Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

Ocd doubt

Can ocd make you doubt if you really do want to do something Eg i had an intrusive thought earlier of kissing my father in law with an awful urge like i was seconds away from doing it! Initially i know i didnt want to do it, dont find him attractive dont see the point in doing it ect now im really questioning if i actually want to do it? Will i do it next time because now i want to? Can it confuse you like this to where it makes you believe you actually want to even though im still questioning i dont as never thought of it before this though

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

I've struuggled with something similar. Intrusive thoughts are tough because there is no outward exposure therapy that seems obvious to help combat the thoughts (i.e. if afraid of contamination stick your hands in dirt). Instead to do expose therapy you have to do what you fear most, just let your self think the obsessive thought (kissing your father-in-law) without doing any of your compulsions (avoidance through activities or mental excercises). Its really hard I struggled with pocd to the point I didn't want to be near my children, but staying away is not the solution its part of the problem (compulsions). I hope this helps. I know its super tough but I want you to know there's a whole community here that is supporting you!!! Best wishes!

Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Thankyou for sharing this helps alot, sorry you also experienced this, its so tough! Just hate the feeling that accompanies it like you are about to do it :( that’s more awful then the thought 😓x

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

@Anon16789 - Yeah, it sure is but it gets better! :) You got this!!!

Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

@Anonymous Thankyou I appreciate this

Blumenkohl1

Date posted: 2y

I experienced the same with soocd, now with pocd 🥴 I think its a common symptom unfortunately

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

Yes honey yes I do this all the time

Catlove9

Date posted: 2y

Yup. I get this HORRIBLY with my harm ocd.

Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

@Catlove9 Does it make you question if you want to 😓

Catlove9

Date posted: 2y

@Ocdlife123 Yup. All the time.

Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

@Catlove9 😓 so awful, feels like you could 😩😓

Catlove9

Date posted: 2y

@Ocdlife123 Yup! It’s absolutely the worst. Literally any minute can feel like that.

Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

@Catlove9 How do you deal with yours

Catlove9

Date posted: 2y

@Ocdlife123 I’m really trying to accept them and let them be there and go about my day. But it’s really hard to do that when it feels so real. Like how can I just let it be there when it’s so scary? I’m trying really hard though.

Ocdlife123

Date posted: 2y

@Catlove9 I understand i dread going home alone with my child as feels so real 😓

Catlove9

Date posted: 2y

@Ocdlife123 I know what you mean. This is how I am around people at work.

Anonymous

Date posted: 2y

It's like it happens real bad once a month

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 23w

Does anyone ever feel like they like a thought?

I have been struggling today, most likely due to lack of sleep. I had a thought that I would consider intrusive, but what really unsettled me was that I felt like I liked it, **not just in the sense that I lacked anxiety over it, but that I genuinely felt like I wanted it.** It left me feeling really confused. It happened during intimacy, which makes it even more unsettling. The thought was incestuous, I found myself imagining and comparing the moment with my boyfriend to my father :/, and what really alarms me is that I felt like I wanted it there, both mentally and physically. I was having a really nice time, so maybe the physical sensations got mixed in somehow, but it still worries me. I did my best not to ruminate in the moment and avoided checking. I tried to move on, but the feeling of genuinely liking the thought was so clear that it is hard to shake off. Has anyone else experienced something similar? This is one of the first times it has ever happened to this extent.

Elliesmith

Date posted: 22w

Is this ocd

So my whole life I’ve been heterosexual. I have got hocd so I worry I’m a lesbian when I have no reason to worry about it because im straight ( not that my ocd likes to think that tho lol! ). But there’s this thought I have, How do I know I’m 100% straight if I haven’t tried sleeping with a girl? Bear in mind I’ve NEVER WANTED TO and DONT want too. Hence why it is an INTRUSIVE thought. But the thought is so uncomfortable- I can’t seem to shift it. But i do see that THIS IS OCD & wanting to know for certain. Thats the definition of OCD. I do know that but it’s tough with the stupid doubts!!! Do you guys just live with the unknown / uncertainty. I’m so happy and love my boyfriend and only want to be with him etc. Let me say again, I DONT want to sleep with a girl nor have I ever fantasized about it. But why does ocd want 100% certainty.. I just wanna not have that weird niggling thought.

Mags2002

Date posted: 16w

Soocd: need some response , is this even ocd?

I really dont know if it is ocd anymore I dont want certain sexual things with my bf anymore that i used to like When i envision it with a girl it is so easy to envision and it feels like i want that , that will give me the satisfaction This feeling is making me really question if i am still into men , desire men sexually Is this still ocd , i really dont know anymore , as it is a feeling it is too real

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