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no i’m not and i can’t imagine how hard being a mom with pocd is:( having it has made me worried i’ll never be able to have kids but as time goes on and medication and therapy begin to work, i have more hope
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Yes don't let it stop you. Glad you are on the path to therapy now so you will be stronger when you do have kids
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there’s some awesome podcasts out there that really give me hope for getting better and give me the strength i need on hard days, yoh should check out the ocd and anxiety podcast it’s super good!
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I’m a mom with pocd and I haven’t had the same exact thing happen but similar things happen. Sometimes the most terrifying things pop in my head and I grit my teeth and feel so angry and disgusting that my brain does that. I can spend the entire day with my kids perfectly normal but then if my daughter rests her head on my chest I feel like she shouldn’t be there and I make her move so I can avoid the possibility of being aroused. I fear that some day It might happen and I would have to leave my children. So I’ve learned to just sit with being uncomfortable and uncertainty. It’s incredibly difficult because I love my children and I miss just being their mom without this scary feeling
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I can relate to this hardcore. My daughter always wants to sit on my lap or lay on me and when she does I feel this huge anxiety wash over me and I become super hyper focused on my body parts and what their feeling. If I even make the slightest move or twitch, I freak out. My daughter was laying her head on my chest the other day and I was so uncomfortable. I felt my arm/chest area twinge and now my ocd brain is telling me I acted on an urge because my chest felt a tingle. I don’t even know if It did or not or if it was just the immense anxiety washing over me. But I feel so guilty.
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@Freemeofocd I know what you mean, sometimes I think that I felt something but it’s really just because I’m so focused on that area at the time. I’m so sorry you’re going through this too.
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i’m so sorry you guys are going through that, you are so strong! you got this!
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Might be a compulsive checking to find out if you are or not. Happened to me a few times, forcing myself to imagine my kids instead of my husband to see if I am really not that.
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It wasn't a compulsion. It was a quick thought but yea u think use had that before too what you are saying. I'm afraid since my husband tried getting me in the mood and it wasn't working then when I got the thought I felt something ... then got even more in the mood moments later ... I feel what if I wasn't attracted to my husband. Has this ever happened to you like that?
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@Maeh24 Not really, my experience was different.
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@gdelacruzm Oh. Mine is worse I'm assuming? I was worried about that
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@Maeh24 I wouldn't know. I hoped I could help you, sorry
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i had such a hard time getting back into having sex and being intimate it just takes time and communication, take the maybe statements of maybe this will happen maybe it won’t, a thought is just a thought and those feelings are only there because i’m focusing on it,
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Are you a mom too?
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Woke up this morning feeling so good, then I had this thought of “what if” I touched my son inappropriately last night while I was sleeping. I’ve been dealing with Pocd and I never thought something like this before. A little back ground my son is 5, nonverbal and sleeps next to me every night. For me, I am not much of a deep sleeper. I am somewhat of a light sleeper. Is there someone who has been though this? In what ways can I manage this? TIA
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I had this thought of “what if” I touched my son inappropriately last night while I was sleeping and I don’t remember . I’ve been dealing with Pocd and I never thought something like this before. A little back ground my son is 5, nonverbal and sleeps next to me every night. For me, I am not much of a deep sleeper. I am somewhat of a light sleeper. So I’m up at every little movement he makes or unusual sound. Plus thinking about it if I was too say touch him I wouldn’t know how. I hate that now I have to think about him sleeping separately from me because I would love to cuddle with him and he’s the sweetest boy ever and me thinking I did that is soul crushing. Does this fall within intrusive thought or false memory? Has someone been though this if so I could use some help.
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I was having intimacy. Watching p0rn. And during climax i got intrusive thoughts a d anxious. I hate when this happens. As a compulsion whenever i get intrusive ocd thoughts i usually think of my wife or therapist (whose a man) and say their name. For my wife its because shes the love of my life. My comfort. And during intimacy of course to arouse over her. When i think of my therapist its not anything sexual its just like a comforting thought since hes the one that is helping me thru ocd. But now ocd is saying why did i think lf him during climax. And in my head i heard my voicr saying his name but this was my way of distracting myself from the intrusive thoughts. It wasnt to arouse myself over him it was tk distract myself and it wasnt a compulsion. Ocd tries associating it with my sexual experience and its making me feel very guilty and anxious. Then i worry was i saying his name. I did in my head but it wasnt again a compulsion tk distract from ocd. Then that made me anxious so i said my wifes name and thougjt kf her. I just had intrusive thought so i panicked and out of compulsive habit i usual say thr name of my wifr and therapist
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