Are false fetishes a part of ocd? im not looking for reassurance. i just want to know if anyone else experiences what im about to say. *deep breath• I have hocd as it is & ever since i was a child i have had this strange fascination with peeing. if someone wet themselves i would get a strong groinal response and a voice in my head telling me to do something innapropriate. I used to also watch lesbian watersports porn because of this peeing obsession and i thought i liked it. i am seriously shaking as i write this because i don't want to be judged ? the obession has always terrified me, and even at one point i thought i liked it because of the groinal response but now it digusts me and i no longer watch it. I don't have an obession with peeing anymore but if someone mentions something about peeing, i panic so so much and i start to get emotional and i feel like having a panic attack. I also get a lot of false memories of doing innapropriate things with class mates

Yeah my hat goes off to you for being brave to write this! I sometimes panic about certain fetishes but it's all phases for me. I feel like if you have a certain fetish it will feel good - but if you have to fight it I wouldn't say it's a fetish. It's hard to explain but say with watersports - I'd even say myself I've come across videos with it in it - and no its not my fetish but it didnt turn me off. And so I'm at peace with the fact that im fine with it - but if I were to worry about liking it, It would probably be more intense than it is.

thank you both! it was so difficult admitting that

Even if this was a real fetish, there’s nothing wrong with it!! Well done for facing your fears and writing this :)

I’m really proud of you for talking about this. For a second, I had to do a double take to see if I didn’t write this post. I had a similar experience. I freak out over my fetish and am working really hard personally and with a therapist to accept it as normal. I’m also undergoing ERP to deal with panic attacks from watching people wet themselves, so you’re not alone! Thank you for being so courageous. You inspired me to write this post and divulge things I never thought I would.

You're brave for actually going out of your way just to talk about something like this. Anything "false" that just serves to worsen your anxiety and keep you obsessing about it is part of the OCD.

No problem:) I think accepting first that theres nothing majorly wrong with it - to get rid of that anxiety- will allow you to see clearer about you feel about it, you know what I mean? Sometimes I think, my anxiety clouds my head sometimes that I dont know how I actually feel about something.