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Will I someday be free from my brain? SO OCD since 8 years

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Hishrill, Jan 21, 2023.

  1. Hishrill

    Hishrill Fapstronaut

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    Hi everyone,

    First of all, english isn't my native language, sorry for mistake i'll do.

    I struggle since like 8 years with SO OCD, 16 years of porn.

    I have a classic story, vanilla porn went to transwoman porn and since 2 week, gay porn.

    I don't have attraction for men, I've always had attraction for women, got crush for women since ever. But since I had problems with my sexual orientation, I'm losing my natural attraction and I feel anxious around men. Even ugly/old men. I don't know how to explain, it's like I am afraid TO HAVE attraction for men. I don't know if you understand what I'm saying. It's that constant fear that drive me crazy. I feel like something is blocking my breath and my stomach when I'm around men. I sometime just want to do a coming out and say "OK, I'm gay", but it sound too weird because I don't feel like it at all.

    As I said, I sometime doubt if it's OCD or just a huge denial, I'm totally lost, even in my dreams I have gay thoughts, it never stops.

    I'll tell things I lived in the past that may be explain some of this crazy thing:
    -When I was 5yo, one of my brothers (he was 13yo) made me suck him, twice. He gave me back that horrible act the second time, then at 6yo I already knew how to have pleasure with my penis, and never really stopped.
    -At 7yo, one of my male neighbor (8yo) had some "play" with our dicks, not only once.
    -At 12yo, had some mutual jacking off with a friend (the funny thing is that I was thinking of my female crush during the mutual fapping session)

    All that sh*t above never really bother me until my 20yo, when the thoughts started.
    I've tried to quit porn AND masturbation, at first, it worked VERY WELL. But now, it takes a lot more time to have a single effected. And my relapses are terrible (I can go for 3/4 orgasms in a row).

    So, I ask to this community. Do I have a single hope? Or should I just give up and force myself to come out and be confused for the rest of my life?

    I'm on a therapy with a psychologist, I hope she'll help me to find an escape of this tiring situation, I'm really losing myself and I had some really negative thought.

    Thanks for reading people.

    (If I'm in the wrong section, I'm really sorry)
     
  2. shinjen111

    shinjen111 New Fapstronaut

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    Hi

    I am new here too
    Sorry you r struggling. Not sure if u r familiar w SMART recovery - great resource along w therapy and NoFap forums

    good luck
     
  3. Hishrill

    Hishrill Fapstronaut

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    Thanks for the tip mate, i'll look this!
     
  4. Believe2Achieve

    Believe2Achieve Fapstronaut

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    Some things for HOCD:

    - Desexualize your life, this means stop thinking about sex or sexual things so often. HOCD will make you really think about sexual scenarios to test yourself.

    - Accept the idea of being gay or bisexual, it doesn’t mean you are, but accept that it’s possible and you don’t care if you are or not. Even if you do care, pretend like you don’t. This is extremely hard because you feel like you’re turning into something you are not, but by removing fear is how the you take away OCD’s power.

    - Remove all sexual stimulation in your life. Speaking from experience, the longer you go from porn, you should be able to eventually feel an attraction for women come back and your porn tastes will reverse and your brain will return to normal, these porn induced fetishes will become disgusting while your natural innate attractions to women will skyrocket.

    - If you do relapse, make sure to absolutely avoid looking at extreme content. I always noticed after going 3-5 days without PMO, just seeing a girl strip was enough for me to relapse, and it doesn’t take long for extreme fetishes to become repulsive again. Remember, porn induced fetishes are all sexual conditioning, you’ve conditioned yourself to become aroused to such content through a process of desensitization and then escalation, seeking for taboo/forbidden porn to get the dopamine that you can’t find normally anymore. Once you quit and stop reinforcing this conditioning(fetishes), your brain will unwire the conditioning you have created, leading to a reversal of what you have created. Thank god for neuroplasticity!
     
  5. OLLIE_100

    OLLIE_100 Fapstronaut

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    Porn and lust can confuse people and can cause you to think you are gay or bisexual due to your last experiences. The best thing you can do is is stick and commit to Nofap which will help you heal and regain your confidence and self esteem and then let go and forgive yourself of your old self and actions as they are in the past now and all you can do is focus and appreciate the present. But even if you are gay or bisexual there is nothing shameful about that and if you feel like coming out you should as you shouldn't be made to hide who you are as a person. I wish you well and everything will work out use this journey to find out who you really are as a person.
     
  6. Alpha911

    Alpha911 New Fapstronaut

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    You are not your mind...all these shitty things is made by mind itself...the gay thoughts.... and all..it will be fine... read a book named " power of now" ... it will help..and your English is good mate.
     
  7. Hishrill

    Hishrill Fapstronaut

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    Thanks mate for those advice, I'm following your story, it is what inspire me to post to be honest.
    Does your attraction for women is still strong even after relapsing

    Yes, I know, I guess I'm ready to accept it if it's the case. But I'm still wondering, if I'm really gay or at least bisexual, why does it feel so weird to me? Why this doesn't bring me joy like being attracted to women? It feels not natural at all, I don't know how to explain the way I feel it.

    I red that book. It's nice, I even felt some kind of peace when I first applied its advices. I have to stick to those advices and continue meditation. It seems to be the only way to get out of this nightmare... Or to accept my fate.

    Thanks a lot again guys.
     
  8. Believe2Achieve

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    Yes when I go on a streak my attraction to women skyrockets. Also when I relapse, vanilla porn turns me on so much again, and extreme porn is becoming repulsive. I do not binge when I relapse, I get right back on track and try to achieve a longer streak. My last relapse was to a picture of Kim Kardashian, 1 month ago I needed the most extreme stuff ever, porn can really warp and twist what is sexually arousing you as you chase that dopamine rush, staying clear of all sexual stimulation and allowing your brain to rest and heal will show you what you truly like and who you truly are.
     
  9. Hishrill

    Hishrill Fapstronaut

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    I'm coming back here because I'm struggling a lot theses days.

    A friend of mine sent me a funny P picture, so I fell into the trap and went back in these sh*t.

    I've started to watch/test myself on vanilla stuff, got some little aousal, then tested myself on gay P, nothing but anxiety, and then trans P and then.. arousal and classic MO.
    After that, I went on sex forum to seek story and edging a lot, on gay things mostly.

    I really don't know if it's OCD anymore and not just denial. The only weird thing that keep me thinkings it's just escalation in P is the fact that it doesn't seems natural to me. When I had a lot of attraction toward women, it was "pure". Even if it was sexual, it felt nice. Not something that mismatch my soul, I don't know how to say it. And, most of all, I don't wanna try anything IRL. I don't wanna kiss a guy, cuddle him or having sexual encounter.

    I really miss my old self.

    Thanks for reading.
     
  10. Believe2Achieve

    Believe2Achieve Fapstronaut

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    You will never find your true self until you walk away from the porn. Also don’t keep going back to the extreme stuff and looking at it, you are only hurting yourself
     

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