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Trigger warning! So I often do this and it then makes me feel worse, for example I will hug my niece and it will feel wrong so I will hug her again exactly how I hugged her initially to check that it was ok how I hugged her and then of course it will feel wrong again and like I did it on purpose now so I will feel even worse, I’m pretty sure this is a checking compulsion and I always fall into it’s trap Bc I feel the need to check what happened to make sure it was ok but then it feels even worse Bc I purposely did it again, and then my mind goes omg why did you do it again and sometimes I will check multiple times Bc I’m checking to almost reenact what I first did to makes sure it was ok, anyone relate ?? The guilt and shame feel so real when I do this 😓

Username: fkocdfkocd

Date posted: 1y ago

I'm sure there are many people here who feel the same way as you! it's a fairly common compulsion (I have it too, but my topic is different) here's the tip: delay the compulsions, if you feel like hugging her again, you say to yourself - after dinner I'll hug her or maybe tomorrow after lunch - and when the time comes you will delay again! discomfort will come and you will sit with it! we are here with you!

Username: HopeHope

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you! Yes I definitely will try this! I do this checking compulsion with a lot of my themes and definitely need to delay and stop it Bc it just fuels the ocd, thanks 💛

Username: sazMarsazMar

Date posted: 1y ago

I completely understand, for some reason I’ve always had this fear around my nieces and nephews because I love them so much. It’s crazy but the thought I could bring them harm is my biggest fear so of course my OCD has a field day with that. I’m currently stuck in an awful thought, after looking after my nephew I know it’s not real but I felt anxious and of course that fuelled an intrusive thought that now I can’t get rid of

Username: HopeHope

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you! Yes I totally relate because I love my niece and nephew and all kids so much my ocd attacks that, I’m sorry you are stuck in that thought but remember it’s just a thought you don’t need to attend to it in any way, I know easier said than done, you’re not alone 💛

Username: Mikala FMikala F

Date posted: 1y ago

I literally do this all the time!!!!

Username: HopeHope

Date posted: 1y ago

Me too it’s one of my major compulsions!

Username: sazMarsazMar

Date posted: 1y ago

It’s awful isn’t it, second guessing yourself and that sense of why do I feel like something happened when I know it didn’t

Username: HopeHope

Date posted: 1y ago

It is awful 😢 I totally relate

Username: Stormyskies

Date posted: 21w ago

Normal?

Is it normal in OCD to test yourself to see if you like something (POCD specifically) Sometimes I imagine scenarios or things to see if I have a reaction to them but then feel guilty about imagining it afterwards…

Username: Mariie

Date posted: 15w ago

Does anyone have the same thoughts?

Does anyone have harm OCD related to recent events? Like events that just happened or happened not long ago? I feel like my OCD is trying to find something bad/immoral I could have done in nearly every situation that I am experiencing, for example “Did you just do that?”. And I constantly want to check, ask people for reassurance, try to find a logic answer by going it though in my head,… It’s many different themes but all related to doing sth bad/immoral (e.g., touching someone inappropriately, pushing someone in front of a vehicle, putting something in a drink/food). Does anyone have the same? Or the other thing that I experienced recently is that I did something (a rather unimportant action, not harming anyone) and I go over and over it and ask myself “why did you do that? What does that say about you? Are you actually a weird person?” It feels like I draw “false conclusions” from a real event… I don’t know if that’s OCD though or not. Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same. Good luck to you all! We’re not alone in this! 😊

Username: Puffin123456

Date posted: 14w ago

Advice?

His so I have a question. Should I feel guilty for things I do like without thinking or naturally. Like for example if I’m around a person I find attractive I will naturally try to be funny or come off as attractive not in a bad way like it just happens I’m not usually aware of it until after it happens.Sometimes I do and say things without an intention it just kinda happens and then My brain after it will Be like oh you did that because of this and that. Or sometimes it’ll tell me I did it for a certain intention that I didn’t do it for, but it’s hard sometimes when I do things without a certain intention so then I can’t tell my intentions and I spiral but sometimes my brain is right and it makes me feel guilty because if I knew that’s was my intention I never would have done it if that makes sense. Is this part of OCD

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