BIPOC with OCD

Students with OCD

Older adults with OCD

LGBTQ+ with OCD

Parents of OCD kids

NOCD Therapy Alumni

Mid-life adults with OCD

OCD newbies

Young adults with OCD

I wonder if something I did in the past actually happened the way I remember it

False Memory OCD

I’m constantly bothered by things not being in the right place, the right order, or grouped in the right way

Order & Symmetry OCD

I’m convinced that what I do or think can effect a real event and will prove that I’m a bad person

Magical Thinking OCD

I experience anxiety and discomfort any time something doesn’t feel “just right”

Perfectionism OCD

I’m bothered by specific thoughts, and I use mental actions to “get rid” of them

"Pure" OCD

I obsess over something that happened in my past and what it could have led to

Real Events OCD

I can’t help but think I’ll intentionally kill myself, even thought I don’t want to die

Suicidal OCD

I experience anxiety while obsessing over the meaning of life or the purpose of existence

Existential OCD

I have continual doubts about my sexuality and spend a lot of time trying to analyze my feelings 

Sexual Orientation OCD

I’m overly afraid of becoming sick or getting someone else sick

Contamination OCD

I need to know if I really have a desire to transition my gender or if I want a transgender partner

Transgender OCD

I constantly question and analyze how I feel in my most important relationships

Relationship OCD

I feel unable to stop focusing on normal bodily functions in myself or someone else

Somatic OCD

I constantly worry that I have offended a higher power or done something morally wrong

Religion & Spirituality OCD

I have to keep checking for new health symptoms to prevent pain, suffering, or death

Health Concern OCD

I experience excessive fears of directly or inadvertently causing harm to others

Harm OCD

I’m very bothered by thoughts that  I want to, or might, do something inappropriate with a child

Pedophilic Obsessions OCD

I’m a new parent, and I can’t help but think of my newborn getting hurt due to my thoughts or actions

Postpartum OCD

One thing I always seem to do is force my thoughts to test how I react to them. However every single time I’m doing it, I always end up liking the thoughts instead of feeling disgusted  and I can someone times even get a groinal response. I suffer from POCD so lots of these thoughts will involve me focusing myself to think of sexual situations with children to check if I like them or not but I always end up so liking them and I hate that!! Is this common?!

Checking and POCD 

Checking And POCD

OCD can make you truly believe you like them. But remember you "enjoy" them, not really enjoy them. Arousal at sexual imaginations is also expected, and compulsive checking to see if you like the thoughts/would get aroused is OCD behaviour. I was once there, been there, and I empathise with you completely. Don't give up, don't let OCD win over, it's all an illusion. It's your own mental disorder manipulating you to believe something false. Before OCD you weren't like this, and OCD doesn't change that.