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Does anybody here watch adult videos? (P0rn) Do you think it cause your brain to have intrusive thoughts about literally everything?
Does anybody here watch adult videos? (P0rn) Do you think it cause your brain to have intrusive thoughts about literally everything?
Porn influences OCD and doesn't have a good effect on it. It makes intrusive thoughts worse and can create obsessions. I know from personal experiences and the experiences of others. It's also common for intrusive thoughts to get worse during 'self intimacy' if you catch my drift, lol. I gave up porn for these reasons.
Thanks, I'm trying to quit too. 1 week strong
@Walkingtalkingbreathing So proud of you !!! 🖤
YES this was one of the triggers for my recent flare up, had to get off of porn COMPLETELY (i have slip ups ofc but mostly w written smut) i used to look at nsfw twitter (stupidly bc i didn’t want pornhub in my search history incase my dad saw it although i used it occasionally) and i had come across a questionable video in someone’s likes (did not search for anything like it) that has sent me into multiple panic attacks and tbh i feel like i’m experiencing low grade ptsd from things i have seen while browsing for porn porn and the ocd brain do not mix well. i feel it’s also easier to get addicted. i for one would compulsively look at porn and not even get off to it
Heavy on the compulses 😃😃
Dude I feel you so hard 😭 OCD around porn is a nightmare
@Northern_Downpour im literally so happy someone can relate, tbh i’ve been spending the majority of my days now on reddit researching this and it’s a common problem on twitter it’s worse w false memories too bc what i had seen was like borderline like they could have honestly been 20 i just can’t tell bc the image in my mind is blurry and it didn’t say their ages (although unfortunately burned into my brain)
I immediately switched my therapist after that session.
My therapist had me watch porn as part of erp! Worst mistake ever! I completely lost sense of reality!!!! Porn is so bad for your brain! But I’m glad you don’t want to keep watching
Yup. And it destroys my brain even more. I feel disgusting like a fucking monster 💔💔
Same
Pornography and OCD are a very bad combination and I would recommend anyone who is going through OCD not watch porn at all. There are a variety of themes that can show up within these two things such as real event, hocd, and pocd. Checking compulsions are also very bad for OCD and porn. None of it is worth it and it's very debilitating. I'm someone that has struggled with porn for a long time and not watching it is a lot better than watching it for me personally. I saw that you are trying to quit in a reply above, and I'm proud of you for that!! :)
Thank you!!
@BigGip09 Yes but what do I do do I just use my imagination? It’s hard for me to do that because my intrusive thoughts , nothing is distracting me . I don’t know what to do
@Idktbh As hard as this sounds, I think a break from porn and masturbation is something that could help along with finding a hobby that can really keep you engaged. I know that's not easy and it seems easier to just escape with PMO. I have the same problem and it's very difficult to keep away from.
How long should I do ERP, so that my brain gets used to it, not to say tired?! I've been working for about three months, but everything still seems vivid in my head, there are even vulgar words in detail... since the sexual topic is both a groinal and a feeling that I want to touch myself. It's mostly related to faces and genitals, so how exactly can that go, if it's emphasized that sex pictures in themselves give that feeling, whoever is in them?
I’m a csa survivor which made me develop hypersexuality while actually being a asexual individual. (Where I did CP and talked to groomers and sexted, ect ect) A few months ago I’ve started to heal, but the fact that I’ve seen so many private parts since I was idk, young? I imagine them everywhere, it’s really frustrating and sometimes I also get intrusive thoughts about other kids or my siblings. It’s deeply distributing but I also kind of think of it from a curious kind of aspect which I despise too. Honestly I have a hard time with any kid in underwear, my intrusive thoughts have been ALOT the last months and they’re really really overwhelming. I also easily go into overanalysing them or even trying to figure out more clearer the thoughts to “test myself”. I think, I hope. Idk it’s scary
I don’t know if my hormones are extra wild this month or what, but I have been having so many POCD thoughts lately. It feels like I enjoy them in the moment, and then a few seconds later, I get this tiny flicker of *wait I don’t think I actually want to enjoy that.* It’s scaring me a lot. I was watching adult videos for the first time in about a year, since I had been avoiding them because of my OCD. I know they are not good for anyone, but I felt like i could (ironically it felt like a tiny win that my OCD had calmed down enough). But while watching, I had like 3 separate POCD thoughts. And it felt like I liked them. Like genuinely *liked* them. I don’t know if maybe my body was mixing up physical pleasure and mental pleasure, and then my brain inserted those not okay thoughts into the situation, which got tangled up with the pleasure responses I felt mentally and physically. It is all really confusing. I just feel so scared. I know OCD thoughts are supposed to feel real, and that once you get desensitized to the anxiety, they lose their power. But this feels like I am *actually enjoying* the thoughts, and that makes me want to cry. I’m scared that I actually like these thoughts when I’m really aroused :( Please help.
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