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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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After having sex for the first time I felt all loved up and wanted to hug partner. I was changing his bedding and walked passed his bed and my Pocd said to make my leg brush past the bed for a feeling over kids and I did it… because I wanted the comfort of the feeling… But why did I do it…. I was feeling hor**/wanting comfort and did it even tho my brain said over children. I’m freaking out help
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I spoke with my therapist about intrusivr association ocd thoughts. When i watch porn ocd says the person reminds me of a kid i know or a relative. I told myself repeatedly this is an ocd thougjt its intrusive associations. Multiple times. And i compulsivrly stopped and tried regrounding when the anxiety was too much. My intention was to look at my eofes photo then to look at a woman on pornhub who reminded me of my wife and On the last time i had the intrusive thought of a nephew. I exited the video and went back to my wifes photo and said her name to refocus. Ocd makes me feel guilty flr engaging in sex while having tbat intrusive thought of our nephew and ocd made me doubt “was i thinking of my nephew or was it ocd?” I know its ocd. Its ocd thought number one million. This happens for seven years now when i have sex or watch porn. I know my ocd brain hyperfoxates and worries about grtting intrusivr thoughts during sex so of course ocd is going to semd those intrusivr thougjts sincr my brains hyperworried about it. I know its OCD. I know my intent was to think of my wife and watch the video. Its just engaging in sex while having these intrusive thoughts is very uncomfortable. My therapist said not to stop because its a compulsion. It feels so uncomfortable so i know the intrusive thoughts of the nephew is ego dystonic and the fact inwent back to see my eifes photo and refocsus and say her name repeatedly put lout shows my true intention is to arouse over my wife. I just feel guilty for masterbating while the intrusive thoughts enter my mind. Ocd tries to trick me and say i was thinking of it but i know thats not true. Its my ocd brain hyper worried about getting these intrusive thoughts and them intruding. I often avoid sex and masterbation because of the fear of intruding ocd thoughts so i know its ocd. I cant avoid it or stop. Im doing erp. I recognize its ocd. Yet ocd tries to grt me to ruminate with feelings of guilt ans doubting if its my thoughts or ocd thoughts when i know my intent is to only arouse and think of my wife and i know indont want these thoughts i know its ocd.
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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 so wanted in the moment and SO real. Which I don't understand. Ugh. Could someone just give me some support?
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