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I hope it gets better for you, I don’t have a ton of advice cause I’m still struggling myself, just wanted to let u know ur not alone
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You have the same kind that the image popps in your head without warning and then as if you would not know whether it was real or unreal? In a way I know it is ocd,but the "what if" scenario starts to roll and feeds it even more. Thank you so much for replying <3
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I understand, I feel sadness also after having inappropriate sexual or harm ocd thoughts. Maybe it all stems from repressed sadness... It’s just feels mean.
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thank you for your words<3
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You are not alone in this. I have been struggling with this SO much. I have irrational thoughts about harming children too, and I know that I don’t want to do anything like that at all, but I’ll worry and worry and obsess over things and wonder if I actually did harm a child. I worry about it when I babysit my little cousin. I know that I never actually want to do anything bad to a kid but I cannot get the worry out of my head. It’s exhausting
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rasa: a big thank you for replying <3 Do you get them in certain situations or randomly? Im seeing a therapist but not ocd- specialist. Books, info has helped a lot to understand the way ocd works but have not found many that would have described their symptoms to be this kind. so thank you very much for replying!
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I’m going through something similar but I wish mine were just thoughts they also come with feelings.. so I’ve always been a sexual person since a child I used to hump things etc which is natural. I’m getting these images now of me like humping children and it’s nothing ever more extreme cause I can’t deal with those images but it makes me feel like I want to do it cause of the sexual feelings even though I’m reality I would never hurt or use a child like that. I’m trying erp but these feelings are still so hard to handle
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I understand. Very demanding things to go through! Have you listened to Chrissie Hodges in Ocd podcast about so called "groinal effect"? If not, I truly recommend it,it could give you understanding of what you are experiencing . thank you for replying <3
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No I haven’t but I will! Thank you and thank you for letting me share
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thank you! Go and listen to it, you are not alone in this one either<3
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checked it, and it was called "groinal response"
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Thank you!
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Anyone experience intrusive thoughts of their children during intimate moments? Have you done erp to this? I had one and continued slightly before running and needing to vomit now feel guilty anyone else experienced this?
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Let me start by prefacing that I developed ocd as postpartum ocd after having my first child. I had harm and pocd. I had it on and off for years and then it just eventually went away completely for many years until recently after a stressful life event. Now that it’s back it again targets my children but now my grandchildren also. It’s been horrible and makes me pull away from them. Last night my 6 year old granddaughter threw up in the car when my daughter was about to take her home so my daughter brought her back in the house and asked me to clean her up while she cleaned her car. I had some anxiety about it because of my ocd but I couldn’t say no to helping so I opened the bathroom door and my granddaughter was standing in her underwear waiting for me to clean and dress her. Everything was fine and normal but then for some reason, I have no idea why, I looked down at her chest area. I immediately got so upset and didn’t know why I looked there and now my ocd is saying it’s because i’m a monster. I tried to tell myself it’s just normal human behavior when someone is standing there naked that you look where you shouldn’t simply because it’s just there in front of you but I feel horrible. I don’t feel any inappropriate way about her or any child but my ocd is saying it was inappropriate. Has anyone else been through this?
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