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- 6y
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- 6y
Yeah man. I’ve had this going on in varying degrees for a long time. I used to be extremely horny and attracted to women. I’m still attracted to women but it’s not the same because there are stupid thoughts of some sort that go with it. So it’s had an effect for sure. My experience is that when this is severe, it affects every area of life
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- 6y
Dont worry... that is normal. Maybe you should change of therapist. Sometimes is not the right one. And yes... you should tell them everything. So they can understand you and treat you better. As us, they are not going to judge you. With ocd, a therapist needs to know you too. And how your behaviours work, what level of anxiety you have, what happened in your past. How is your family or your friends. Maybe until the 3th or 4th month they can not give you an useful treatment. I am in my 6th month and I am getting better :)
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- 6y
I think I will do. I’ve had a rough personal history but I’ve never been ashamed of that so much as what’s happened with my condition and I was much younger at the time and so scared. Nevertheless, it’s encouraging to read that you’re getting better and I hope you continue to, thank you.
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- 6y
Did you try therapy? It is really effective to help with this shit...
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- 6y
Your not alone maybe people with sexual obsessions have low sexual drive
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- 6y
Well I’m glad I’m not totally alone. I’ve been receiving therapy recently but I think really it’s not the right type for me. Ive previously had CBT but honestly I don’t think that either I was fully capable of being honest with all my issues and the therapist wasn’t that amazing either. But I’ve been looking at ERP. However I have wondered what I need to be exposed to, to be honest. Lack of confidence, the residual thoughts? It’s almost funny because the more I feel totally incapable of a relationship old worrisome thoughts that I believed had subsided tend to appear again. Thanks for the responses though everyone.
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- 6y
I’m sorry you’ve been put under pressure like that TheresaMarie. Is your therapist one who treats OCD?
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- 24w
I’m really struggling with something related to me ocd, and I would appreciate kind and supportive advice. If you can’t relate or don’t think anything you have to say would be helpful, I kindly ask pls refrain from commenting this is a really sensitive topic for me. Recently, I’ve noticed a pattern that feels something extremely new and distressing. The first time it happened I remember telling myself before self pleasuring that I am in control no matter what thought comes into my mind because I wanted to prove to myself that these thoughts are just from OCD and I know who I am and an intrusive that came out of no where, and i suddenly felt an intense fear that I was acting on it. In the moment I genuinely felt like I did. And afterword, I panicked and started questioning myself. This SAME FEELING has happened three times in a row each time, the intrusive thought was unwanted and random, and completely against my morals most recently it involved pocd and it feels even worse because it generally felt like I acted on it the thought in the moment while I was self pleasuring the panic doesn’t hit until afterwards when I stop :/ I start thinking that maybe I generally made a mistake and I’m now just realizing that it’s wrong because it generally feels like that :( but when I actually think about it again goes against my morals and values doesn’t make sense it feels incredibly real, and I can’t seem to shake this feeling off that I may have acted on it I’m terrified because I never wanted these thoughts in the first place. And I definitely didn’t choose them. If I had known, I would’ve had these intrusive thoughts I wouldn’t have self pleasured in the first place but it’s extremely hard to convince myself that this may be OCD because I feel like I have no other reason to believe that I didn’t act on it :/
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- 18w
Being exposed to taboo p*rn as young as first grade ruined my life and now ocd is making me pay for it. I have so much guilt for being a child/teen and looking at taboo stuff, and it was all fictional or anime or whatever but it was still so so gross. and I didn't realize It because I had been used to it at so young 🫠 I think what haunts me most is when I was a kid/young teen (like 12-14ish) and didn't have access to p*rn I'd imagine stuff similar to what I'd seen in the art. I can't even believe I'd imagine scenarios involving kid characters or whatever because it had been so normalized to me and I assumed it was normal since it was fiction. I'm 23 now so it's been a decade since I've done anything like that and I've never had the urge to since but still. I've NEVER been attracted to kids or had any urges or anything ever, even when I was addicted. The thought makes me want to vomit, I'd rather die than associate anything sexual with kids/minors and I think people who groom or assault kids are vile. But I still feel like the fact that I imagined stuff similar to the things I read sometimes when I was young is proof I'm a p*do. I don't think people would believe me if I said I'm not. I just feel like I don't deserve to live or that if I do, I'm living a lie. I know 'I was a kid too' but even when I was 13/14 I read/imagined stuff with characters younger than me because I thought it was normal. I'm so disgusted. I've had this theme for so long I'm starting to wonder if ocd is right. I feel too ashamed to tell my therapist.
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- 18w
Hello, I unknowingly have lived with ROCD or OCD (not sure what one. I’m new to this). It has ruined so many amazing romantic and platonic relationships and I am so sad that just now I am finding out what the hell is wrong with me. Maybe life would be different if I have known. My OCD and anxiety is at an all time high (ATH) due to some horrible events that have happened in the recent months. I am at the point where paranoia has taken over my life now. I had my first panic attack a few weeks ago where I fainted. My anxiety attacks are so extreme I go thought cognitive distortion that has lasted days. My girlfriend of 3 years is my emotional guardian and she no long has the energy to be that and honestly it’s not her responsibility to be that. She is bi and wanted to have an open relationship and for someone who has OCD this has not been good for me. She also was assaulted in my own home by a good friend of ours when I was out of town but it’s not a clear situation because it sounded consensual at first. I just left my very high paying job. I am financially secure but the job was emotionally abusive and looking back made my OCD worse. I am taking some time off to get my head right…but now, all I have to do during the day is live in my OCD. I’m very happy I finally figured out why I act the way I do but I don’t know if I can get better quick enough to save my relationship. I have never been so worried about myself (M 28 years old). I am a confident young professional and never thought I would be writing on a page like this. Anyway…I hope it gets better.
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