Hocd and groinal response

My main compulsion is checking for arousal (like in my head I'd check or imagine seeing another woman naked or kissing them) and eventhough I wouldn't like it and feel nausea or tightness in my chest nearly every time, there are times where I can't physically imagine a person naked in my head and that's what scares me because it feels like what if the thoughts are true and that I'm actually attracted to this person. Plus the groinal responses down there don't help. I'd be sweating and feeling anxious in my chest and sweating yet the groinal response make it feel that everything else is not true. It scares me that the thoughts are becoming true

Username: LaloCD6LaloCD6

Date posted: 1y ago

I have this too ! But you know just bc you can imagine it doesn’t mean you want it ! For example you can imagine yourself idk in a wheelchair and I don’t think you want it ?! Really OCD love to make ourselves doubt about our thoughts but you can imagine anything really ! Plus because you keep forcing yourself to check for arousal you get used to the idea and sometimes you don’t even have anxiety doesn’t mean you want it but this is a literal concept in psychology and this were ERP lead you !

Username: Miss.OCDMiss.OCD

Date posted: 1y ago

I understand what you mean. Sometimes I’ll have thoughts too where I don’t even feel anxious anymore or feel sick, I just have them and then obsess over them and think well if I wasn’t anxious then I must want it! If it wasn’t OCD and it was what you wanted you wouldn’t be in this forum looking for support. You’d be in bars or in dating sites doing the total opposite

Username: AndavidAndavid

Date posted: 1y ago

Hi! I know how that feels, the groinal has been my biggest demon. I am man and getting physical reactions to content that I don't want or think I shouldn't, gets me stuck. However, with ERP I am learning to accept this experiences, which are human and don't define us. I recommend this articles: https://impulsetherapy.com/groinal-responses-in-ocd-what-they-are-and-why-they-happen/ https://kimberleyquinlan-lmft.com/groinal-responses-in-ocd/ I hope it helps and stay strong!

Username: Xyz Xyz

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you, is this the same for when you can't imagine it? Like if I can't imagine it then it feels more true than if I could imagine it. Because in my head at least when I can imagine it I feel nauseous, but when I can't imagine it or imagine it immediately that's when it scares me more.

Username: LaloCD6LaloCD6

Date posted: 1y ago

@Xyz Rn you can’t really trust your thoughts so just try to not listen them as much as you could… You don’t need to figure it out rn !

Username: TonyOCD

Date posted: 5y ago

Can anyone relate to having HOCD thlughts (or any form of sexual orientation OCD) and getting aroused by them? I don't mean a groinal response (tingles, twinges, etc.) or arousal-non concordance (when you're groing get's aroused but your mind doesn't), or confusing stress with arousal... I literally mean getting aroused (both mentally and physiologically) by unwanted thoughts in repeated occasions (frequently) when you test yourself? Basically like if it was a sexual fantasy, with the exception that it's a torture that you have found through compulsions. I never wanted to think any of this and I still hate and wouldn't do any of the content of my thoughts. But this happens to me and makes me feel SOOOOO in denial and anxious even though I've never had sex, interest, attraction or desires for a man (or a transexual, which is my other HOCD topic).

Username: RememberWhoY...

Date posted: 3y ago

Anyone getting a lot groinal responses from HOCD also i keep getting thoughts in my head, "im gay im gay im gay" also moat of these thoughts aren't triggering a ton of anxiety and that makes me worry. I also keep feeling like im feminine or act like a gay dude. I hate it so much. I hate the groinal responses, it makes it feel real and not only that HOW DO I SIT WITH THE FEELING? HOW DO I DO RESPONSE PREVENTION? I don't want to accept this as truth this isn't me at all.

Sexual Orientation OCD

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 48w ago

Groinal response

I’m constantly having groinal response to thoughts and people I don’t want to have them to. Does anybody else hold them in if that makes sense? I find that makes it worse and cause an arousal feeling and I absolutely hate it, don’t know what to do.

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