They think it's all down to my illness....

LegacyUser

I hope someone can give me some advice....

So, a little background. I'm a female in my late teens and for years I've had obsessive compulsive disorder. Now for the past while I've been having feelings that I could be bisexual. I've told my parents this and they think it's just the OCD putting thoughts in my head. My dad basically told me that he knows that I'm not bisexual and asked me if I was trying to put him into an early grave, and my mum said it's probably a phase.

I regret ever telling them anything. This is so frustrating! If I am bi, and I think that I am, that doesn't bother me. I'm happy with it. They think that my illness defines me. It seems that no one can ever take me seriously. I don't know why I bother confiding in them....

L.Jenkins

I'm no psychologist but i couldn't imagine a link between sexuality and ocd. It's a matter of how you feel towards both male and females, and only through safely exploring those feelings you'll know your own self for certain.

Chuchoter

Leave it with them for a while and see what happens. I know I had to come out to my parents 3 times before they got the message that it was even happening, and to this day they still don't believe me.