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attraction or intrusive thoughts?
I know people always say intrusive thoughts ≠ attraction, and i agree. i know about groinals, etc. The thing is, though, for me to have an intrusive thought, shouldn't there be some basis to it? For example, i've recently been struggling with incest OCD. I know that my "attraction" is exacerbated by the OCD, but the original thought must be based in reality, right? Like, it wasn't intrusive—I really felt something. To describe this situation, back when I was 12 I visited my uncle for the first time in years. I remember vividly being confused about whether or not I was attracted to him, and having intrusive thoughts about kissing him. Luckily I know with 100% certainty I don't want to kiss him, not then and not now, thank god, but the fact that I was so confused about whether or not I was attracted to him really scares me. I think eventually I managed to calm my mind but recently I've been worrying about this again. I have these memories where I got nervous and excited around him, but I think they're false as I don't actually remember them happening. However, they FEEL real, you know? The one memory I know I have of us is me thinking that I liked being around him, but it wasn't exactly a crush—it was something like... a foreign familial attraction, if that makes sense. AKA, I wasn't really worried about it. I also remember getting sort of shy around him, a happy, pleasured sort of shy, but not an inappropriate sort of shy. But see, for me to have been worried I was attracted to him, I know i must have felt SOME sort of attraction in the first place. That's the way my OCD works. And that's what I'm worried about. Everyone talks about false attraction but it couldn't have been false—false attraction FOR ME (could be different for yall) happens after I start getting worried I'm attracted to them. The original attraction, though? I don't know if this makes sense. I don't actually remember a lot of what happened—a lot of it is false memories, which I hate. I guess what I'm trying to get at is... have any of yall experienced a "real" attraction to people you shouldn't be attracted to? I think in my case it wasn't attraction in the typical sense (not romantic or sexual) but simply unfamiliarity causing me to doubt my feelings, but I can't be sure. That's what worries me. If someone could answer please do! Thanks guys!