Does POCD come with a loss of attraction to those the same age/older as well? From what I've read, that seems to only affect the people dealing with ROCD/SO-OCD. I feel like I've lost all attraction to older women and girls in my school when I used to feel it so intensely.

Captain marvel

Date posted: 3y

Maybe because your so worried about being attracted to the wrong people that you have put up a kind of wall where you feel safer not attracted to anyone at all ? Not sure but could be that

Robby34

Date posted: 3y

I think thats accurate, my ocd flares up and my anxiety spikes whenever I'm "in the mood" per se, a lot of times I figured I'd be a lot happier with just no sex drive at all :(

Captain marvel

Date posted: 3y

@Robby34 I get you:( not as much now but couple months ago I was struggling with pocd so bad I never wanted to have intemacy because I was scared I’d end up imagining children and liking it. Now I think of it ,it sounds wild but it wasn’t back then 😅but i do hope your ocd gets better we all can do it :)

Robby34

Date posted: 3y

@Captain marvel That describes my exact situation. I've been scared to be "in the mood" because I'm worried I'll have an intrusive thought about a child and like it. It makes me feel so much less alone knowing others go through this as well. Thank you. I hope the best for you and your ocd too :)

Captain marvel

Date posted: 3y

@Robby34 Yes that’s why I downloaded the app I just want to hear others story’s so I know I’m not alone since I don’t have any irl to talk to😅but yeah no problem ahha and thanks:)

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

It's ocd that gives you the false impression that you're no longer attracted to the same people, it can happen with the help of sadness and intense anxiety. Your mind will try everything to make you believe that what you think is real, most of the things you perceive are ocd-made up. This also often skyrockets when you engage to compulsions and you've found answers to previous ocd doubts which instead of giving you relief only gives ocd more powers and new ways to make you believe that what it wants you to believe is real. It's a master at illusional proof. Sometimes i wonder if our brain just want us to self destruct.

What is happ...

Date posted: 23w

Loss of attraction to opposite gender experiences

What’s everyone’s experience with loss of attraction to their preferred gender? (Not looking for reassurance, and I know people say stop trying to get it back) When I see a good looking woman, I feel sad that I can’t get feelings like I use too. Like the very bottom of my stomach feels heavy like it’s depressed… I know I want to be attracted to woman but this SOOCD and false attraction is destroying me.

Sexual Orientation OCD

Purvi

Date posted: 22w

POCD help

I'm posting something after a long. I have multiple Ocd themes and my main themes of sexual ocd is incest Ocd and Hocd and POCD has never been so active but today something happened that has been bothering me for a while. I was traveling in a bus and there I saw a kid/young teen. When I saw him, I instantly found him so attractive and then BOOM.. I started feeling like I'm attracted to him. I felt confused. I literally found him attractive and also thought that he would look really fine after growing up his face was so attractive but I don't want to be into him at all. I feel like I'm so much into him. I'm feeling very bothered by this feeling. I feel like I'm in denial and I should accept my attraction towards him. I don't want to feel this way at all. I don't understand what to do, how to figure out this feeling. I'm 99% sure that there was an underlying attraction I felt when I looked at him and realized that he is good looking. I feel like dying from inside and extremely confused. He's not in my bus now and I feel urges to just see him once to finally figure out that I'm into him or not but he is not here. I think I'm a pedophile which I don't want to be and everything is finished now, nothing would be same in my mind because I'm so paranoid and feeling like I'm into him. Please somebody help me and let me know if anyone of you has ever felt this way having POCD.

izzyyyy24

Date posted: 22w

POCD

Anyone with pocd in the subset of teens/ fear of being attracted to teens have any advice? I never see anyone talking about it and it’s making me go a lil cray lmao

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Does POCD come with a loss of attraction to those the same age/older as well? From what I've read, that seems to only affect the people dealing with ROCD/SO-OCD. I feel like I've lost all attraction to older women and girls in my school when I used to feel it so intensely.

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