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I just worry that as I grow older into an adult, I’ll continue to be interested in the age I like now. Or like, their ‘baby faces’ before they become an adult. Do you guys get this?
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Thank you guys so much. You’re the best, truly :( Well, I guess il just have to wait and see. If it’s okay, can I chat on this thread next week if I get anxious? I always feel better after ‘getting it out’ I guess!
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One here
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I’m 20 as of six days ago BUT I first got pOCD when I was 17 :\
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here
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oh yes , i get something similar that 'toddlers are just young adults' which is a true statement lol but its so creepy to me
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Yes
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Hey guys! It’s nice to have people of a similar age to relate to. I’m 15 and I freak out a lot when I like someone a year or so younger as that’s a gap that divides kids and young adults! Puberty is a weird time and I just constantly worry about if I have had or WILL have crushes on pre-pubescent boys :(
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i’ve had pocd since i was 9-10 :)
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i’m 14 and have had it since i was 13, still struggling!
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Fucking me!
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Realx. Fear is what ocd uses against you also you are not a ped for thinking a boy 2 years younger is cute and you like him. But remember you said “I don’t wnat to” and ocd won’t use something that is important against you. So obviously it’s going to try to convince you whatever it takes and bring fear and doubt and feelings to suck you back into it’s circle but remember who you are as a person. You can do it❤️❤️
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Oh lord! Well done for being so strong. You’ve got this! :)
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Can I have some advice? Sorry to bother. I’m going away next week and there’s a boy coming. I remember 2 years ago he came and I found him quite fun etc. I’m 15 now and I know that he’s 2 years younger, so he’s 13 I presume. I’m terrified that I’ll go and develop a crush on him! I tend to like funny ‘rebellious’ boys, and he’s like that. But he’s younger and arhsjsjshhs I don’t want to like him! I always enjoy this holiday but I know that I won’t now, which sucks.
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Exactly what above said! Also he’s only 2 years younger, that doesn’t mean anything hun! If you do or don’t it is nothing to be super anxious about! But also remember your OCD tries to convince you of things! Complicated but you can do it I believe in u!
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of course but asking for reassurance (even accidentally) or confessing are both compulsions so try to stay away from that and just accept yourself❤️
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- 24w
Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
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Please read this. I’ve had ocd pretty much a lot of my life but never knew what it was until my senior year of highschool. I’m 21 with 2 kids and i believe i’ve had pocd a little bit before my daughter was born (which was 8 months ago). It made me start looking at all kids differently and i hate it. But it really started triggering me about 3 months ago. I’ve been thinking if i’d intentionally touched or harmed my kids the wrong way, or any kids for that matter. This started giving me false memories (or at least hope they are). I’ve been having panic attacks, yelling at myself, punching walls, praying, and even thoughts of ending my own life. I grew up in a severe toxic household throughout my childhood and teenage life. I’ve never wished that on my kids since i became a dad. I wanna give them the life i never got. I look back my photos of my children and i feel like i’m a complete fraud of a dad. I cannot look at my kids or be around them a lot of times. I can’t hold my daughter right. I can’t change their diaper when they need it. Even my son came and was hugging on me the other night while i was watching tv and i acted like a stranger to him. I can very little do this stuff sometimes because it’s either i get relief or i push my thoughts as far back as i can. I get scared if i did something to not just my kids, but any other kids in the past. I have such a a great life and such a beautiful family. It was hard and stressful at first being young with a family but i couldn’t be more thankful at all for them. I’m just so lost and stressed right now that i just don’t know what to do anymore
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I look back at all past interactions with others and think “what if they were a minor” even though there is no particular reason to think that they were. Is that a common obsession with Pocd? Has anyone else had this intrusive thought? It’s so scary and exhausting.
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