I had an intrusive image and got a groinal response... back to square one ?

Thank you all! Really helps. It's the next day and I already feel better after good night of sleep! Acceptance of the insecurity is key. ❤

Try to remind yourself that it was involuntary, you cant control it. Try saying to yourself "brain idk why you did that but whatever " and try to move on ? intrusive thoughts and images have no limits

That’s not square one. Square one would be you not even knowing either of those terms and being confused and unsure of what’s going on and trying to read through tons of articles online to figure out how to even describe what happened and if you have an issue. My point: your not at the beginning. You’re just in the middle somewhere. But you’ve got this. Know what’s going on and what to do about it.

?above comments are really helpful, you aren't back to square one just because you experienced this?recently I've picked up on that literally anything that goes on in my body, on the inside, I can't control. any feelings, any thoughts, any responses, none of it is controlled by me so I might as well just let it happen. My inside body genuinely just does whatever it does. i have groinal response right 7now... no clue why but its not something I have control over, but Its okay. Anxiety inducing.... I KNOW....but its true, I have zero control over any of those things, I only have control over how I react to them - you HAVE got this, no matter where you're at in recovery/journey