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How to stop endless cycle of testing?

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  1. Sadness

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    Hi guys.

    Since i have been taking meds and talking to a psychiatrist ive been wonder how do i stop testing myself?

    I know anyone here is a therapist but maybe someone can give me some light. I am really tired of testing myself everyday, its getting to the point where its getting hard to sleep, everyday i try to fantasize with men and see dicks on the internet to see if i would get aroused.

    And it feels so weird, everytime i see a penis i dont get aroused and i know that, but for some reason when i watch porn and see a dick i have a tingling feeling, actually i only have this tingling feeling when there is a penis and a woman on the video, and i know i shouldnt worry but i am worrying too much.

    Yesterday, i watched a porn where the guy shaked his genital to the woman, but there wasnt any contact between them, and i felt this tingling feeling again, does it mean something? OF COURSE NOT, but i started to worry that i was gay because i looked over the penis and felt that, and i just moved on with my porn, but when i went to sleep i had a intrusive thought about this and couldnt sleep because i start to think about the scene and the penis, and i was so nervous and anxious that my penis was so tense that i felt this feeling over and over again but again, didnt get aroused, it took like 40 minutes of this thought, at some point i just gave up and went to sleep.

    And i really would like some insight here from you, i know isnt normal to go through this, but how can i stop doing this? Should i stop watching porn? Because i cant see a penis in porn that i feel so weird now, i notice too much now, even if before i didnt notice at all. There is anyone here that could help me giving some advice on how do i stop testing myself, i dont want to do that anymore, i dont like but its always the same everyday
     
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    I do not have OCD so my answers might seem too simplistic to you.

    First, let your medication work, as I said before it can take weeks to even months for it to work and it has not been nearly long enough so you still have the basic problem.
    Second, talk to your therapist and get problem solving skills from them. And DO them.

    Now my simplistic answers. If something causes you problems then stop doing it. If watching porn causes you to go down the rabbit hole of testing, stop watching porn. It is entirely possible to live your life without watching porn. I am living proof of that. If anything else leads you to endless testing, stop doing it. I do not do any testing but I do have a life long habit of ruminating over regrets, over the past year I have been working on not doing that. It has taken lots of work but I am getting better at it. Mindfulness training and meditation have helped me in it (I am not where I want to be yet but I am improving).

    If you do not change anything in your actions or thoughts you cannot expect improvement though. Either work on it or accept that you are not going to stop.
     
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    Hi. Thanks for all the support.

    Yeah i know thar meds wont work by now, and i already talked about this testings, but i will adress again the next time i see him.

    As for the porn, i really want to stop watching too much porn, because is being bad for my real life. But the thing is, the things that aroueses me in porn now are the same that have always aroused me, but now if i see a penis and dont get flaccid i will think that i am not straight, even if i dont care about it anymore at this point. Only seeing a girl touching the guys pants is enough to make me aroused, everything related with a male genitalia and a woman is enough to arouse me and i know that, but i keep have this fears and i just want to trow them at the freaking garbage and move on with my life. Like doesnt all the straight guys get aroused when seeing a penis and a woman in porn? Or its just me? Because i think is something completely normal to all straight men, but i dont know :slight_smile:

    I have some ways to fight my tendecie of testing but sometimes is just impossible not to do.
     
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    @Sadness for what it's worth, I've known plenty of straight men who were still able to get aroused when seeing another man's penis - whether when watching porn or when participating with multiple partners (without any action between the men). I would imagine that maybe seeing the erect penis can make a man aroused because that is a sign of arousal (toward the woman), so you can relate to his arousal, rather than it being a sign that you want to have sex with a man.
     
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    Hi lesbee.

    I understand your point and i think its valid tbh, i have already think about that too, because it really seem to be this way, but i never said this in here because i thought people would think i was just lying to myself and not accepting that i like penis, i thought i was the only one who thought about this.

    But the thing is that i dont get hard to the penis itself, i dont if its something in my head blocking or that i just dont like it, but i just have this tingling feeling that is so weird but i never actually had a arousal to it, like i can see a transwoman naked and get aroused, but i cant get aroused looking at a naked men or his genitalia, it never worked.

    But i think youre right at some point, a penis is like 50% of the porn, i wish i could just go back to normal where i didnt worry about that, its just a penis after all, i sont want to do anything with it, so im trying to cope with that.

    Thanks for the comment btw, :slight_smile:
     
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    So, now i been having this worry that i would like to kiss a guy, so i have to fantasize about doing this, and everytime i feel this constant tingling in my ball(sorry for that), but i dont get aroused, and sometimes theres a liquid that come out of my penis(sorry for being too much graphic) but itsjust a little and im all flaccid, but im worry so much about this, but shouldnt i be hard fantasizing about this? With girls btw i get aroused, hard, but feel this pressure iver my chest so much that bothers me.

    Do you experiencie this when you fantasize about same sex? Or is this some response from anxiety(which i feel so much)

    I dont want to bother you guys, but i just feel so lost and empty nowadays that i feel that only here i could find an answer.
     
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    Enough said.

    I do not really do this. When I get sexually involved with someone that is important to me then I get aroused, otherwise I just go on with life. You need to stop the cycle of testing and just get on with your life. You are straight, I am sorry to disappoint you but you are straight. Everything that you say indicates that you are straight, no matter how fascinated you are with trying to be LGBT, you are not, you are straight.
     
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    I completely agree with @QuietPeace. From all your posts I've read, the only thing I'm led to believe is that you're a straight cisgender male with OCD. I agree with @QuietPeace that you need to stop the cycle of testing and find peace with yourself and get on with your life. However, we appreciate you as an ally of the LGBTQ+ community. We're glad to have you!
     
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    Your issue is OCD related, so no amount of logical discussion, explanation, justification, or even advice to "just stop it" is going to be helpful or effective here. This is a neurochemical problem that is beyond your conscious control.

    The only thing you can do is stick with the medication, report back to your doctor, and basically wait to find the medication/dosage that works for you. THat may take weeks or longer.

    I also strongly recommend the book "Brain Lock" which deals with OCD and offers practical strategies for learning to manage it.
     
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    Hi quietepeace, biboytoy and chips.

    Thanks for the advice it really helped me, i am understanding more now the things i need to pay attention in my life.

    Anxiety has been a part of my life since i am a child, and i have always been obsessive about if the door is closed and all that.

    And with my sexuality now, for a while, i know that anxiety is really messing up things here ):.

    And now i am trying to dont pay attention to my intrusive thoughts, most of my tests, start with a intrusive thought about something.

    Today i had a intrusive thoughts about a gay sex scene in hentai and started obsession over, i watched the scene a lot of times to see if i was aroused, amd what bothers me is this groinal response that i feel, because feels like i am getting hard and thick, but in fact its not, and today it moved too. But in the end the feeling just fade and i get flaccid again, at the same time i get relaxed, chips said that anxiety can have some type of roll here in groinal response, so i try not to worry, but sometimes like today i cant not pay attention, so i went to the bathroom to masturbate and it didnt happened again, and i moved on with my life.

    I cant really control this intrusive thoughts, and cant not pay attention to them, they happened everytime, when i watch porn, flashes appears and when im just happy, i really hope that my meds help me, really really hope, at least with the anxiety part, and hope i can find a way with my psychiatrist to have my happy life again without having to do tests and tests.

    Thanks for everything
     
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    And even with porn, for some reason, when i am masturbating i find it hard to ejaculate to the things i am watching, and a lot of times i would start to test myself with gay porn or gay fantasies, and i would always get soft again, not entirely but most of my erection was killed by the thought/porn, but for some weird reason, and i find this funny to be honest when i go back to my normal porn or fantasy, i just get twice aroused as before, why is that? If i dont get hard with gay fantasies and porn why eould i get twice as hard and aroused after i go back to staright porn or fantasy lol.

    I find this really weird and funny, so i thought i could share, its been happening for a while now
     
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    Sorry for bothering agaun but i just want to vent something that i went through today.

    I was at an appoinment with my ophthalmologist to see if i needes to use glasses, he was a old guy maybe 50ts, he got closer to me to see my eye and i felt kind nervous and felt a constant tingling feeling there. And it bothered me so much, i have always been to this ophthalmologist and never felt that but now i am feeling.

    Why am i feeling this, i think that every guy that get close to me i feel this tingling feeling, do you feel this when a guy gets closer to you? I am little sad now i was happy by morning
     
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    As an OCD sufferer myself I can tell you no amount of reassurance will help, it will only make it worse. So coming here to try and find answers is sadly just going to continue the cycles of checking. That's my experience anyway.

    Great you have at therapist. The next step is to stop asking this that and the other. Like any addiction, checking is something you just have to stop. Easier said than done - I still do it in so many ways. Even just mentally checking constantly or testing my thoughts.

    So good luck and I hope the medication helps soon!
     
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    Is it possible for someone that watches a lot of porn and masturbate a lotbof times per day to just dont get aroused with gay porn/fantasies, just because this person watches to much porn?

    Its so weird because everytime ive masturbated to gay porn/thoughts i would have this strong feeling in my penis, like a long tingling feeling, one really strong feeling that really feels like sexual arousal, but i just cant get aroused or hard? It seems like i would finally get aroused and hard and it just dont go there, it gets flaccid ots so weird, and with woman i dont feel this strong feeling, i just get hard, who knows lol.

    So is it possible to me to dont get hard with gay porn/fantasies because i watch too much porn and masturbate a lot to woman? I dont think this would be possible tbh but i would like to know if someone here knows something, thanks
     
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    OK, this is going in circles, so I'm closing the thread. This is your OCD talking. Please see your therapist or psychiatrist and discuss the medication you are taking, if you are on medication, or discuss getting on medication if you are not. It is clearly not working for you to try and solve this here.
     
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