please help every time i get the groinal response i go back to whatever i was looking at, at look at it again then look away. i repeat this over and over until i can successfully do this without getting the groinal response. i’ve also noticed when i get the groinal response i experience a shortness of breath. it makes me feel like i enjoy when i really hate it. i just want to make this go away but i have no idea how to do that. i also procrastinate and can’t do what i want to do until the compulsion i mentioned above is just right.

Adino

Date posted: 3y

It’s great that you’re talking about it! it seems like you’re feeling a lot of doubt and anxiety around it. I know this may sound oversimplified, but doing your best to check less and less, like baby steps(tiny ones) and sit with the doubt more (bit by tiny bit) adds up. Acknowledging the smallest victories can help you move a lot over time.

shayla

Date posted: 3y

thank you. i’ve been trying to delay my compulsions for as long as i can. i check the clock and i’ll say that i won’t give in for an hour, and then when the hour is up i will try to go for another hour

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

Don't make it go away, let it scare you and hurt you by holding back your impulses. By trying to prove ocd that it's wrong you'll just do what it wants and give it power. "Groinal response? Then groinal response it is. F*ck off ocd!".

shayla

Date posted: 3y

thank you. if i allow it to happen and not perform my compulsions, will it eventually get easier? the anxiety and the uncertainty is unbearable to deal with

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@shayla Yeah! Your feelings will adapt to the point it will just no longer bother you. Then your mind will clear up and you'll realize how ridiculous it was you worried and obsessed about this in the first place.

Anonymous8809

Date posted: 3y

I’m sorry. OCD is trying to trap you and you are so caught up in it. I agree with what has been said. This sounds like a compulsion. Try to discern what the trigger was that preceded it. I find that it can be very difficult to discern between the two. Try to see if you can and then breathe thru the discomfort caused by the trigger and actively refuse to engage in the compulsion. You will make it thru that discomfort.

shayla

Date posted: 3y

the uncertainty is what is the most difficult to deal with because i also struggle with false memories. my ocd is telling me that other stuff happened when i got the groinal response, so i keep going back to check to make sure that it’s not true

Anonymous8809

Date posted: 3y

I’ve read that arousal is a form of anxiety and that for those of us with ocd our bodies do not know the difference between arousal that we want or desire vs arousal triggered by anxiety. If you think about the physiology of it that makes sense. People without ocd probably do not experience the arousal we do precisely because they are not so anxious. It’s not easy to do but try telling yourself that you’ll never know and say to yourself also that it’s okay to not know for sure and that no one else knows for sure either.

leagueplayer

Date posted: 25w

Groinal Arousals/Responses Are Driving Me Insane

Every time I go to bed late and I’m falling asleep, I suddenly get an intrusive thought of a child’s face and my groinal area always responds to it. It’s such an uncomfortable experience. I am way too tired to try and freak out so I end up falling asleep. The next morning I’m always trying to figure out whether I had the groinal response first or after the thought. I start giving OCD power but it feels like If I let it go, then I’m in denial or whatever. I don’t want to ever do anything sexual with a child. I don’t even feel comfortable talking platonically with people who are 17, much less a child. My therapist says that I have a deep rooted fear that I’m this horrible person and that OCD loves to feed off of it. When you get a groinal response, it makes the thought that much more real. I never want these things to happen. I want to only be into adults. It’s so discomforting and stressful. Especially since I’m hyper checking how anxious I am, and if I find I didn’t really have much anxiety, then I’m like “well if I didn’t have anxiety, what does this mean?” And more questions occur til I end up in a rabbit hole

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malolin_21

Date posted: 18w

I feel anxious

I’m on my period and o think my ocd feels a little worse today… I feel anxious and like something bad is about to happen, like I can’t move or talk cause I’ll freak out or snap and do something. Also I had a gronial response about an SA topic and I feel horrible, I’ve noticed that I do have these gronials as if I’m actually into that but idk if it can happen that you have the gronial and think “oh I’m horny, not about this but I am” is that possible? Idk how to say it… also I think I just want reassurance but I’m also scared…

Anonymous

Date posted: 18w

Will groinals go away with acceptance

I keep getting these groinal responses when I think about kids or see one and it's really distressing, I only just learned that OCD can make you feel that and it's not actually attraction but it's so hard to remember that and I've seen people talking about accepting uncertainty but I'm so scared to think "maybe it's attraction maybe it's not" instead of "no it's not attraction that's disgusting" and idk what to do

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