COMMENTS: This article has an active comments section with the doctor answering questions. Note that he avoids any discussion of Internet porn, even when it is brought up in the comment section. Employing exposure therapy to ones addiction (Internet porn) may be counterproductive. On April 12, 2012, in OCD, Sexual Symptoms, “Pure-O” Symptoms, by Steven J. Seay, Ph.D. […]
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I post extremely infrequently and have been but a quiet observer of the things that have gone on in these forums, but after reaching my goal I feel compelled to share with you my experience with the worst and possible greatest challenge I will face for a long time to come. My goal was to […]
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August 04, 2012: Day 29 – PMO free (day 82 total) I’m gonna start off by saying when I read YBOP I felt confident that I had this problem. Along with Porn-induced ED I have HOCD. It is such a bitch. I won’t get too into tho. Anyways I’m 17 and been looking at porn […]
I’ll tell my story here. August 23, 2012 Last years I gradually started to have gay thoughts – they are very rare. Once, coming back from a party, I thought “what if I have sex with a guy?”. And yes, I had porn addiction, always masturbating and thinking about crazy fantasies (including gay). But […]
Link To Thread – Beating HOCD I’ll tell my story here. Last years I gradually started to have gay thoughts – they are very rare. Once, coming back from a party, I thought “what if I have sex with a guy?”. And yes, I had porn addiction, always masturbating and thinking about crazy fantasies (including […]
Sexual Orientation OCD – Part 3: HOCD Sub-Types HOCD Sub-Types By Jon Hershfield MA of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses treatment of Sexual Orientation OCD, also known as HOCD or Gay OCD, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness. Part three of an ongoing series. There are many variations and sub-types of Sexual […]
I’m Not Gay and You Aren’t Either – the truth about HOCD (from BrainPhysics.com) By Aaron Turpen, Sat, August 11, 2012 A common manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder is one called homosexual OCD (HOCD), also called gay OCD or homophobic OCD. This arises as a fear and obsession with being gay – usually a person who […]
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8-25 I am 18 years old, I discovered pornography quite early on in life around 10 or eleven years old, I remember from the earliest moment I always was turned on by pornography. I would look at pictures of naked girls, and stuff, it then elevated to heterosexual video porn, then like most, I discover […]
My advice on OCD (to forum member). Dude, I finally realized that I have been dealing with OCD for pretty much my entire life. I didn’t realize what it was until recently when I had a battle with the dreaded HOCD. Since I’m weeks into my reboot, It shocked me so much that I wanted […]
Background, age 20 After reading about this stuff, I almost immediately knew it was what had been affecting me. I had failed intercourse 3 different times, with 3 different girls. Wait.. 4! lol. As you can imagine, this totally blew my mind. Devastating. I was fairly drunk for 3 of those 4, and I happily […]
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