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I know the feeling and am the same. I am also a Christian who is going through SOOCD and ROCD
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@Millerbm It’s so difficult. It makes me contemplate what I thought I knew…. I pray for this to end.
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@Yeehaww Me too. Everyday.
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@Yeehaww It didn’t help that I would watch lesbian porn when I was younger and then when I was pregnant with my first kid. But I never act or have desires on such things, I’ve never even had thoughts of being with girls and now it feels like my body is telling me that I’m something I’m not and it scares me to death. I don’t want to leave my husband and my child over something false. I pray everyday to beat this and to be happy again
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@Millerbm This. Spoke volumes, I had the same experience, I was young and stupid… made stupid decisions like that and I feel like it’s effecting me now
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Yep. Like I need to figure it out now. I’m not even looking to date, I’m just looking to find God, I’m listening to his word. Reminding myself of his truth, not my truth
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@Yeehaww Are you also Christian with soocd?
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@r é Yes. Its a big struggle
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@Yeehaww Yoooo finally a Christian that gets me. I genuinely love God, I’m not being forced, so I’m not even looking to leaving Christianity. I’m just conflicted. Having a different orientation isn’t even something I want personally.
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@r é Me too! I found God on my own, not because I was forced in religion even though I did have those classes! But I’ve just always loved the Lord. It has been such a struggle for me with this. Making me question if I am or if I’m not. I know it goes against God’s word, but it’s not like I want to act upon it or i even have the desires toward the same sex… it’s just the thought, it scared me it freaks me out. I pray and pray to make it stop but I just feel like it never ends… I’ve always dreamed of getting married and I want to honor God, I want to get married in a church and not even think of divorce as an option. But this is just scaring me, making me doubt the life I always wanted
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@Yeehaww Oh dear, sending you hugs.. I can’t imagine the anxiety you’re going through. It’ll get better for us ❤️
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@r é It’s a big struggle, its also beginning to feel like I’m using God’s word to to hid from then “truth” like that I’m only using that to hide from this thought, cause I don’t want to admit to it. But quite honestly I’ve admitted to myself maybe I am…. Im just never settled. All I know is I will not be acting upon any same sex actions as I don’t do any opposite sex acts because I’ve want to wait for my marriage. I face the Lord with this and am being as open an honest with him. Trying to understand why this is what I’m struggling with, accepting myself for what this is and then having the Lord heal me from these thoughts. I know He’s got something good for us. We’ll get the life we deserve all though is Glory. We should believe in His word as much as possible, not in the sins of the world. As this thought causing stress. Talking about it helps me.
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Exactly and I never knew I had ocd before, but everyone had an idea and it was under control until Covid hit and then when I got pregnant, it got even worse
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@polishgirl I accept that love is love. Just the thought of changing into something I’m not, scares me
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@Millerbm I relate. I tell myself that i accept myself for who I am. No matter what, but when I tell myself that it still feel stress and anxiety. It’s never settling. Just keep praying to God, we’ll get passed this. And I believe this is why we need him because we would never be satisfied on our own. He can help us live in true happiness as long as we follow His path.
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Thanks to everyone for replying this. Nice to see that I’m not alone ❤️
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(25f have always felt I was hetero) I feel like my experience is uncommon and it makes me feel like the world is crashing down. I used to privately act on a kink that’s extremely uncommon, an involuntary thing people do everyday. It was a kink that was NEVER in the real world. I’d act on it every now and then through erotica or when I was younger, videos…then at some point grew an awareness that this was weird and only stuck to erotica. When people did this involuntary act irl I would be grosses out, annoyed, feel nothing or would have this little thought in the background that “ew germs”. Especially my parents I was often annoyed when they did it. For the past 8 months I’ve continuously have feared what my sexual feelings are towards family, friends and children when they do this act that I used to have a kink towards. I had the thought “well I don’t think I really want this kink in this new relationship” then I thought “wait…am I acknowledging this is a real thing for me? If so what does that say about this kink happening in the real world? Are you attracted to anyone doing the act? What about children? Or mom?!” Especially my mom, I fear what I will feel if she does this involuntary act and that I may at some point give in and feel inappropriate feelings towards her/pleasure myself to her doing the act. It’s so bad that I will mentally create scenarios of her and others doing the kink in the exact sexual ways that turned me on to see if it will arouse me. I worry that being annoyed towards my parents, especially my mom doing this act in the past was because I was in denial and was masking that it actually turned me on. You can’t ever fully get rid of kinks and although I don’t act on this one anymore…I worry and fear that bc I haven’t acted on it, it’s attaching to family, friends and even children in the way of fantasies and that the only reason I feel despair, shame, guilt, disgust and fear is only because of what others would think of me. Not what I actually think. In the beginning I was so filled with disgust, guilt, shame and fear that I ran away from home then admitted myself to a psych ward last summer hoping it would help (plot twist, didn’t.) I’m suicidal, I cry multiple times a day. Every thought I have I don’t trust and worry what they actually mean. Every thought of any kind. My mom and I used to be so so so close. She was my best friend and I avoid her a lot now because I fear I have a sexual disorder and am uncontrollably attracted to her. I miss her much I’m crying while typing this. My mom has only done the involuntary act around me a few times in the past 8 months and each time the arousal was so strong I felt like I was dissociating with how horrible my life has become. The worst part is…the arousal itself feels really good compared to the arousal I get around my bf…except with him I don’t feel extreme anxiety and despair when I’m aroused. I have so many other thoughts too and it makes it so hard to be in the moment and enjoy my bf, family and friends. I feel like a monster…
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I'm really, really scared. I feel like my boyfriend and I went too far. We both belong to the same faith, and we've both committed from a young age to remain pure and chaste until marriage. And we've never had sex before, but we've talked a lot about it. And we've done things like laying on top of each other. Gently rubbing up against each other. He's kissed my chest. And I've send some pictures to him. Not nude pictures, but just ones that are a little revealing, and the guilt has been eating me alive. And of course, I know it's okay to feel sexual feelings, and it's good to have them and acknowledge them. They're vital feelings, and it's just us being human. It's a natural part of biology, and it's okay to be sexually attracted to one another, and to embrace that. It's something to be happy about. In our faith, we are cautioned against arousing sexual feelings in each other before marriage. And my boyfriend and I have absolutely done that, over and over again, when I've known better. Which makes me feel really guilty. Super guilty. I've struggled with scrupulosity for a long time. A really long time. And when I had a therapist who helped me to embrace my sexuality in a positive way, she really challenged my scrupulosity, and it helped me to attain a healthier view of the both myself and my standards, which is great. But in situations like this, I don't know if I'm dealing with scrupulous thoughts that are trying to make me fee feel guilty unnecessarily, or if I'm dealing with godly sorrow, like the kind of guilt that you feel so that you're urged to repent. And my boyfriend and I have kept an open dialogue about all of this since we started dating, and I think we've been communicating well, which is good. But we both agreed that last night, in particular, we really crossed the line, and I feel so guilty about it. We both agreed that this is a joint effort and that there's no blame to be put entirely on either one of us. My boyfriend has been really, really gentle about this subject, and I really appreciate his openness and honesty. But he doesn't see what we've done as anything to repent about. And even though he totally understands if I feel differently, I DO feel like we need to repent, both of us, not just me. He's open to hear any of my thoughts, even if they happened to be negative against him. And I appreciate that. But the guilt has been eating me alive. All the times I've made him moan on purpose because I like it. All the times I've let him talk so dirty to me. And the times I talked so dirty back to him. And I'm just comparing myself to other couples of our faith who may or may not have struggled, because obviously we're not the only ones to struggle. But we've done so much. We've talked so dirty to each other, and we're not even close to being engaged or anything. I just feel so filthy, and I feel ashamed for wanting to go further. A couple years ago, like I said, I had a therapist who really helped me to embrace my sexuality while also staying true to my faith. And I feel like I've really come a long way since then, but this feels different, because masturbation and embracing your own sexuality is different than teasing sex with another person. I just don't know how severe this really is. And I'm worried that I'll be reprimanded. I'm worried what would happen if my parents happened to find out. Not that I'm gonna tell them, but still, I'm really scared. I'd feel bad keeping this from them if it's really serious. I don't know what to do. I need to cry. My stomach hurts. I just feel all kinds of wrong.
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18+ people with this thread please. I just want some advice from people who have experienced this. Its been almost 2 years since my real event and i can confidently say that i feel a bit better about that and my thoughts. (We still have bad moments but we recover.) but, ever since then and before, i feel nasty and gross whenever i engage or interact with adult content. Like this nasty guilt or feeling like i cant interact with it because then my ocd says “this proves that your thoughts are true and your perverse” and after i always feel empty and disgusting. Besides things like that, i read adult fan fiction sometimes or even write stories for my original characters. And yesterday i shared these stories with a close in person friend of mine. (Were both in college) and they were fine about it we laughed about it but then after i felt guilty-my brain was telling me “you traumatized her she just doesn’t wanna tell you” obliviously this isn’t true but im having a hard time believing it and this morning i woke up with a deep dread that i hurt a friend and im horrible. I can say that they’re more positive about these things then me and i think thats why we got into the conversation and i felt comfortable to share these stories but i just can’t get over it. I have a strong urge to ask for reassurance but i know it wont help. I literally have no one else to talk to about this. Ive spoken to my therapist about this guilt with adult content and we have yet to expand on it especially how it goes hand in hand with my asexuality. My therapist tells me its human to feel things like this and its ok to perform self care like that and again-im a human person its usually normal for 19 year olds to be like this especially for someone my age but i dont feel normal. I feel nasty. Does anyone else feel this way? How did you confront this guilt and how did you feel comfortable again interacting with these feelings and actions again? I dont really have a desire to do s*xual things often (im on the asexual spectrum) but when i do i dont want to feel like this. Especially when my ocd types effect it. Advice is needed and appreciated thank you for your help.
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