Horror/Disaster Media & Avoidance

Does anyone else find themselves avoiding horror or disaster-themed movies, shows, and video games? Before learning about ocd, I used to think I was just a scaredy cat when it came to horror movies and stuff. But now I'm realizing that those types of media trigger intense intrusive thoughts and vivid images, and that not everyone experiences that. So I'm just curious if anyone else is also avoidant of that stuff? Or if anyone has that same intense reaction?

Fightingocd

Date posted: 1y ago

Hey ! Yes me as well, since my childhood, I avoid them !

Anon.

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

I definitely used to be avoidant of looking at stuff with the things I potentially feared in it. However, with ERP/therapy, I slowly learned how to embrace uncertainty. With the confidence gained from this, I started to intentionally watch things I may have been avoiding. These are just small ways I felt I was able to get my life back from OCD. I hope this helps in some way!

Wessers19

Date posted: 15w ago

Could being exposed to content as a kid affected me in this way?

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.

Cam$$$

Date posted: 10w ago

Horror movie

Having ocd that I’m gonna become this horror movie guy, how do I fix this lol it’s crazy

cows12465

Date posted: 10w ago

suic. ocd i’m panicking

Does anyone else get fixated on one “topic” with their ocd?? like for me trains and guns are mine. like i’m scared of trains and im scared to be around guns because that’s what triggers my ocd and makes me convince me that that is the way to go. i literally worry myself into thinking im going to sh*t myself when i don’t even have a gun but my ocd convinces me. idk if im explaining it good, but its a real struggle. just need some tips & advice

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