I am not gay i am straight
by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we know, is largely about experiencing severe and unrelenting doubt. It can cause you to doubt even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A study published in the Journal of Sex Research found that among a group of college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. ). In decree to have doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer dependency not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual trial at all. I have observed this symptom in young children, adolescents, and adults as well. Interestingly Swedo, et al., , start that approximately 4% of children with OCD experience obsessions concerned with forbidden aggressive or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s own sexual identity might appear pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most evident form is where a sufferer experiences the thought that they mig
| I Am Not A Lesbian! An official response to those three little words "Are you Gay?" - Terre Thaemlitz |
Recently, a Straight female writer sat on my couch with her straight boyfriend at her side, asking me the usual questions. As I gave the usual answers, I watched her caressing her boyfriend's hand, staring at him with moon-glow eyes, occasionally coming out of her love trance long enough to formulate her next question. Then, laying her cloudy eyes to mine, she finally found the courage to utter those three brief words everyone longs to hear from a stranger's lips "Are you Gay?"
Pause.
Oh my god, she's like asking for real!
Somehow I am always momentarily stunned after being asked this question, particularly since - to the best of my knowledge - an overwhelming amount of what one might label my 'project' has focussed on the deconstruction of 'authentic' identities including sexuality and gender. But the question has been asked, telling me that all of m
By Roz
I find dreams to be the most fascinating natural occurrences. Even with many theories from psychologists, scientists, religious figures, translators and more; dreams carry on to be mysterious and entertain us to why we dream what we dream. Another fascinating body occurrence is the orgasm, this however is not so mysterious as to why we have them, but they are wonderful. Put dreams and orgasms together and you receive the sex dream. Waking up from those can be fun, or not fun depending on who it&#;s with or when you wake up. Most of the time they leave us waking up thinking &#;Whoa&#; or &#;WTF&#;, pun intended. Dreams truly are incredible and confusing, especially if they go one questioning their sexuality.
I had many dreams of kissing girls in a romantic way. These dreams started long ago assist before I realized I was a lesbian. My first one may acquire been around the occasion I was eleven years old and the dreams continued on well into my twenties. I still can remember the one dream from when I was in junior tall school. I was laying in the grass kissing a girl outside the
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