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remember your thoughts don’t define you! you’re not a monster, it’s just your thoughts trying to get the best of you. for me ocd loves to attack the people i love most and it affects me so much i sometimes isolate from family bc my thoughts could be so bad sometimes.
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They are just so graphic! And whenever it says things like “sexy” “hot” or whatever like that it worries me because it feels so real! Like it tries to tell me it’s true or an actual opinion. Like that’s my little niece! No way would I ever want that or the thoughts! I’m so sad because I feel like I have to confess and I’m scared to
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@Just Breathe ❤️ Confess to my mom
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@Just Breathe ❤️ I know I’m late to reply, but don’t confess to your mom. I know you might really want to, I’ve definitely been there where I was confessing to everyone left and right, but it really only does make OCD worse in the long run, and I’ve read some past posts off yours where it seems your mom doesn’t really I understand OCD super well, and if she says something out of ignorance of OCD, it can really hurt you, they’re just intrusive thoughts, pay no attention to them
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@OCDHaver I just had more intrusive thoughts just now about my little niece again and myself and it was so disgusting and scary. But it feels like I thought it myself and it wasn’t intrusive. Definitely unwanted. I hate them so much but it felt like I actually thought it myself if that makes sense. They were sexual intrusive thoughts and they were so bad. Things about losing virginity and other things. It was awful. There was another really bad one but I don’t remember what it was because I tried really hard to let it go and ignore it but it’s so rough. I feel so much guilt and shame it’s unreal
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@Just Breathe ❤️ I’ve had those kinds of intrusive thoughts as well, they’re incredibly disturbing, I know how you feel, most of my OCD surround sexual things, such as my real events, false memories and intrusive thoughts, they’re all horrifying. But please know these are just thoughts, the reason you think them, especially now, is because you’ve become obsessed, you’re constantly questioning your thoughts, past, your intentions, everything. So clearly, if you the more you think about it, the more your brain is going to have them and will use it against you, you need to try and let the things come and pass, feeling anxious is horrible, but just breathe and let then thoughts go, remember they’re not real
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@OCDHaver Thank you that’s very helpful and I’m going to try. I know people say not to be afraid of the thoughts but I can’t help but be afraid because they are so horrible to me. But I’m going to try and do what you said. Easier said than done unfortunately but I guess I need to try harder. I feel so defeated especially lately
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@Just Breathe ❤️ It is easier said then done, remember we’re all with you, my real event was horrible today. But also remember, it’s not about not being scared, but rather allowing yourself to feel your emotions, to not avoid them and to just let them pass. It’s the only way to take our minds back. OCD will do anything it can to try and stay in power, but facing it head on and not wavering is the best we can do it get rid of it
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@OCDHaver That’s very true and I’m so sorry to hear that. Real event is so hard to get through but it is possible. Surprisingly mine has given me a bit of a break but I’m sure it will come back to haunt me again because that’s how OCD is. I hope you feel better and thank you for your help again. You’ve been very helpful and I appreciate that so much
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TW! please someone comment When I was 12 or 13 I used to babysit a little girl, she had a habit of keeping her hand in her diaper and was always touching herself, there was one point I was changing her diaper and noticed she was really red. I had separated her private parts and checked the inner area for signs of infection. She was okay, just some really really bad diaper rash. I know this is what happened yet my brain is trying to convince me that I hurt her, and that I wanted to do it, I know I would never hurt a child but with all the anxiety I feel when I think about it I'm starting to wonder if I did do it because I wanted to hurt her, I don't wanna be a p, I don't wanna hurt innocent children, I used to never have these thoughts but now I do and I'm so scared to tell my therapist as she hasn't diagnosed me with ocd yet. I don't want her to think I'm a p nor do I wanna hurt kids, but my brain keeps telling me that I do and that I'm just lying to myself and everyone around me, ik I would never do something that could harm a child but I keep getting these thoughts and their inappropriate and I just want them to stop, does anyone have any tips on how to help myself? I keep turning to my boyfriend for reassurance but ik that that's just a quick fix and that ill be spiraling about it again.Please help
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Im 16 years old and female and up until very late last year and this year I’ve been having thought almost every day that I’m a pedophile or that I’m sexually attracted to or want a romantic relationship with child. I don’t know how to explain it and I don’t want judgment because I’m genuinely so scared and disgusted, but anytime I’m around children I feel my chest tighten, my body feels warm and it feels like I don’t know how to breathe. I sometimes get a groomer response but even then I don’t know if it’s a ground response or not. Also I tend to stare at children when I’m anywhere near them, I feel like if I don’t I’m a weirdo and if I don’t look at them it means I’m attracted to them which I guess could be POCD but I feel like I stare at them inappropriately. Not too long ago maybe three weeks ago I went to the park with my family and there were two girls in their swim suits and I was looking at their backsides and I felt really anxious and scared like I usually do but I felt so upset by looking at them that way and now I’m scared to go to pools or splash pads because every time I do I feel like I stare at them gross and I just feel so disgusted with myself. When I tell myself not to look I end up looking and then I stare. I feel better when I’m not around them but even then, I look back at what I saw earlier that day and I feel anxious again and then I look up what’s been happening and then I feel more worried it’s not OCD. My friends who have OCD say I might have it but I can’t get a therapist, I can’t talk to anyone I’m scared I’ll be put in jail and that I’m not a good person. I’ve never head thoughts like this until this year and near the end of last year and they come now? I don’t know what to do.
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*tmi warning* I'm so worried im a P. Ive been crying daily unable to do anything else but ruminate over my real events. When i was 14 (before ocd) i was watching adult content and it was censored. The woman had similar features like hair and skin color as my niece. I remember noticing that and saying "huh i guess I'll imagine that as the adult version of my niece" and I did and after i was finished i moved on and didnt think anything was wrong. I dont know if i ever thought about that again? Its so blurry ocd keeps saying i did it again in a different time but i dont remember its too blurry and its scaring me so badly! I didnt even remember this till like literally last week and i wanted to die! Im 20 for context. When I remembered i immediately broke down in tears. I vaguely rmemeber this other thought i had of her when self pleasuring when I was 16??? I think it was a testing thought out of distress? But im not sure at all! It was extremely vague image and unrealistic i dont think I liked it but maybe i did?! Im so distressed its like i remmeber 2 versions of this particular event which is why I think its ocd false memories from there. Ive been ruminating and spiraling for almost a week. I keep crying i havent ate well at all in days ive been honestly dehydrating myself and i cannot sleep. I feel like a monster. I did the mistake of researching last night and kept comparing myself to the "criteria" of those sickos and like I felt so distressed. I also have been asking ai for hours on end everyday. I feel so distressed im literally crying rn as i write this i cant calm down i feel like this sick individual even tho I dont even like thinking of that at all i dont think I meant ill intent when i was a teen but its killing me inside. I would NEVER harm anyone nor want to or plan to, deep down i know I would never act out in those evil ways but like whats killing me is what if im attracted?! Is this a sign?! Am i one of those people?! Am i attracted to my niece bc of those 2 maybe even 3(??)thoughts years ago?! Did i mean ill intent?! Am I an actual danger?! Am I a monster??? I have so many urges to confess to my mom im so scared what this all means or could mean. I feel so alone and scared. Like legit whenever i get intrusive thoughts about gross stuff i feel disgusted and anxious and push it away. Those thoughts do not bring me pleasure whatsoever but this real event is making me doubt my own identity 😔
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