02-09-2014, 05:42 AM
ocdDan Wrote:Yeah man I'm trying my best. Do u think identifying as straight but a Kinsey .5 or 1 will be good for now? Obviously I dint think I'm attracted to feminine guys. But it's hard to believe because my ocd. And I will definitely bring this up
Yes, I seriously think that's okay and normal, a lot of straight people are actually comfortable and can spot a good looking guy. I score a 5 on that test half the time, and I'm gay, so you can see that the test is a crude estimate.
But importantly, you can tell with a score of '1', that you definitely ARE or LEAN straight. Do you like effiminate guys? I don't know. But if you like guys and girls, you don't have to go out with a guy if you so choose not too. It's nothing to be afraid of. Letting go of the fear may help some.
If you can't stop obsessing, you'll have to become comfortable with the topic until it's no big deal (Example: I used to have a phobia of being consciously aware of myself blinking, and I would get worked up and be manually blinking for quite a long time --- it ended of course, when it just eventually got boring and I was distracted by other topics. Now it's not big deal), or develop stratagies to minimize or eliminate the obsession. One way to do this might be to let go of the labels gay, straight, and bi, and just adopt a "I will fall in love with the right person, whoever that may be" mentality.
Importantly, if possible and if it's not going away, talk to whoever diagnosed you with OCD about the problems, or whoever you're currently seeing. Gay or not, you are obsessing, so it'sa problem they can help with.