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I suffer from this. It is terrible, to be filled with images and thoughts about this theme. But ERP has helped me a lot.
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What kinds of exposures have you done that have helped?
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Yes 👍🏻 ERP therapy will help you. And not taking the thoughts so seriously.
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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.
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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
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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
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I deal with this too.
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Yep, erp helps A LOT. One day i just stopped thinking of these thoughts as important.
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I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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Am I the only one who experiences this, or is it more common than I think? Sometimes, I find myself imagining what a couple’s sex life might look like, or what a person’s body might be like. I think it’s driven by curiosity, and I focus on it for a few seconds. When it comes to family members, teenagers, or anyone I feel uncomfortable imagining in this way, I used to be able to shake it off as an intrusive thought. But lately, I can’t seem to let go of it anymore. I’ve become used to the anxiety, but I’m stuck questioning what this means about me, especially since I’ve taken time to think about it. This is really stressing me out because I feel like a pervert. I’m hoping that this is something more common than I realize and that OCD is just distorting something. I feel like I really need some insight here. Any advice?
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Hi I am Aisha and I am not sure if I have ocd or not but I struggle with thoughts which I don't even know if they r intrusive or if I am thinking about them and they are usually about my family or friends. This time it was about my mom more specifically a sexual thought about my mom and my mind was thinking that this is what I want and when I was analyzing the thought I wasn't sure about my intention which made me feel really bad
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