Freemeofocd
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- 3y
Anon1294Anon1294
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- 3y
Momma with pocd here. I have good and bad days. You’re not alone. It’s the worst thing to ever happen
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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- 3y
I could handle the thoughts if it were just thoughts alone. But it’s when they start to bleed into my actions and feelings and sensations. I literally can’t even hold my daughter a certain way without feeling guilty. I question my every movement. Diaper changes are carefully orchestrated all the way down to the way the diaper is positioned and everything.
Maria SavioMaria Savio
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- 3y
Just thoughts of me being a monster, abusive etc like scenarios. Stuff i hate
Maria SavioMaria Savio
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- 3y
I do....it's horrible
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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- 3y
I think I remember talking to you on here before back in august/sept of 2020 when I was having my major episode. I’m back in the heat of a horrible relapse 😞 how are you doing?
Maria SavioMaria Savio
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- 3y
It comes and goes...it's almost like i don't know how to be free of this cause I'm so used to the discomfort. I hate that
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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- 3y
How does your pocd manifest? Like why type of stuff do you experience if you don’t mind me asking? I feel like no one experiences what I do. It’s so exhausting and distressing.
Anon1294Anon1294
- Date posted
- 3y
I experience the same thing you do girl, I don’t want you to think you’re isolated and different. I shy away from my child’s hugs. I get intrusive thought that make me physically ill and wince. I struggle giving them baths, I struggle doing laundry sometimes even. I’m so afraid I’m going to get false aroused by something that I cause myself so much discomfort and anxiety
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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- 3y
@Anon1294 Thank you for sharing with me ❤️ I’m seriously struggling so badly lately. I legitimately feel like any contact with my daughter is inappropriate at this point. I can’t have her on my lap, or my knee. I will literally feel my leg get all tingly and start to twitch. Same thing when we are laying in bed. If her body is up against mine, I have to breathe a certain way and I hold my body super still but I feel like I can feel it tingling and/or twitching. And picking her up to hold her on my hip bothers me so much now. All I can think about is the pressure of her up against my hip and then I get super tense and don’t wanna make any movement. And then because I’m tense, it feels like I’m doing something wrong. It’s so hard. So upsetting.
Anon1294Anon1294
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- 3y
@Freemeofocd Omg I know… I experience this too. I cover myself on my private areas to avoid contact when they come lay with me. I push them off me. I don’t like picking them up anymore. I don’t like holding their hands sometimes! I hate it so much. I literally never had this problem before then all the sudden I’m terrified of them. I cry sometimes because they just want their mommy and I just want to be their mommy for them. It’s the saddest thing in the world.
RebeeRebee
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- 3y
@Freemeofocd I’ve done these exact things before. I still struggle with bath time. I wash my daughters bottom as quickly as possible and find myself holding my breath. I used to imagine Jesus on the cross (the purest thing I could think of) but have since learned that that was a compulsion.
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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- 3y
*what
RebeeRebee
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- 3y
I’m a mom with POCD unfortunately
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