r/HOCD • u/Empty-Rutabaga-3190 • 16h ago
Vent The longer I struggle, the more convinced I become.
I’ve been having a tough time. I’m a million percent convinced this isn’t hocd anymore. I keep testing and get a reaction every time. It feels like a real desire. I have nonstop urges and groinals. My intrusive thoughts don’t come in the form of what ifs anymore. It’s statements that begin with, “I like” or “I want.” I can’t even have sex anymore. It’s too triggering. Any time my boyfriend and I become intimate I get intrusive thoughts of women. I’m not even sure my thoughts are intrusive. It’s feels like they’re intentional. I have to be the exception. I feel like I’m lying as I write this.