have mild depression which is better than waking up every day feeling like shit and wanting to kill myself, also my social anxiety is able to handle to normal anxiety level which means i could complete daily tasks as much as I could.

    I have never had that anxiety or thought about being gay at all... then suddenly one day at my new workplace... one handsome guy walked by I noticed that this guy was getting scolded by me for being misinformation through group chat, I'm not sure how i felt to him back then but i remembered i stared at him... with a mix feelings, it was sort of panic but it's just different i couldn't really describe it, that how i keep questioning my sexuality since then... i recalled probably the worse day of my life... it was because i have no solutions... it was similar to the embarrassment i used to have during the addiction period caused by social anxiety... after that incident, i seriously couldn't function well these days... I feel like i fought my way from PMO addiction to becoming an actual gay !!!! probably the most prank moment of my life... Thought about being gay makes me depressed and just sad... i feel hopeless cause that's not what i fought for these years, I worked hard not for this... it has been 2 months since this HOCD happened also nowadays I felt no strength to fight back cause the more i research it's almost likely I seek reassurance, after that, it came back worsening, after all, I feel like I should just accept myself as gay... maybe it will stop? i seriously have no other choice or somehow feel suicidal...
     
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  2. InappropriateUsername

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    Don’t make any judgements or decisions about your sexuality unless you’re head is clear. Escalation can muddle your mind. Porn at its worst can make yo think you’re something you’re not. You need a reboot, to get your head straight. Then you can more clearly examine this question.
     
  3. saddist_adult

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    I already years without pmo... and this is happening which probably causes me in confusion, I'm already at the point where i just gotta accept that I'm gay cause i don't have the strength to fight no more...
     
  4. InappropriateUsername

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    If you truly think you are, then that’s a path you need to go own. Have you thought about getting some help exploring this? A therapist who specializes in this area and a support group? Pretty big thing to take on by yourself.
     
  5. WhiteLion

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    If you really have HOCD the "accepting" or "rejecting" that you could be gay will never make it stop. There will always be doubt about your conclusion. Try accepting that you will never have the answer that you think you need. I have OCD myself. I know what you mean when you say that you do not have "strength to fight", but the truth is that there is no fight! It is your mind treating it's own thoughts like they are a threat! There is no fight.
     
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  6. CodeTalker

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    If you don't want to be gay, just don't ? Nobody forces you to have sex with a man. And if you are not attracted to girls then just stay single. Stop asking those questions that you can't answer at the moment. At some point you will figure it out.
     
  7. mrpractical

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    I guess this answer isn't helping him. We have to take care how we reply because this situation is very fragile.
     
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  8. CodeTalker

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    He talks like he can't live without knowing, but he can because life isn't just sex. I have OCD and that's how I deal with that, when think that doesn't seem logical I just tell myself "deal with that another day" and after a while I'm like "I realize how it doesn't make any sense, it's crystal clear". So I think it can help.
     
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  9. mrpractical

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    I see but some people need time to accept these thoughts
     
  10. Kierann

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    These kind of feelings you are describing I've experienced couple of times in my life and yeah, it was scary at first. But I've never been sexually attracted to guys, have never been sexual with any guy and neither I intend to. So yeah, I'm obviously able to fall in love with a guy and yet I want to continue having sex only with girls. So what am I? Well I'm a guy who gets attracted to different spirits. I've never got answers to these questions. I've never met anyone like me and I've never really shared how I feel with my family and people who are " supposed to be close to me" because they wouldn't get it and they would be pushing me to some of these labels that I can't identify with.
    I won't lie to you. It gets a bit lonely from time to time. But I'm alright with how things are.
    The way I see it I'm unique and I don't have to explain myself to anyone. Also, love is never something to be ashamed for, it is to be celebrated and be proud of. Love is never toxic but the thinking process might be. You don't need to prescribe yourself to anything.
    For example, if I felt to be gay or bisexual, I would probably say it proudly to all my world. But my loneliness in this matter actually stems from the fact that I don't seem to belong to any established tribes. So I kind of had to walk alone on the unbeaten path.
    When you look at my case, you can see that it is obviously possible to have feelings for a guy even though I'm sexual only with girls and if I really had to identify with some of these stupid labels, it would be straight.
    Be whoever you want to be. But never under any circumstances ignore your feelings. Accept them and enjoy them. Don't fight them and certainly don't suppress them. That would be like choosing not to exist and that is basically suicidal.
    You are perfect just the way you are. Stop thinking about it if it hurts you. The truth about who you are will never be found in your mind. Just follow your feelings - they are the language of the spirit and spirit is who you are.
     
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  11. saddist_adult

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    The feelings i had was not love, it just weird, it's like an urges combined with compulsive that's not so excited at all also with panic attack, genuine attraction make me happy fall in love, want to hold, want to kiss, but that false attraction was nothing almost like an urges without emotional connection
     
  12. mrpractical

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    Dont think about it
    If it comes again think about something else
     
  13. mrpractical

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    I guess the main issue is that people don't identify with being gay. Its odd getting errections/ getting wet and etc
    which is completely unnaturally. Its all porns fault
     
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  14. saddist_adult

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    Nope, i must have to worry... I did nofap because i was addicted and it almost ruined my life... pursue a relationship and start a family also part of my main goals after recovered from nofap... It almost like you work the hardest and earned nothing in return... If i finalized recovered from PMO somehow it turned it was just covered my true sexuality then i don't see the point continuing nofap anymore... I rather kill myself for such being an unlucky person
     
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