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HELP PLEASE!
I fear of getting my first tattoošš What if I will regret it? What if I dont like it? How will I look in the future? I cant stop thinking about that. Is that OCD or not?
I fear of getting my first tattoošš What if I will regret it? What if I dont like it? How will I look in the future? I cant stop thinking about that. Is that OCD or not?
I donāt know! Worrying over the implications of a tattoo does sound pretty normal to me. However I do think OCD sufferers are more prone to extra-worry!! Iād say schedule your worry. Make a list. Proās and conās. If itās any consolation- who cares!! Tattoos are really no longer a permanent thing. If you truly despised it, you could always have it lasered!! Try not to obsess (could be OCD related) but do think for some time over whether it is the right decision. Either way, it will be fine!!
@Jodiemarie Now I am obsessing about it all the time. I was super excited three days ago until the moment of first thoughtš«£I only wanna to take my exictement and 100% certainity back!
Having a tattoo is never going to be a certain thing!! Strive to accept that you may end up not liking it. As humans, we make risky decisions everyday. āNormalā people however accept the risk. They gamble!! Life is too short
@Jodiemarie Thank you very much, I got that information so if I would like to ask others once and once again, it will be reassurance?
@oscar3400 From what youāve said- I think so! Itās totally normal to ask for peoples advice on tattoos, but I think repeatedly asking could be verging on reassurance if you also believe that. As I said, it might be good for you to make this decision on your own! Accept that you might love it or hate it! As most people who have tattoos do
@Jodiemarie I dont know what I have just done. You are the sixth person who told me that. I must be strong now and remind me of my recovery tools
I have many tattoos and this is my general experience with them: 1. Excitement to get the tattoo 2. Worried I canāt trust the artist 3. Deciding to trust the artist 4. Tattoos artists always let you look at it in a mirror before you leave, and I take this time to scan for any imperfections that will bug me later on 5. Being HONEST with the artist if I want them to change something (I have had artist go back and change something like 20% of the time. A good artist wonāt mind because they want happy customers.) 6. Getting home and HATING IT 7. Looking at it 100 times over a week 8. Finally starting to love it 9. Going back and forward between really liking it and hating it 10. Finally accepting that I love it, and I especially love it because it is mine and it reflects who I am. Even some of the tattoos that arenāt my favorite I still love because know they are nostalgic and comforting to me. I am explaining this process as someone with OCD. I wonāt lie when I say there will be doubts, because with any change there are doubts, but it has been always been worth it for me. I love my tattoos and always get compliments! Donāt back out now, youāll never know until you try!
I have dreamed and been super excited for that for 4 yearsš
It's not OCD, IT'S being smart. You don't have to get a tattoo.
You can always get it covered up or removed. I covered up an initial tattoo (i was dumb at 21) with a lotus tattoo and you can't even tell. Just go for it!! Life is short
Sometimes I think " do I like kids?" "Would i get aroused if I saw content with kids?""What if I'm a pedo and cant accept it?" "What if I'm ok with these thoughts?" "What if I'm not distressed enough " "What if I enjoy these thoughts?" , i avoid kids as much as i can, i cant look at them bc I'm scared I'm gonna have some groin like response. I keep testing if I'd get turned on or if I'd have some groinal response to sexual scenarios with kids. Sometimes I think that if I took my life this would be over and i wouldn't have to think about this and i wish i doubted something else instead of things like this. I had similar situations just with different topics such as if i loved or found sexually appealing a guy while in a relationship and i kept asking myself those questions for months and i avoided going to school for weeks and when I went I'd cry and have anxiety attacks. I had it with past actions i obessed over and felt the need to exploit every detail and be honest because otherwise i was being a fraud. I had it for sexual things that happened when i was a child. Im not diagnosed with ocd but should i tell this to my local counselor? Can someone help? Give me advice or tell me anything?
Hey so a couple months ago (7-8) I remember being upset at my family member. Like she was talking too much while I was annoyed and remember wanting her to be quiet. I got an intrusive thought like a really bad image of doing something really bad to her, and my hand twitched to the side a little? Like it felt like I was about to?! And I remembered thinking "if I do this, I'll get in trouble". I got up and left to the bathroom and felt horrified! I was thinking "did I want to act out? Did the only reason I didn't act out was because of getting in trouble? If there was no consequences, would have I done it?! Does this mean this whole time I've been using OCD as an excuse?" I remember I couldn't sleep for 3 nights because of how bad the anxiety was, I was crying and I felt very guilty like I should turn myself in to a mental hospital. I couldn't eat for many days or be near her because of that thought and twitch I had! I'm worried it was an impulse or I actually wanted to hurt her. And even to this day I still ruminanate about this. Like last night I couldn't sleep well I kept waking up every two hours and asking myself "am I capable?" I couldn't eat last night. Sometimes I move on from it like I forget that happened but when I remember, I feel distressed about it! I don't want to be an evil person or do bad actions towards anyone! I'm even scared to be angry because of this because I'm scared I have more "chance" of acting out due to anger. Like was it an impulse and I held back? Is this even OCD? Please help, I'm really scared!
Hi I just have a few questions! (Im 14 btw) Okay so basically Iām really worried Iāll become a pedo/I already am and I donāt know it yet. Iām also really scared if I SA someone, even tho I donāt want to and Iād never do something like that but I feel like this part of me is saying that I will and itās really scaring me. I feel so alone and Iām so scared Iām a bad person on the inside and this isnāt ocd and Iām gonna unleash hell on this earth Iām so scared. Iāll get a thought like if Iām walking past someone random it will be like āWhat if you sa them?ā And it scares me so bad I feel horrible for thinking that. Is this apart of it? I feel like Iām always fixated on the topic of sa to check if I would do something like that, I donāt know anymore I just feel like a bad person (btw I have not done anything like that to anyone!)
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