Hi, I’ve seen in so many places that to help your OCD you can make jokes/ non-engagement responses but I’m really struggling how to do that with POCD. I have a thought about being a pedo/ doing something and I say ‘maybe, maybe not’ but it doesn’t help because I do not want to be one!
There’s obviously a huge issue with accepting uncertainty with POCD. I have it too, I would say to begin with reduce compulsions instead of trying to completely get rid of them. I say “oh thanks for that ocd” or “ocd is trying to tell me I am this person” or “oh that’s a fun thought isn’t it, brill I’ll ignore you now”. Xx
@Jojo. with ‘that’s a fun thought’ it’s like half my brain goes ‘wtf’ and the other half makes the intrusive thoughts worse because i said it was fun …
@PoWarrior Ah say “weird” thought then :) the fun is only when you can use humor.
@Italianguy1 Yeah that’s normal, OCD gives u false feelings and sensations and sometimes it weirdly feels relieving to hear someone say it’s ok, even if you aren’t! I often have googled actors ages to see their ages even tho i didn’t even think they were attractive but my brain goes “google, google you may find them attractive” and it’s very confusing! When you look for emotions, ocd will give the wrong ones:) It’s awful. But don’t give up hope, have u started ERP?!
@Italianguy1 You can not turn into this person and your brain will not let you actually act on it. The urges will feel real BUT your brain will never let you actually act on it
@Italianguy1 That’s a compulsion :) it’s completely normal. That’s your OCD wanting confirmation, there gets a point with OCD where it wants certainty so so badly that it will try to get u to accept you are this person if the other way isn’t working. It won’t last long, but it can feel so “real” and “certain” at times :(
I was watching a video and the guy is talking about OCD in general. He says you are supposed to say “I guess it will happen” when you have an OCD fear or intrusive thought. But my thing is if my brain is telling me I have to be on guard or else I will be a danger to children I’m just not sure how I can say “I guess it will happen”. Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
I am 15 years old and my POCD feels like its not POCD, i feel like i like my intrusive thoughts, but i have more intrusive thoughts about having intrusive thoughts, and i feel like i cant enjoy the things i normally enjoy anymore, like calling with my girlfriend and joking with her because this is still in the back of my mind, its making me question morals and if i ever even viewed P as completely wrong and i hate this so much, i love my nieces and nephews and when they're over i know id never do anything with my intrusive thoughts but when they arent present i feel like i like my thoughts. Before this i was dealing with HOCD and ROCD and i wish i could go back to that
so I’ve been seeking therapy for my OCD for a few years. The theme that I’ve been dealing with most recently is the fear of becoming a pedophile, which then has led to intrusive images of me doing things to kids.Which now is just causing me so much distress and 24/7 constant thought cycle. I am starting to not be able to tell the difference between thoughts that are wanted/ unwanted- the line has become some blurry and these things are starting to feel like someothing i want to do. My brain keeps telling me to just test these thoughts and the “maybe”or”i don’t know” isn’t working. This has become such a barrier because the second layer is that I’m afraid that if I just let the thoughts be there it’ll make me be OK with doing those things and the fear is what’s keeping me from actually doing something inappropriate. It’s also transitioned into intrusive thoughts and images of me doing something very disgusting to my dog and that when I’m cuddling with him I get the thoughts to just do it or try it to see if i am actually a p*do. it’s almost like the compulsion would be to do the inappropriate thing, even though I know it’s wrong just to see how it would make me feel. I feel like i can’t control these urges even though i’ve never acted on it. At any point i could just do it. I’ve never had these thoughts before up until about a year and a half ago when my friend‘s boyfriend got arrested for soliciting a minor then all these thoughts came to life.Has anyone experienced something like this and have any advice?
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