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- 6y
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- 6y
Thank you, I’m definitely better than I used to be (I used to get really mad and storm out of the room and then compulse; now I can accept that she loves me and I don’t get angry). It’s just a process, I guess. Such a hard process though...
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- 6y
You won't though, gor that must be an awful ocd
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- 6y
You won't gain any bad though don't worry. We tend to think ocd is magic when it isn't. It's a mental illness.
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- 6y
Oh my goodness I have had this form of OCD when I was younger. I would literally carry hand sanitizer around and one time my uncle kissed the top of my head and I ran to the bathroom and just put hand sanitizer all over my head! You’re not alone, but remember that the bad isn’t there, to leave it be. Try your hardest to think, “does this ‘bad’ exist?”... “what does the ‘bad’ even consist of?”... asking in depth questions on what it is that you fear can help come to realizations that they aren’t as bad as you think they are, or even better, they’re don’t even exist. ❤️
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- 6y
That’s a good way to put it, we do see it as magic. Scientifically, her touching me can’t “transfer” her thoughts and being into me, but my brain still irrationally likes to scream at me that it will still happen through some cosmic force haha. This has helped distract me from those thoughts though, thank you ❤️
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- 6y
It's okay. I don't think I've ever had this ocd, I use to have contamination ocd and still have that a bit
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- 6y
You guys are so great, this is really helpful! Thank you :) I like thinking about it logically — that goes against everything that OCD tries to tell me and it feels like a small victory
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- 6y
Ya, I finally learned recently that other people have my similar form of OCD, and it’s called Emotional Contamination OCD. It actually gave me such relief to have a name for the ‘monster‘, and to know that other people have this weird form of it too
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- 6y
That's a big step for what you said... step by step... in my case, since I was a kid, I have to touch 3 times wood if I have a bad though or a bad dream or I say something bad that can happen... it is like I believe in someway I have the superpower of create bad things if I just think about it and in some way wood stop the magic... trying to exposeme to this one is really tricky for me, so I decided to care with me always a piece of wood... it brings me confort and in case I can't resist the compulsion I have it with me... step by step
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- 23w
I was sitting down and my child wanted me tl hug her. She extended her arms. I leaned in and hugged her but my pocd freaks out says “dont brush up lr do anything inappropriate. Dont thrust my hips”. I leaned in and hugged her. I had these intrusive thoughts and worries. I hugged her still and i think i did compulsions to avoid these pocd and intrusive thoughts. I moved on and now im habing doubts and false memories on the details. I know as i hugged her i worried about brushing up or hips thrusting and i was anxious and uncomfortable. I known its ocd. I still hugged my child. Despite ocd discomfort. I thought i felt my body react like a hip thrust twitch or maybe its just in my head. I dont want to hip thrust. Thats why my mind was freaking out worrying about it when she asked for anhug. My therapist said my ocd and anxiety and these intrusive thiughts can cause my body to involuntarily react and do those things my ocd is obssessing over like hip thrusting or twitches or groinals down there.
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- 20w
I have a fear of touching people inappropriately. When I was walking by someone, I intentionally thought a sexual thought, then I started wondering if it would make me move my hips, and then they moved a tiny bit. Obviously nothing happened. But I’m convinced that was me snapping. What I don’t understand is why the fuck I made a choice to think the thought. Usually I’m terrified of walking by people and try to pass them quickly. What could make me think the thought? I don’t even think the thought was about the person. I’m confused and scared
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- 15w
I shouldn’t have done this (trigger trigger trigger!!) So about a month ago..maybe I watched this video (as a compulsion to prove to myself) The video was called “interview with a p3d0” And basically it was what it says, I watched or more like listened to half of it…after I was disgusted by the person, but now all I can think of is every little thing I do, I feel as if tho I’m monitoring every thought/moment and feeling I have it’s torturous and I hate it..I feel disgusting, the person in the video has empathy and sympathy and had those feelings yk, I can’t explain it you’d have to watch the video yourself but please don’t it will ruin your journey…I feel more hopeless then before, my OCD is telling me so many things trying to convince me things that Ik aren’t true, I’m just really scared I don’t want to be that person I want to be a good cousin and person to my family, I’m sick of my head and myself, I’m so tired that sometimes I can’t even think straight, my head is always in pain and idek how to help myself..compulsions have been becoming more and more exhausting… I need advice or even someone to relate to, I understand I shouldn’t have done what I did but idk how to forget it.. I had made this post already but when someone replied I couldn’t see it for some reason so I’m uploading it again
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