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I totally agree with Stacy! Accepting the uncertainty is key. Every time the thoughts come up just tell your brain “maybe, maybe not”. Start out small; do it once a day then tomorrow twice a day, then 3 times a day, etc. This will build up your tolerance for uncertainty. Sadly we will never be able to figure out past memories we are unsure of. The only thing we can do is accept the uncertainty and keep moving in life. Be kind to yourself! You got this!
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Do I deserve such thing. Even tho I was a child? I feel like a criminal
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@Realsupercell123 Yes, you were only a child. Plus everyone makes mistakes. It’s not about beating ourselves up over mistakes, it’s about learning from them! What would you say to a friend in a similar situation? Would you say they don’t deserve to be happy and that they are a criminal? Of course not.
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. Actually if u say it that way I wouldnt say it to mine friends like that. I will try mine best not to be so harsh on myself.
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@Realsupercell123 You got this!
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OCD likes to latch on to past events and make you doubt what happened and who was responsible. This is a very common way in which OCD will cause distress. Know that you are not alone. The key is to remember that memories of past events are often not accurate. They cannot be trusted. You need to accept uncertainty in terms of what may or may not have happened. It is not uncommon for children to explore sexually when they are young especially if they are exposed to pornography or other sexual behaviors. The reality is that you were a child. Please show yourself compassion and allow the feelings of anxiety to be there and recognize that it doesn't say anything about who you are today.
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I feel like a criminal and I don't deserve to Be happy. I am struggling every single day.
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I need to vent this out Mine First obsession was whether I got her consent but now it is slowing switching to whether I really was a child. I think I am starting to doubt everything about the event . I know it's sounds stupid but That what I really feels.
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The thing is your OCD is going to keep morphing and keep changing memories up on you. It’s going to bring up new worries. The only way to stop this is not to give it any attention and to move on the best you can.
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. So basically don't care about it or ignore it? It is very hard to ignore when It is telling me that I am a bad person. But If I ignore that I feel like I am accepting that I am a bad person.
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@Realsupercell123 Yes that’s the only way to defeat it. Okay let OCD make you feel like a bad person. What does it matter what OCD says? Who cares? Just because you think something doesn’t make it true
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. Oh I see Than I will try mine best not to think abt it and confess to anyone about it
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@Realsupercell123 You got this! And if you mess up, pick yourself up and try again!
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. Oh and great news I talk to the girl and she doesn't remember it at all and she doesn't think it was as bad as I thought. Maybe nothing really happen at all.
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@Realsupercell123 Sounds good! Now you have to move on. No more thinking about it
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. Thanks I will try mine best 😁
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. Ummmm Greg I am starting to feel like a pedophile this is way more worse
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- 25w
(20f) I have been dealing with severe OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember. I recently got diagnosed about a year ago, and even though I know that these thoughts are probably my ocd, I still cant shake them. Growing up I was always very sexually curious. I was sheltered from a lot of things, as I went to a private school and things like sexuality and sex were never talked about. I remember doing some weird sexual things growing up (never affecting another person), looking up taboo sexual things, etc. I always seemed to become aroused no matter what the situation was, even if I just saw someone getting changed. I have no recollection of being SA'd, so i'm wondering where this all came from? Was I just curious and wanted to experiment and try different things? Or am I really a pervert, pedophile, etc. I have all these thoughts racing through my head and it's killing me. Everything I did as a kid I look back on and am disgusted, as those don't align with my views at all today. I never thought growing up thinking these things were wrong, or actually realize what they were until I got older. I'd like to think it was just my curiosity, but i'm not sure. What if i'm in denial and actually do like these things? I just need to know if theres something wrong w me, I cant keep going on like this. Could really use some advice.
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Getting eaten alive by thoughts right now, when I was a child me and other kids around my age would experiment and do things we shouldn’t have, I’m talking very young, like 3-5 as I got older I was for whatever reason always curious to a horrible extent and it lead me to do in appropriate things to kids around me, I was 7-8 at the time. I would say it happened 3 times in total in my childhood. And i eventually told my parents the last time it happened because even though I didn’t know it at the time. I had ocd. And I knew it was bad. That was when it all started. I feel absolutely disgusted with my 7 year old self and it comes up every once in a while especially when I hear anything about sexual abuse. I’m nearly 20 now and I enjoy my life for the most part and I’ve been down the ocd path before but I feel unforgivable. And I never want to tell anyone about it, but my ocd seems to want that. I have a beautiful girlfriend that had some traumatic things happen to her and I love her with my soul. I don’t ever want that to come up. Because that’s not who I am. When will I be able to forgive myself? If at all I hope I’m not alone.
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i currently am getting over my period and have been having a horrible flashbacks from some real events. it’s a amalgamation of all of the horrible things i did as a child/young teenager. all of it associated with p0rnography + sexual activities i did. i was exposed to sexual activity very young and it lead me down a dark path. i’ve had OCD forever it seems. it’s hard because i can see that i’ve had OCD symptoms since childhood but i constantly doubt wether or not my actions where because of OCD or something i genuinely wanted/was attracted to. i can’t seem to differentiate the two and it’s scaring me. i’m worried i was genuinely into the kind of stuff and it’s constantly flashing in my mind the last two days of things i compulsively did years ago. to be absolutely clear it has been years since i’ve even thought about those taboo things or saw anything of that sort. i’m talking 5 or 6 years give or take. it still feels like yesterday. in recent years i’ve completely pulled away from p0rn and now find it and s3x a lot less appealing. but every so often i get these intense flashbacks on things i did or saw or thought and it puts everything on hold. everything im interested in gets but on the back burner in fear of my intrusive thoughts being thrown into the mix. currently experiencing that now. im mortified of ruining everything i love because of these stupid thoughts. does anyone have any advice or experience with this specifically and have any tips???
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