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- 3y
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- 3y
I’m so sorry to hear that your mind is telling you this. Try to accept the uncertainty all of those questions, as terrifying as it is. OCD wants to scare us and make us always have answers. So let’s fight the monster by showing it we don’t have answers! Friend you got this. You are not alone. I’m praying for you and cheering you on. ❤️❤️
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- 3y
I’m so sorry mama ☹️ you sound like such a caring and compassionate mom. You love your kiddos so much it’s making you sick. We need more people in this world who care about people like you do. So many parents are so selfish and think of their children as their possessions, and can never admit they’ve done something wrong or try to do better. You care a LOT and that is so important for kids to have. If you do something wrong, you can apologize to your kids. It is so much more helpful for a kid to see their parent being HUMAN, seeing them make human mistakes and seeing how they react to them. People don’t apologize to their kids enough, it is so meaningful when you sit down and let your kiddo know you don’t like the way you acted and how you want to be in the future. You don’t have to be perfect, you just have to CARE, you have to show your kids you’re always going to be trying to do better. Just from this post I know you care. That means the world.
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- 3y
I feel this. I have POCD and I have spent so many nights crying and thinking I’m a terrible mother. Those things aren’t true. They’re lies. But I can’t convince you. You have to just accept that intrusive thought’s existence and stop engaging with it. I promise, it does get better.
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- 3y
Hey, that sounds rough I’m sorry to hear that. Truth is there’s no way he can be 100% sure. But people without ocd don’t need the certainty like we do
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- 3y
You are amazing.
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- 3y
Boobs above…. You hit it in the head, I am one that loves my wife avd kids, I’m 58, kids are grown Army vets and I’m still sick my love for them… your love makes you think crazy things lol but you know they’re not true
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- 24w
One mistake with my POCD thoughts and compulsions, and now I'm a terrible mom. I was amazing five months ago. Now I feel like I'm what I've always feared I'd be. I hate POCD. I just want to be a mom. I really do. I really need some support today
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- 23w
Please help me. I need support. I just need someone to be up front with me. Tell me the truth. I want to get past it all. I'm struggling STRUGGLING today. My mind is telling me I'm the only one who is dealing with something like this. Idk why I did my biggest fear. I was put on a new medication when this happened which caused me to spiral, my thoughts to be more often, and have insomnia. I have been diagnosed with POCD as well. I woke up in the middle of the night when my child was laying completely cross my chest. I was breathing and having groinal sensations. My mind told me that I assaulted her by this, and I was going to prison for it. My thoughts started going like this, "you're already bad might as well do something else", "no sense in stopping now" "you can finally do what you've always wanted", "what would you do if you could do anything to cause harm" So I had to think of what to do in the moment. The only thing I could think to do was move my elbow towards my child's groin. In the moment it felt like I really wanted to do this. I proceeded to do so, and my elbow touched her groin. I immediately told my child to move off me. I then went back to sleep. When I woke up, I began panicking, confessing to a family member what happened, and crying immensely. I feel like I failed as a mother. I'm in such distress since I started sleeping on the floor to avoid it from happening again, and I got off the medication. I'm so much better OCD wise since I got off the meds. I was the BEST mom months ago before this happened. The thoughts have always bothered me, and I was always scared I would give in and act on them. I'm living my worst nightmare. I feel alone. Felt so wanted in the moment and SO real. Ugh. Could someone just give me some support? (edited)
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- 22w
Am I the P I was always scared to be? Or am I still the amazing mom I once was? I need support. I just need someone to be up front with me. Tell me the truth. I want to get past it all. My mind is telling me I'm the only one who is dealing with something like this. Idk why I did my biggest BIGGEST fear. I was put on a new medication when this happened which caused me to spiral, my thoughts to be more often, and have insomnia. I have been diagnosed with POCD as well. I woke up in the middle of the night when my child was laying completely cross my chest. I was breathing and having groinal sensations. My mind told me that I assaulted her by this, and I was going to prison for it. My thoughts started going like this, "you're already bad might as well do something else", "no sense in stopping now" "you can finally do what you've always wanted", "what would you do if you could do anything to cause harm" So I had to think of what to do in the moment. The only thing I could think to do was move my elbow towards my child's groin. In the moment it felt like I really wanted to do this. I proceeded to do so, and my elbow touched her groin. I immediately told my child to move off me. I then went back to sleep. When I woke up, I began panicking, confessing to a family member what happened, and crying immensely. I feel like I failed as a mother. I'm in such distress since I started sleeping on the floor to avoid it from happening again, and I got off the medication. I'm so much better OCD wise since I got off the meds. I was the BEST mom months ago before this happened. The thoughts have always bothered me, and I was always scared I would give in and act on them. I'm living my worst nightmare. I feel alone. Felt so wanted in the moment and SO real. Ugh. Could someone just give me some support?
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