Often people who have intrusive thoughts have had other obsessive thoughts in the past about contamination, or checking, or the possibility of being a paedophile or harming themselves or others, ![]() People may suffer these intrusive thoughts for years as they don’t know that they have an obsessive compulsive disorder and/or feel too embarrassed to confide in a psychologist. Over the years I have had a number of clients who are married (or in heterosexual relationships) and even have children, and they are plagued by intrusive thoughts re their sexuality. ![]() Intrusive thoughts about one’s sexuality may be a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.Īlthough the person asking themselves the question “Am I Gay? or Am I lesbian? may be very accepting of same-sex relationships, have gay and/or lesbian friends, etc they are feeling tortured by uncertainty as to their own personal sexual orientation. ![]() “Am I gay? ” or” am I a lesbian? are questions that some people may find has become an intrusive thought causing them a great deal of distress and anxiety.
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