OCD and Dogs and Children

I am fighting an Obsession that I have had since the beginning of the pandemic. Whenever I see children that are doing things , tonight it was kids riding bikes, and in the presence of my pet dog, I get a bad feeling. The feeling is that the dog will hurt the children by acknowledging their presence. I know that this is not going to happen. My new compulsion then is make sure the dog is not restricted by my compulsion for him to be kept in the house so h doesn’t interact with children. I also tend to blame a grandparent who has lots of issues anxiety for my OCD. I know I shouldn’t do this, but I find calming. Ho do I sit with this crazy, stupid idea that keeps coming back? Any thoughts?

Will86

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

I'm a pet owner. I agree keeping your pup locked up isn't the way to go so I'm glad you're fighting doing it. As a pet owner thou I understand safety and not putting them in harms way as well. In the scenarios given; for the dogs I'd say Scripting and do minor exposures in a safe way. I stress safety cause the idea that if we're uptight our dogs will be also so keep safe distance from harmful things which includes people and gradually decrease that space as you both are okay. Thus may look like sitting on a park bench on the other end of the park where people are at first. Your grandparents are interesting. You blame them to calm yourself but often do you blame them? Like when you're anxious about the dog you blame them and then it calms you down? You just blame them whenever the topic comes up or you've had a hard day?

OCDisbad

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Will86 Thanks for your input, I do blame my Grandma for everything because she has a nervous anxiety issue and I think it must genetic. It makes me feel better that when I blame her. Of course it won’t get rid of my OCD behavior.

Will86

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@OCDisbad There is some classes of thought that go into it possibly being genetic yes but keep in mind if that's true then she was/is just as much ot a victim as you. There's also learned behavior theory. The idea that if our protector is scared then we probably should be too. Blaming her though sounds like a compulse (unhealthy cope). I'm sure besides not being constructive it may have put some sort of thorn into your view or relationship with her. I'd suggest maybe next time rather than blame maybe keep in mind she can/could have related the most to you and was also a victim. See how that works. If it doesn't lower your anxiety...good. use it as an exapsure.

OCDisbad

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Will86 Ok thank you

dee012

Date posted: 25w

pet ocd compulsion

I need help:( my ocd targets my pets aswell. I have to compulsively pet them everywhere I can to make sure I don’t pet them anywhere inappropriate so I can feel comfortable petting them without being hyper aware. Kindve like I can let my guard down once I pet them everywhere. But it targets when I rub their belly and lower belly or when I pat or scratch their butt (end of tail rear end area). So I end up having to pet all around there and show my myself “see, even if it’s NEAR their groin or butt it’s not inappropriate “ or I have to put my hand and feet(sometimes I pet them with my feet) in certain positions to make sure anywhere I rest my arm or leg wouldn’t be touching an inappropriate area directly. This doesn’t help in the long run because afterwards I feel weird for doing the compulsion, and it makes me feel lien I violated my pet. When I only did it in the first place to make sure I didn’t. Then after the compulsion makes me feel worse, the ocd stops worrying about the old stuff and latches onto the compulsion telling me I did something wrong. So I do more compulsions. It’s a repeated cycle. I feel so sad

hopefulxmess

Date posted: 16w

Pls has anyone been through this?

Let me start by prefacing that I developed ocd as postpartum ocd after having my first child. I had harm and pocd. I had it on and off for years and then it just eventually went away completely for many years until recently after a stressful life event. Now that it’s back it again targets my children but now my grandchildren also. It’s been horrible and makes me pull away from them. Last night my 6 year old granddaughter threw up in the car when my daughter was about to take her home so my daughter brought her back in the house and asked me to clean her up while she cleaned her car. I had some anxiety about it because of my ocd but I couldn’t say no to helping so I opened the bathroom door and my granddaughter was standing in her underwear waiting for me to clean and dress her. Everything was fine and normal but then for some reason, I have no idea why, I looked down at her chest area. I immediately got so upset and didn’t know why I looked there and now my ocd is saying it’s because i’m a monster. I tried to tell myself it’s just normal human behavior when someone is standing there naked that you look where you shouldn’t simply because it’s just there in front of you but I feel horrible. I don’t feel any inappropriate way about her or any child but my ocd is saying it was inappropriate. Has anyone else been through this?

GreenTurtle098

Date posted: 14w

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Okay so In the moment I get intrusive thoughts about children which I hate. I get the gronal responses which I always so many compultions after. My ocd is very bad and I’m showering and changing my bedding around 8 times. Therapists have told me I’m the worse they’ve ever known. That’s how bad my life is atm. I hate this disorder. I want to know if ocd can cause these things as it will help me to fight my compulsions and just except it’s ocd… In the moment the gronal responses are genuinely pleasurable and I struggle to ignore them and stop them, in the moment t I want them even if it was due to a thought of a kid My OCD will tell me I’m aroused I’ll feel aroused then when moving around in my bed it’ll tell me to make my vagina touch my bedding for a feeling while I’m turning over and I purposely do it in the moment… I hate it. After I do so many compilations, it’s not even me it’s like someone else controlling my body When I try to fight my compulsions I think in my mind “I like this anyways” and actually like the thoughts and gronal responses over the children, which then makes me not be able to fight them. For example my ocf was telling me to spray my feet with anti back, but then I tried to fight it and I was thinking to myself “nah l like this one I like this feeling over the kid it’s the real me” like I didn’t even feel stressed from it it’s like I wanted it. Of corse after these I do lots and many compultions Please I just want to know if ocd can do this

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