HOCD

Submitted by AG Sat 03/20/2010

Submitted by mwilliams on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:53am.

Having intrusive thoughts about homosexuality and doubting one's own sexuality characterize a symptom of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, sometimes called Homosexual OCD or "H"-OCD in online communities.
This is not a separate disorder from OCD, however. Symptoms may include the following: the obsessive fear of being or becoming homosexual, the experience of intrusive, unwanted mental images of homosexual behavior, and/or the obsessive fear that others may believe one is homosexual.

A person may have only one of these facets of the disorder or a combination. Please post again if you have further questions.

Best regards,
Monnica

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Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
No Cost OCD Treatment: http://www.ocdproject.org

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