Fear of talking to the opposite sex phobia

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Avatar m tn Hi, can I ask some question about HOCD ? Specially on the loss of aesthetic attraction to women and how to make it come back. Three years ago, I was affected by a classic HOCD. Intrusive thoughts, constant anxiety, fear of being in denial/becoming gay, and all that kind of stuff. I managed to get through it on my own, in about a year. Everything got better for about two weeks, and then, overnight, I lost my ability to find women beautiful (my aesthetic attraction).
Avatar f tn t ejaculate at that time after 5 min she give me hand job and I ejaculate. Due to fear I check pcr rna and hiv p24 antigen at 42 day of post exp&.Results is non detectable pcr and non reactive for p34 and ab(0.02&0.04).after 72 days i retest 4th gen hiv duo and it is non reactive 0.04 ,what u think in these result if am absolutely free from hiv or am further waiting for check.
Avatar m tn You say you lost your attraction to the opposite sex because of your phobia over being gay, and it's lasted for two years. Is that right? In your therapy, have you done any work on your bias against gay people? Most of us have it, it's been part of society for the last few centuries, and it's caused a lot of pain such as yours.
Avatar f tn Exactly, I have an extreme phobia for HIV. At the same time, I cannot even resist myself from having sex. But I never have penetrative sex only handjob and insertive oral. Thanks for your answer.
Avatar f tn HIV is not a worm that burrows through her had and then into your skin. You provided the answer to your problem here " inside of me I know that I don't have hiv" so you have to find a way to believe it. You aren't believing the clinic, so consider therapy for your HIV phobia. You don't have any medical training so there is no reason to be looking online ever for symptoms of a disease you can't have.
Avatar f tn im 19 years old and i have been in a relationship for a year with my boyfriend we used 2 be sexually active all of the time untill when i was sore we had sex and i started 2 bleed, i bled for 2 weeks and then stopped jst after my period, i asked my sister and a close friend and they both said that it had never happend to them and they dont know why it could have happend, ever since sex has petrified me to the point where it makes me nervous when my boyfriend touches me, i havnt told a doctor, bu
Avatar n tn You have a phobia. You're like people who are afraid to fly or drive on the freeway. If this is your only phobia and you don't have lots of things that you respond to with this level of anxiety, you should be able to deal with it without a huge amount of trouble by getting therapy. You might even talk yourself out of it by getting some books on sexual health and learning how this stuff actually works and how to protect yourself, which might demystify this fear you have.
Avatar n tn My main objective is to give you some insight into your chronic phobia of the dark. The fear of the dark is a very valid phobia to begin with and could branch into many other more specific phobias, such as nyctophobia, the fear of the darkness and the main one I wish to talk to you about now. Nyctophobia is any fear of darkness and it does not have to be chronic. It is usually caused by a magnification of the brain's natural perception of what could happen in a dark environment.
Avatar m tn My stigma is that it was an African sex worker in London and of course that sounds high risk. But coupled with the assuarance she was clean, and the protected sex, that is the rational not the irrational which I have to keep believing in to stop from going mad. I was at zero risk and that's that. I have been told no testing is even required. I have a flu. It's a common seasonal flu. It's actually getting better though still no appetite.
Avatar f tn I've had several episodes of OCD fears since I was 14. I'm now 32. It ranged from thinking I had HIV on many ocassions to thinking I was rsped and could not remember or that I slept with someone while drunk and don't remember. That lasted for 7 years. Also having to re-read emails or letters to make sure I wrote what I think I did. I've been in a relationship for almost 2 years now. Everything was fine until a week ago.
424549 tn?1308515502 I have the same fear or phobia of spiders. I can go completly out of my mind at just the sight of one, be it small or ehhhhhhhh. I can't even talk about it. Anyway, I was told that I would have to let one walk up my arm and feel there leg's on my skin. RIGHT.. I think I'll carry this fear to my grave.
Avatar n tn I am 25 years old and am an anxiety patient. i am really afraid of presentations and any other type of performances. it starts with this fear pain in my stomach and then spreads throughout the entire body. it then weakens my body and causes my hands to sweat and shake like there's no tomorrow. They say the more you present the better it gets. it's the complete opposite with me. it's just making the experiences worse and worse. i take clonazepams in that type of situations. but again.
Avatar f tn find a therapist and start exploring the origin of your phobia, ways to cope...and future goals. It may become necessary to start exploring other job options. Only after you've worked with a therapist would you (and him/her) be able to come to that decision. Best of luck to you!
Avatar f tn You are both suffering from a very common phobia. Fear of the dark goes back to the dawn of man and since that time, millions of people have fought it all there lives. Please do not berate yourselves for this phobia or think you are silly for being afraid of the dark at your age. Our phobias are ours to own and suffer with as long as we do nothing about them. Since both of you have stated that your phobia is now interfering with your lives, it's time to take the bull by the horns!
Avatar m tn Everybody in the HIV forum said was extremely unlikely and pretty much impossible to get HIV through this manner and they said it was not necessary to get tested. I got tested anyway to cure my fear on the date in which i was supposed to after the exposure. it was a negative ( thank god). So low risk exposure + a negative HIV test = a happy me for a week. After that week, i started pulling hairs and my anxiety came back.
Avatar m tn I am afraid I stepped on a syringe(iI know you are thinking this is crazy but yea damn OCD) I know this fear is ocd but I am trying to think of facts to confront this fear with,it worked with fear of HIV and oral sex.
Avatar f tn So possibly all of your fear of HIV results from not previously knowing any of the above info. Now that you have the info, try to accept the 40 year old science, and see if you can relax. If you can't relax now, you can do what paxiled said about seeing a psychologist to work it out.
Avatar f tn You know the modes of transmission. The members have told you. The moderators have told you. You have to get professional help. I don't mean that in an offensive way. I was driving everybody nuts a few years ago until I finally got counseling and medication. ((by the way, you haven't made anyone angry - just telling you for your own sake)) and just sharing my own story. http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/blood-on-wound-HIV/show/2833593#post_13668432 http://www.medhelp.
Avatar f tn But then I think I will take the pep just I was infected due to the blood draw I had to go to. And no I don't think I was exposed by a needle but by the plastic tube that the needle goes into and that the blood tube goes into .pls help me is my thinking in any way logical .that pep could bring out a HIV infection just laying dormant in my nodes for 2 years .can HIV even lay dormant for so long.pls help . Just ending my life seems so much better.
Avatar f tn I have had OCD since I can remember. I now have developed a phobia of needles. I work in a health care setting (hospital) where shots are given daily. Although I am not the one giving the shots, I still feel fear everyday that I will come across a needle and accidently get poked by it and get an infectious disease of some sort. I have tried talking to my family and friends about this phobia amongst other mental health issues but they don't seem to understand.
Avatar m tn I have a phobia which is the fear of being trapped. It doesn't matter if the situation I'm trapped in poses no threat, is not unpleasant in any way, or even if it's a good thing that I can't escape from that given situation--just knowing the fact that I'm trapped and can't escape causes me panic and depression. In this case, I feel trapped by the air around me. I'm trapped in the sense that the air is all around me and no matter where I go, I cannot escape from it.
Avatar f tn org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exposure-therapy It helps break the patterns of avoidance and fear through slow exposure to the fear. I think it can be a little hard to think about that BUT a well trained psychologist in this type of therapy would know how to guide you and help you. Might be worth considering especially if it is causing panic attacks.
1222635 tn?1366396286 I fear that floors are not strong enough to hold the weight of furniture and people. I fear that cupboards cannot hold the weight of dishes. I fear that furniture can't hold the weight of people. I will not take a bath (only showers) because in my mind I calculate the weight of the water plus a body. I, too, have suggested a house on a slab instead of over a basement. I rarely have over more than a couple because I cannot enjoy an evening if we have multiple people in our living room.
Avatar m tn I am a 16 year old girl and I have had an obsessive thought problem/OCD problems for the past 4-6 years of my life. I have another fear I cannot control, the fear of health problems and vomiting. But, I am not posting here about that. I want to start off by acknowledging that my sexuality is a big part of my life, it's my favorite thing about myself and very important to me because I struggled to accept myself for so long. You guessed it, I'm gay.
Avatar f tn How can I get over a phobia. I have a very weird phobia, i always have the fear of some bug or creature flying in my ear. I never wear my hair up outside and I try to have my hair down inside too if i can. Even when i am sleeping i hate to have my ears not covered. What should i do?
Avatar m tn You need to give me some history about yourself.ie, what was your exposure?,Have you been tested?How long ago?
Avatar n tn I have had a toothache/facepain for over two weeks, I know I need to go and see a dentist but I have a great fear of going because of cetain circumstances that happened while going to the dentist as a child. I have been taking advil for the pain and most times it is tolerable but now it seems to be getting worse as it is keeping me awake at night.