physical urges/movements

does anyone else have physical body urges/movements in response to their intrusive thoughts? I could have a thought to hit someone’s body part and i’ll move a bit and it makes me feel disgusting. I had a thought about bumping my butt into someone and my body followed along to it? idk how to explain it but now i feel like i attempted to assault someone🙃. obviously this doesn’t happen to everyone w ocd so i don’t want people stressing out, it’s only bc my ocd is so bad and i’m so afraid of my thoughts that the fear now physically manifests (at least that’s my therapist says). any insight would be appreciated

Mikala F

Date posted: 2y

It’s like I get paralyzed! My brain is like if you move at all after this thought it means “x,y,z”. It’s awful!

Mikala F

Date posted: 2y

OMG thank you for this because this is EXACTLY what I go through and I’ve been struggling so much to kind of categorize the feeling and it’s horrendous!!! It’s so hard to explain! I’m a nanny and I obsess over my positioning when the little boy sits on my lap while I read to him and my mind will go wild and if I even move my leg an inch, I’ve convinced myself I did something wrong. I’ve convinced myself that I have to stay completely still when he’s sitting on me or it means something bad it’s EXHAUSTING!! Thinking of you!

InkJoy123

Date posted: 2y

@Mikala F Jeez do I go through with this too. There are days where I don't even want to move because my mind will convince me I did that movement because of my intrusive thought like I wanted to actually act on it. Sometimes it genuinely feels like you really wanted to and I try to freak myself out of it but then if I do I'll feel like poop and the cycle continues and continues and uuugghhh. Like recently I've been scared to accidently touch kids that I pass by at work or even cousins or anyone younger. Well we were taking a family photo and a fly went on my arm so I moved it, but I accidently bumped my cousin behind and I immediately said sorry. Now my mind is making it believe that I wanted to do that on purpose and saying sorry was just to look like it was an accident but in reality its something I wanted. And my mind tricks me into thinking I really wanted to do that and it feels like I did which shuts me down. Genuinely don't even want to go out ugh.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 23w

Help, Meta OCD/POCD?

I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?

andrewt_

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 22w

Does anyone ever mimic/imagine harm OCD thoughts?

Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.

andrewt_

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 20w

It’s not OCD, I’m just a monster

I have a fear of touching people inappropriately. When I was walking by someone, I intentionally thought a sexual thought, then I started wondering if it would make me move my hips, and then they moved a tiny bit. Obviously nothing happened. But I’m convinced that was me snapping. What I don’t understand is why the fuck I made a choice to think the thought. Usually I’m terrified of walking by people and try to pass them quickly. What could make me think the thought? I don’t even think the thought was about the person. I’m confused and scared

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