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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Dreams, especially when they're influenced by OCD, can be extremely triggering. It's normal to feel anxious and uncomfortable after having OCD dreams. I think an important thing to remember is that, just like the OCD thiughts you experience during the day, dreams aren't reflective of your true, authentic self.
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- 5y ago
Vivid dreams about OCD fears are a common symptom amongst sufferers. The fact that you are distressed by this dream and overthinking whether or not you are pleased by this dream, rather than just being pleased by this dream, means this is OCD and you are not a pedophile. You wouldn’t have to hyper-analyze whether or not you find it pleasing. You just would in the same way you enjoy a delicious slice of cheesy pizza
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- 5y ago
i feel really weird now i hate it
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- 5y ago
And possibly overthinking whether or not you are pleased* you didn’t state that you were but I’m trying to cover every angle of my own past experience ?
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- 5y ago
thank you guys for your replies, truly, every time i get a reply whether it's one i like or not i appreciate it. of course i'm also wondering - what if it wasn't an ocd dream? what if really did pleasure me and i'm just saying it distressed and disgusted me to cover my own tracks because i truly am i horrible person? what if i'm a pedophile who obsesses if they are moral or not? obviously, i know the what ifs don't help, but also, a part of me knows that what ifs are valid because it could be possible, you know? again, thank you so much for commenting
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- 5y ago
Man, this was me after I had my kid. I was so worried that I was a pedo that it affected my bond with her initially. I was terrified to change her diapers, to bathe her, to breastfeed her, literally anything involving me touching her in ways I deemed “inappropriate” even though I’m her mother and it was my job to do all those things. The thing that helped me most was purposely trying to imagine myself hurting a child sexually. it made me physically ill. The thoughts repulsed me so much that I began second guessing my intrusive thoughts until eventually, I was able to separate them from facts.
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- 14w ago
I feel like a really terrible person right now, I keep replaying this, and no matter what I can’t remember what happened, it’s like my brain is purposely not letting me think about it. Without wasting any more time, I’ll get into it. Basically, I was at Walmart, and looking at cards with My Dad, I saw anime ones, took pictures of them for my sister, even ones that were anime kids, because I did my best to ignore it, so I looked at a Hunter x Hunter card, I stared at the black haired kid, being all like “ I’m glad I’m not having any thoughts about this, I’m glad I’m having normal thoughts and not thinking anything” I felt happy, then as soon as I looked at killua (white haired kid), everything collapsed. I don’t know what happened, my brain won’t let me remember. But I’ll give bits and pieces. I think that I had false attraction, and something in my head, said “oh, I wouldn’t mind being attracted.” “He is attractive, and I’m attracted to him.” “I remember a girl thinking he is attractive and he is” “ It’s not wrong to be attracted” “ I don’t care about his age” .. something along the lines of that, and now I’m panicking super hard, because I’m worried if I said those things, I feel like I ruined my life that I’m a pe//do and deserve nothing, idk what to do, I feel terrible… I remember when I was having the intrusive thoughts, I was panicking and was worrying, but it kept playing out, and I kept hearing things talk, it was drawn out too long, that now I feel convinced that I was saying those things, I tested it too, and I can confirm that I didn’t say that, but why am I still not convinced? I know I wouldn’t say those things, I was hoping the complete opposite would happen. My brain kept making me feel like it wasn’t wrong and it was okay. Maybe that’s why I’m so convinced I did that. I’m just spiraling super bad right now, I don’t know what to do or what to think, I don’t know if I said that or not… even if I did test it, I genuinely just feel like I said it, and I wanted it, because I still feel uncertain, I still feel like I said it, part of me just wants to be like oh I did and so I can move on, not because I agree with it, I just don’t know what else to do… I’m really scared.
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- 7w ago
hello everybody! 🔞 last saturday i did something i shouldn't have done, and i even posted about it here, but no one responded to my post (it's okay, i completely understand). to inform you, since i deleted the post: i consumed erotic literature where two 14 year old children had a relationship (☠️), on wattpad. and i consumed this theme to see if i was really attracted to it..i think. i'm unsure about it, but i know i didn't feel anything consuming it. i was feeling extremely anxious and felt extremely bad the next day, and i only got better when i talked to my girlfriend and an online friend. i'm still feeling bad, i know i shouldn't have done it and whenever i'm feeling genuinely good, it comes back to haunt me.. i'm worried because i'm not feeling enough guilt or remorse, idk.. i feel bad and i regret it, and i can't stand going through this problem anymore.. i was in therapy a few months ago, but i stopped for financial reasons and my psychologist doesn't see me virtually anymore. it's been difficult.. just a vent.
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- 6w ago
I'm struggling with pocd it feels very real and I'm at a point where I feel I need to go to confess to the police stuff I know I haven't done but have false memories of doing and I feel like nobody thinks like this and very alone.
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