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Today was an awful day It felt like I was enjoying the thoughts that I had and now that it's 3 AM I feel horrible and can't sleep because of the anxiety, I've used porn multiple times and even had thoughts about it that I felt like I liked and felt guilty for it but got aroused by the women and to make matters even worse? I was sick! so I cannot even think properly, I'm starting to have feelings of dissociation and I feel like this isn't OCD anymore and these groinal responses are real arousal, I hate it so much, what can I do?

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Username: GmmlseGmmlse

Date posted: 2y ago

I’m so sorry you’re suffering so badly. When I had this theme I lost all feeling for my partner and questioned everything. OCD can make it feel so real. Try not to give into compulsions by watching porn. Have you tried using the SOS part of this app. The video/ audio is really helpful at helping you sit with the thought, and if that’s too much right now it should hopefully help you calm down. You are important and your OCD doesn’t define you.

Username: anonymous567anonymous567

Date posted: 2y ago

my NOCD therapist saved my life from this theme! i would recommend but they are licensed based on the state theyre in. so you can book a free call with NOCD and they can connect you with someone local! they are all equipped to handle this theme! also definitely recommend the SOS feature

Username: GmmlseGmmlse

Date posted: 2y ago

You can find the SOS under tools on the bottom right corner

Username: HC.HC.

Date posted: 2y ago

Your OCD is going to trick you. Every way it can. At every turn. Remember that

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

I'm so sorry, you're going through this right now. As a fellow groinal response sufferer, I just wanna remind you that you're not alone. Letting the groinal responses and thoughts pass by without giving attention or judgements to them can help reduce their frequency. Also, there's this book called "Desire-Intrusive Thoughts" that explains this phenomena and how it's a symptom of OCD that some people experience. If enough OCD patients experience feelings of arousal and dissociation for a therapist to write a book about it, then there is likely hope for all of us suffering from being stuck on "team groinal" Tl;dr sticking with ERP as assigned by your therapist and mindfully letting the sensations pass by without labeling them can help you feel better in the long run <3

Username: Haunterr

Date posted: 6y ago

I’m not really sure how i feel. I thought i had pocd with groinal responses but I literally can’t get the arousal to go away at all. Like all day I’ve been hyper aware of how my groin feels. It’s also like during all thoughts and conversations. I know I’m worried I’m a monster and it’s making me sick but i also feel like the constant state of arousal is actually NOT POCD related but just. Something else. Can anyone else relate? It’s really hard to not focus on it.

Username: nlnnoaia

Date posted: 5y ago

TW: I’m so desperate lately. I can’t sleep, eat or do anything else than feeling anxious and unworthy, full of guilt. A couple of days ago I had sex with my boyfriend and wasn’t turned on and suddenly I thought about something that would turn me on in that moment, thought of different things and suddenly I thought „Just think about children, just this one time“ and I feel like I didn’t do anything against it, I even think I enjoyed it and since then I’m full of fear because I always thought OCD means you do not have these thoughts because you want them but because you can’t control them and you do not act on them. But now I feel like I have and I can’t stop thinking I really am a pedophile now. I feel so anxious depressed and guilty and I do not know what to do, I went to my therapist today and she said it’s my POCD, but I feel like a liar, I’m feeling like maybe I don’t have POCD, I am just denying what I truly am it is horrible I don’t know what to do or think. I’m lost

Username: Yasmin

Date posted: 5y ago

Hi everyone! Hope everyone’s doing well. I just wanted to ask a question because I’ve been trying to improve with not letting the intrusive thoughts make me spiral, but something happened the other day that has been making me really upset, and down, but I don’t know if my worry is connected to my OCD or if it’s just general feelings. I just wanted some advice. Basically, I’ve been struggling with POCD and also have struggled with HOCD however the HOCD is not as bad now, however I do still frequently get the intrusive thoughts. Anyway, someone on here told me and several sites that I had been making my OCD worse by avoiding things such as masturbating or porn to avoid the intrusive thoughts in these situations. So the other day, I tried to watch some whilst masturbating, and not stopping if the intrusive thoughts came, and just try and brush them off and not have a guilt spiral. But I watched a video that came up and it was a man working as a masseuse and there were different women coming in and he was massaging them but going close to her down below and then touching her there. And the camera angle was weird, and it looked hidden and I did get a bit worried about it but just carried on. But then I looked at the top of the video and it said sponsored by hidden cameras in massage places. And then I was like omg no what if this video has been uploaded and the women didn’t have consent and they didn’t know they were being filmed and I’ve just watched a man touching them. And I didn’t stop the video, I watched for around 20 more seconds and then turned it off so now I feel so so guilty, and I feel like a terrible person. Is this my OCD ? I’m just so stressed and feel awful, I keep trying to brush the thoughts away but it’s becoming difficult to, and it’s making me feel terrible. Any help ?

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