Battling Homosexuality with- pictures?

[SeekingGloryOnThisJourney]

So you may have read my last post about my ocd thoughts if I am dealing with homosexuality or not, and of course ocd makes everything feel real.
I got tired of fearing be attracted to the same-sex, and of course I was never going to give in.
I searched up some rather inappropriate images- to convince myself that this wasn’t the case.
Of course I could feel my flesh liking it which scared me, so I prayed and asked God to be with me so I can fight of these images and look at them with only women revealing themselves in sin. I’ve decided to pray for these women.
Of course I’m never going to look at it again; I’ve resisted it.
I felt better, still scared, though.
I don’t know if this was the right choice but it’s been done. I hope this will end soon.
Please Pray!

 

[Grace1234]

You just need to ignore the thought which I know it really hard to ignore ocd thought. But the more you start to think about it, the more thought will pop up in your head.Ocd can makes you feel so real. I suggest you to watch Ali greymond channel on YouTube. She a great ocd therapist. I also try to overcome my ocd too. It so hard. God bless you.

 

[stella55]

Hi! I just wanted to say that I understand what you're going through very well, as I had experienced the same thing some 9 years ago and it was driving me crazy.
HOCD (homosexual OCD) is a very common type of OCD and there are many good articles written about it, so I suggest you do a little research on that topic to better understand what is going on with you right now.
One thing many people do is look up pictures of the same sex to "test" how they're feeling about them. This is a major mistake. The thing is, if something is sexual, it will most likely cause arousal or at least trigger some sort of response in us, and that will lead the OCD sufferer to even more confusion. But that's just how human physiology works and it doesn't reveal anything about our sexuality.
So instead of focusing on the "homosexual" part, focus on the "OCD" part more. Don't pressure yourself into finding out how you feel about women right now. Don't "battle" anything, because it will only fuel the OCD. Treat your thoughts like any other OCD obsession, because that's what it is.

 

[Mari17]

Hi! I just wanted to say that I understand what you're going through very well, as I had experienced the same thing some 9 years ago and it was driving me crazy.
HOCD (homosexual OCD) is a very common type of OCD and there are many good articles written about it, so I suggest you do a little research on that topic to better understand what is going on with you right now.
One thing many people do is look up pictures of the same sex to "test" how they're feeling about them. This is a major mistake. The thing is, if something is sexual, it will most likely cause arousal or at least trigger some sort of response in us, and that will lead the OCD sufferer to even more confusion. But that's just how human physiology works and it doesn't reveal anything about our sexuality.
So instead of focusing on the "homosexual" part, focus on the "OCD" part more. Don't pressure yourself into finding out how you feel about women right now. Don't "battle" anything, because it will only fuel the OCD. Treat your thoughts like any other OCD obsession, because that's what it is.

Wonderful advice!!