Sexual Orientation OCD, Part I

In this week's episode, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT, discuss obsessions in the context of Sexual Orientation OCD.

[@bubbles20345]

You two are amazing, love your discussions!!

[@joe85108]

Thank you so much amazing videos and so helpful

[@PurelyOCD]

Oh wonderful! We're so glad to hear that you've found them to be helpful! Living with OCD can be so challenging and lonely. That said, it's possible to recover :)

[@xJanay]

What about if you have intrusive thoughts that other people think you are gay?

[@PurelyOCD]

The concern about what others may or may not think of a person's sexual orientation definitely can come up in the context of OCD. Unfortunately we cannot know anything with absolute certainty, including other people's thoughts. In the context of OCD recovery, the work is in learning to tolerate the fact that we cannot know what others think of us.