Age and gender info on the nocd app

Maybe it's my OCD, maybe not, but it makes me feel uneasy not knowing with whom I'm talking, male or female, minors, people in their 20, or above... I mean, if I knew, I am replying to a minor, I might phrase what I say differently, or don't reply at all, as I might think it's better their peers reply to them. In the app store it is said, that this app is for people 17+ and the Sexual Themes OCD group session is also only accessible for adults, so I do wonder why so many minors are on here. Some content on here is sexual due to Sexual Themes OCD. Nothing against minors with OCD, of course, but maybe a separate app, or additional features on here, like the option to block reading minors and/or to block certain posts one makes to be accessed by minors would be a good thing. Also the requirement to state one's age would be a good thing, so every is free to choose with whom they interact. I realized, that for me talking to minors is just triggering and I don't want to give advice to a teenager, that's too much responsibility.

winnie_the_t...

Date posted: 3y

I’ve not experienced POCD and I am also concerned about this. Not so much about me doing something but just that they are extremely vulnerable, not saying there are a ton of predators here but it’s possible. I’ve already seen an entire thread of people try to get in contact over kik which is very well known to be extremely dangerous and basically a sex app now. Also, the majority of people I’ve seen revealing their age are underage…which I just find odd lol.

ricktherocker

Date posted: 3y

I'm 57 . Addiction / OCD are similar in many ways , addiction is a habit , formed of continued behavior /reward whereas OCD is an actual cognitive misfunction , no reward or purpose other than repetive action to calm anxiety. These are not clinical definitions , so lots of room to add or remove at will , using that outline and focusing on anxiety management as opposed to trying to fight myself has helped a lot.

Zoë_84

Date posted: 3y

Erm, no offence, but I think making this post in here, unrelated to the topic of my post will mean that barely anyone will read it. I'd suggest you make your own post, with a suitable subject heading...

ricktherocker

Date posted: 3y

@Zoë_84 No offense taken but you referenced the fact that you were uncertain of whom you were interacting , so I simply stated who I was basically and learning the difference between obsessive compulsive disorder and addiction had helped , simply sharing . . . Have fun trying to figure out who's underage and who's a predator , I got more important things to think about. Have a great day

Zoë_84

Date posted: 3y

@ricktherocker No need to be rude and condescending. I do understand, that suffering from OCD causes anger, but I very kindly ask you to not let off steam in here, thank you for understanding.

Zoë_84

Date posted: 3y

@ricktherocker And I assumed, you didn't know that you can start a post, so I only wanted to give you friendly advice.

winnie_the_t...

Date posted: 3y

@ricktherocker This is meant to be a safe space, please try not to be rude next time you have a disagreement.

Givenup

Date posted: 19w

Pocd and anxiety

I hope someone can respond... Im genuinely so triggered and so anxious... Dr disrespect was accused of inappropriately messaging and sending explicit images to a minor, and trying to meet up with them at twitchcon... my POCD is saying that my situation with me venting about 18+ explicit HOCD stuff to people in the PM's on an OCD groupchat I found from NOCD, including the minors, when I was 19, means that I am just as bad as they are... or worse... I pm'ed them from the support group and vented to them in private (including the minors) about my 18+ explicit HOCD struggles... one was uncomfortable by it so i stopped venting to her after she told me she was uncomfortable by it twice... the other gave me reassurance so i kept asking her for reassurance for my 18+ hocd struggles... I dont ever want to ever be attracted to minors in any way... I dont ever want to ever engage in any inappropriate relations with minors in any way... i dont ever want to EVER be a MAP, a P, or a gro*mer in any way... I dont ever want to be what my pocd says about me... im so scared... someone said that I need help, that I need to turn myself in, and that im hiding behind a diagnosis because of this situation... i genuinely feel so hopeless... I dont ever want to ever be a monster...

EndOCD!

Date posted: 18w

Just want a response

So one day a couple months ago I saw some posts on threads pop up on instagram and they said I’m 17 and horny and 18 and horny or I think I even remember see a 16 year old one. I’m 20 and I remembered that when those popped up I clicked on them and I don’t know if I did it out of true attraction or out of the urge to make my anxiety go away. I feel like often times if I see something that says any number under 18 even if it has nothing to do with age it could be talking about season 17 of a tv show my mind immediately goes what?? 17??? And then I click on it to make my anxiety go away. So when I remembered all of this I downloaded the threads app because I wanted to see if I could get reassurance and see if I could rekindle how I felt in these moments. When I opened the app all I saw was posts like that but everyone claimed to be 18. The only problem is none of the girls looked 18 they looked like 14-16 so I started to panic I and worry that because I clicked on the threads in the past it popped up more and I was a pedophile for that. All of the accounts all pretty much had only fans links so at that point I was like well they have to be 18 then but now I’m worried that maybe it’s a scammer and they are using underage pictures of girls and putting them on onlyfans. Which I know is out of my control but I just feel like a Pedo and like I did something wrong. Does anyone have any advice? Or have any similar situations/ similarities with this?

Anonymous

Date posted: 16w

Maybe it is OCD (please say anything)

I have no idea anymore. I guess this all started with me worrying about whether I was gay, then whether I was a P, then worried about being just attracted to teenagers. After that I started freaking out about not feeling “grown up” enough. Like “I’m an adult wtf is wrong with me for seeing someone who is probably younger and thinking they’re physically attractive. Then I started overthinking not finding older adults (like 30 or 40) very attractive. Like ofc I’m probably not gonna find them attractive, they’re not anywhere close my age. Maybe the desires are half real. Maybe as a 21 yr old young adult I do find older teenagers (16+) somewhat physically attractive. I still think it’d be weird to date one. Maybe that’s the normal reaction I’m supposed to have. If not, please let me know. I just don’t wanna do anything illegal one day and I’m super scared I will. I can’t tell if the fear is my just being afraid of the law though, in which case I might actually just be a bad person. I hate that my brain is just rationalizing thoughts now. I feel like I can’t do the ERP thing of “just accept that the thoughts are there but don’t engage.” Like what? How can I just think a thought that might be so integral to my identity and just ignore it? If it’s all true and I don’t like people my age anymore then I have to know and plan around that, that could change my entire life. I’m rambling, my b.

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