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Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Do you try erp in the situations that you get triggered? It can be helpful to try to sit with the emotion or try to notice your body’s sensations etc to take your mind off ruminating

My OCD Academia

Date posted: 2y ago

Just like @anonymous said, its help to sit with the thought or emotion. Don’t try arguing with your thoughts. The more you try to “convince” yourself, youre not your thoughts, the more it’ll latch on. They are just thoughts, they don’t mean anything. Give them a warm welcome but treat them as they are, just thoughts and then say goodbye! I also struggle with this so i know its easier said than done

LowellT

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

I understand the turmoil as in dealing with doubt. I don’t know if you are getting counseling for this or not. I have been getting counseling from NOCD for this past year and it has been a huge help. ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) is how we can deal with OCD. It helps me to know that OCD no matter what the theme is is just about doubt. As an example, Was there COVID on the door knob I just touched? Was that person insulted by what I just said? Did I just hit someone with my car? Am I . . .? My ERP for hit and run OCD I would go back and see if I hit anyone. The when I started getting counseling with NOCD, my counselor said do not go back and check but to just think of someone flipping around in the road needing medical help. Was that easy? No. Has it helped? Absolutely. It is nothing like what it used to be. With OCD we have to let the brain calm down on ot own. If we do a compulsion to relieve the anxiety it will feed the OCD. I have shed tears and sweat from anxiety saying “No” to OCD. When you get OCD counseling the counselor will help you to decide what ERP to do. I know you can say “No” to OCD. The only difference between you and me is what triggers us. I know you. can say “No” to OCD.

King silly

Date posted: 22w ago

Bad again

Pocd feels real again and I can’t tell if I’m actually attracted or not. can’t believe it got this bad again. I used to be able to go “no I don’t like that, go away” and now it feels like I do like it and want it, and it’s starting to linger longer so it feels more real. I’m avoiding checking but I’m so scared that what if it’s true. Is it because I have not been doing my exposures? I’m not sure, but every time a 14 year old person comes to my head, I keep hearing something go “they’re attractive” and it sounds like me so I panic, and it makes me even more scared because I’m not feeling bad about it??? I saw some kid at Walmart that had long black hair and my brain kept saying shit and no matter how much I say I don’t feel that way, it won’t shut up, i want to check 1000 times to make sure. But I know it’s not worth it. I’m trying so hard

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Mt2019

Date posted: 11w ago

Question about HOCD

Sorry long post. Anyone feel like now they’re just in extreme denial. Like when I was little I noticed guys more than girls in movies and was more drawn to them. I remember changing my mindset to switch that. 98%of my life has been straight until recently. I felt drawn to some guys but never thought of it sexually. Always had girl crushes dreams and porn. Now I watch porn and I feel like straight takes longer and then I go and watch gay porn and feel nothing until I tell myself it’s two attractive dudes and love is love and imagine physical sensations and then it hits like suddenly. Like I have to convince myself it’s alright. Then when I try again I can do all that but feel nothing and then straight porn works. Idk if it’s just getting a fix or the first time works with anything or what but it’s confusing. On top of that I’ve felt girl relationships including my wife maybe miss something and a guy maybe matches that feeling that but then I feel like I’d be missing something without a girl or my wife. Idk I’ve had some rough times in life with male figures in my life but idk. I feel like I have to convince myself more and more that I’m straight even more than the first time I dealt with this. Can someone relate? Please

katr :,)

Date posted: 9w ago

Pocd is so hard 😭

Ughhhhhh it feels like I can’t tell between false attraction or attractive 😭 :/ idk I just saw some pics of joji and artist that makes music when he was younger (it was a post on insta) and on one of them I thought oh he looks cute here, but no I’m like omg but idk in what way tho but it felt like not false attraction like I thought or meant it in another way and I. Felt that and then kinda freaked out bc idk if it’s weird and then I felt groinals and *sigh*

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