Here to give yall some hope
After 6 years of being scared of liking men. I completely got over it. I got stuck in another intrusive thought and am still a little confused. But I killed the anxiety in 2 weeks because of my experience. Don’t try to push these thoughts away when they come. Let them stay but don’t acknowledge them. When you catch yourself asking a bunch of what ifs, snap out of it and say you don’t care. I’ve been seeing a lot of disheartened people in here. I didn’t even know this subreddit existed when I was going through it. Yet I finally figured it out. You can live a normal life yall. So remember, next time you get that thought or wave of anxiety, don’t try to aggressively deny it. Don’t agree with it either. Just let it be there and it will go away. When you feel calm you’re gonna surprise yourself an and overthink, “if I’m not anxious does that mean I believe the thought?” Nah trust me that’s also OCD trying to bring you back to the loop. To sum up
Stop checking to see if you’re gay/staight/bi etc… when you get the thought resist the urge to check. It’s gonna suck at first but you’ll be surprised how fast it goes
Stop trying to logic with the thought. Just let it be there. Same rules apply from step 1
Stop caring about the thought. Tell yourself you don’t care. It’s not denial, you just don’t care. This helped me a lot.
Hopefully this helps you guys. I’m living proof it can be beaten and this other intrusive thought I’m going through will pass eventually too. Have faith and enjoy life. I missed out a lot because I didn’t feel I could live normal again. But these last 2 years have been the most at peace and happiest I ever been.