Has anyone ever struggled with incest themed OCD? Recently, I’ve had thoughts about doing inappropriate things with my younger brother. Sometimes the thoughts come in the form of, “What if?” But at other times, it’s also “I want to” or, “You should do this right now!” 😭

I suffer from this. It is terrible, to be filled with images and thoughts about this theme. But ERP has helped me a lot.

What kinds of exposures have you done that have helped?

Yes 👍🏻 ERP therapy will help you. And not taking the thoughts so seriously.

The initial exposure is actually reading about the content online - the disgusting content, you are trying to avoid. I also used writing down thoughts - saying i want this. Recording this on tape and hearing it again and again. This causes a lot of anxiety.

Thank you so much. I’ve done similar exposures and although they’ve caused a lot of anxiety, it does help. The hardest part is accepting the uncertainty

There are more exposures, but these are the inital ones. Telling yourself - don't take these thoughts seriously won't help. At least they didn't help. Once anxiety decreases, the thoughts will bother you less and less and you will feel better. I still have the thoughts though, and still suffer from anxiety, but not that extreme. And am still doing ERP

I deal with this too.