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Old 02-02-2004, 02:49 PM   #1
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I've hit a bump

sorry I keep posting new threads, sorry if it's getting annoying.

yesterdayi was watching this theater thing on t.v. and julie andrews came out at one point introduing a number at at one point recited the word "gay" obviously in the terms of being happy, but I really freake dout when I heard it that time ,more than usual and since then my thoughts have been stronger adn I keep going "I'm not gay, thankgoodness I'm straight" over and over and over, it was getting better before yesterday but now I guess I've spiked? and sometimes I mix things up and they come out wrong like I'll mix up gay and straight at certain points in the thought and freak out because it's like "omg i just said I was gay" and have to say straight more times, and not think the word gay. or I'll often go "oh no did I just look at that woman?" and freak out and sometimes in an attempt to reassure my straightness I'll think and say or think the opposite or think I'm attracted and freak out. adn tehn I lose confidence and being straight and sometimes I'll think "so maybe i'm not gay but what if I'm bi-sexual?" and freak out. I'm always afraid that I'm the exception. being able to type this is huge for me because even seeing the word is huge for me, sorry I'm babbling so much.

 
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Old 02-02-2004, 07:45 PM   #2
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Re: I've hit a bump

Here is an idea for you that does help me some:

Wear a bracelet around your wrist. Everytime you try to tell yourself you think you might be gay, look at it. Whenever you look at the bracelet, make yourself say something repetetive about being straight. For instance, my therapist calls this thought stopping. I use thought stopping by using a physical reinforcement (a bracelet).

Example:

You are watching TV and you hear the word gay. You immediatley think you might be gay.

(Look at the bracelet) Say, "Thought GET OUT OF MY HEAD! I am a very straight man, who is strictly into women."

You have to stop the thought immediately when it starts. And the key is to Consistent. Everytime you have gay thoughts you need to say a postive counterstatement.
I use this with my fear of germs. It really does help. It can be exhausting, cause you'll find yourself doing it quite a bit. But eventually, when you hear or think the work gay, you will have no reaction to it.
GOOD LUCK!

 
Old 02-03-2004, 04:13 PM   #3
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Re: I've hit a bump

thanks i'll try that but i'll have t oswitch it around a bit because just to let you know I'm a girl.

 
Old 02-03-2004, 05:57 PM   #4
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Re: I've hit a bump

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thanks i'll try that but i'll have t oswitch it around a bit because just to let you know I'm a girl.

Whoops!! Sorry Red! My mistake!

 
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Re: I've hit a bump

Thought stopping is not recommended for people with OCD because it makes the obsessions even worse. You are supposed to just let the thought sit in your head. The more you push it out, the stronger it becomes and it will persist.

 
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