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- 3y
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- 3y
Youre okay, I used to worry that I meant it too. That's part of the obsession. If you feel a compulsion to do something like you mentioned, you have to refuse to do it. Like in your case you should purposefully wait until after six to send the message. It's going to be uncomfortable but really it can't be worse than what you're already feeling. You basically need to retrain your brain. The less you do the compulsions (avoiding all sex related things) the more it teaches your brain that nothing bad actually happens as a result of not following through with the compulsion, so the obsession will lessen I PROMISE you
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- 3y
Thank you. This actually helped.
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- 3y
@not_me Yw!! So glad I could help. Give it time, nothing comes overnight, especially not with OCD š”
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- 3y
That's a classic ocd thing - sexualized thoughts. I used to have them about family and animals. The best course of action is to stop ruminating when you get these intrusive thoughts. Say you hug your brother, then your brain asks you did you feel attracted to him? Don't even answer the question. Allow the thought to pop up and then move on. Don't sit there and think about all the things you've said and done, just shrug and say whatever and then actively engage in a different activity. The thoughts come back but the more you refuse to engage, the less they come back
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- 3y
It doesn't end. I literally have ocd related to numbers and I was writing this post by making sure I finsih it before number 6 because it sound lime the word *sex* and 3. Then it was 10.16 and I wanted to open a girl's story that I hate because my crush likes her. So I thought I'll open her story this time and I think purposely had a thought about her and God. I didn't open the story but I made a disgusted reaction what if I believed my thought or wanted it to be true? I'm seriously panicking.
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These are literally just thoughts. They mean absolutely nothing. Tons of people have intrusive sexual thoughts. Just because you have one doesnāt mean you will do it or want to do it. And just because it gives you anxiety doesnāt mean itās true. And we convince ourselves that it is because we check over and over again to see how we feel or if itās true and itās just showing our brain we think it may be true or important and we start to believe it. You need to not do any compulsions to move past these thoughts. And having a thought, or even wanting to do something, hurts nobody. Itās just a thought or a want. Also I have no idea how scratching someone could be sexual lol.
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agh .. okay .. iām so so embarrassed to post this, iām literally crying .. but i need some help and advice. or maybe just a place to vent. i donāt know yet. so .. i was hanging out with three of my cousins today, and a few friends. one of my cousins was driving us around, and it was a pretty long drive, and we all just chatted, had fun, you know, normal teenager shit. but i couldnāt help but shift my focus onto certain things about my cousin driving ā āwow, heās going so fast, heās so cool,ā āi like the way his hands are gripping the wheel. wow his hands. hands hands handsā āhis happy trail looks niceā (we went swimming) āi feel jealous of his girlfriendā and all sorts of things. i just feel. so awful. i donāt want these thoughts at all, and i feel just horrible. my ocd mixed with hypersexuality from trauma is just not helping at all, and i just want to get rid of these thoughts. i feel so disgusted with myself, and iām scared that even though intrusive thoughts are normal, maybe mine are too far and iām just āunfixableā or ābroken.ā any advice on what i could do? :( edit: i would like to add that weāre not even blood cousins, since weāre ārelatedā through my step dad, which makes these thoughts worse and makes my head go, āoh, well, itās okay!!ā aghh. so frustrating :(
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