- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes, I have. OCD won't let me let go of my mistakes. Even things that aren't necessarily bad I twist and turn in my head until it feels like I've done something unforgivable and I feel like I'll be forever marked by everything I've done wrong. And of course some things we do are genuinely bad, but in my experience OCD often blows such things out of proportion. I've thought much about how people without OCD react to their mistakes, but if they react like I do, everyone would go around feeling like the worst person ever. I doubt that, and besides, everyone can't be the worst at once :) I'm doing ERP therapy for it right now. I've done it before for other OCD themes and it works!
Good way of explaining it. I have told friends my story and several therapists and nobody has had a negative reaction. But the ocd says what if someone makes it worse than it was?
Oh yes I have real event ocd over something that happened as a boy. My NOCD therapist and erp therapy have helped me to realize that ocd is a liar. When we are children we do the best we can and as we learn we do better.
Thank you for sharing,in the back of my mind,I know this,and I feel really bad about it,I’m not sure how to approach it,just sit with it,or agree with it,that’s the part that always confuses me.
It’s okay to feel bad about it. We all do things we regret and would like to take back. But we can’t and we learned a valuable lesson from it then we can be assured we are being our best selves.
Then it starts with,is there anything else you did that you don’t remember?it’s like being a hamster on a wheel,and you can’t get off!
Yup I have the same struggle, and I opened up to someone without ocd once and she admitted to doing something she deeply regretted as a child too. I think that everyone has done something really weird/out of the ordinary before our brain was fully developed and we knew better. That’s just a part of being a child. I know I could never say what I did out loud but I know that I would NEVER dream of doing this now that I am mature and I understand right from wrong
Exactly- doing something as a child is a far cry from doing something as an adult. A child acts impulsively and with maturity we know better as adults.
Hi everyone, I'm struggling with what I think are intrusive thoughts, possibly related to OCD, and I'm hoping someone here might relate. When I was younger, in my early teens, I went through a period where I had a strong interest in pornography. During that time, I encountered hentai involving male characters, related to an anime I enjoyed. One of the characters was someone I even looked up to. I feel incredibly uncomfortable admitting this, but I believe I engaged in sexual activity related to it. Years later, I'm plagued by intrusive thoughts about this. I feel intense self-disgust and shame. It's like this memory has "tainted" my ability to enjoy that anime, and sometimes other things. I'm constantly replaying the situation in my mind, questioning my past actions, and worrying about what it means about me. The anxiety is significantly impacting my life. Does anyone else experience intrusive thoughts focused on past events, particularly those that cause feelings of shame or disgust? How do you cope with the constant replaying and questioning? I'm looking for support and understanding. Thank you for listening.
tw: slightly nsfw I don't mean something like "I made a sexual joke and a child was nearby " or "I was 19 and thought a 17 y.o. was attractive" Like something actually bad not the "I'm freaking over this because I have OCD" type of situation, but more like "I did something horrible and I happen to have OCD which makes it even worse" type of situation I did some really fucked up sexual stuff at 14-16 and they haunt me.
Yup! Been like this February,worst Part is that I was intoxicated and in a bad place my thoughts were going totally insane,my 8 year old niece spend the night with me and my intrusive thoughts were telling me to molested her and all of the above ☝🏻 I do remember staring at her for a while and thinking 💭 If I did something to her she would probably say it or she would wake up,it gave me a good sense of relieve but now and since then …I can’t fully remember if I did,just for the”hmm let’s test this out and see if she would actually wake up” kind of like those,,,I wonder if u pull a dogs tail he would turn around and bark or bite me,trust me…shit like that would backfire at you and I haven’t really been at peace since then…I try to also control My self and try to use uncertainty but to be honest the vision and memory are so real like very vivid as if it happens so for me it did happend and I feel Horrible,I currently in my mid 30’s and these thoughts lash out f nowhere since I was 26,somehow I knew how to manage them,I would Do Compulsions as avoiding my niece and any type Of kid,I would Get extremely paranoid when I had to change her diapers and could do something to harm her.i never been attracted to children in my life,yes! Unfortunately i was molested sexually as a kid by a man from ages 6-9 and one of the things that would Kill Me and trigger me would be the fact that I wonder why? Why do they do that why ? What do they feel ?! And for my disadvantage….im Like the kid that you tell Them”don’t push that red button or else…🚨🧨💣🤯” and guess what?! My Hyperactive dumb ass is still Gonna push the button cause I wanna know what the hell is gonna happend for my self,and I feel that I did something g that I will regret my whole Life! Sometimes when I’m calmer I think with logic and see things from another perspective but then ocd and paranoia kicks in and it’s exhausting and mentally draining!so Guess what?! It sucks! This sucks! to live like this and having to live with the …”what ifs,did I or Did I not!?” But u aren’t alone friend just know theirs plenty of us out there Worst part of all this i havent been able.to fill in the gaps and it makes me.feel like a monster,did i molested my niece in her sleep,what if.my intentions were actually bad,im the kind of person that a thought can be morbid and I have tp figure it out,so when I think to my that I do something it's because I was clearly thinking okay let me.tedt.my self or see if I do feel.something and that shit will backfire on you BAD! Because then I will think*what kind of a human being on earth wpuld.do something like that?!* and it triggers me bad,I mean really bad like anxiety and panick attacks and not wanting to live with my self with this guilt!idk if there's someone else out there with a case like this bit if their is please dont make me feel that im alone, not looking for reassurance just support
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