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- 1y ago
Sexual OCD
Hi I’m new, I just want to know if anyone else has experienced intrusive thoughts about being attracted to a family member such as you’re dad?
Hi I’m new, I just want to know if anyone else has experienced intrusive thoughts about being attracted to a family member such as you’re dad?
Yeah, this is where my OCD started, I have a sister who’s 18 and I got an awful thought one day and I spiralled out of control since then, it’s the most horrendous thing ever but your main exposure would be to sit with the anxiety and do not avoid your dad (I know this is hard) , please remember that OCD is so uncomfortable because the thoughts go against how you are as a person, you are not attracted to your father trust me, because if you were you wouldn’t get anxiety, you would be excited at the thought. Stay strong, I know how hard this feeling is 😢
@Brianm95 Hi thank you so much for the support! I just feel like an awful person because I feel like it’s not giving me as much anxiety as it used to because I’m used to these thoughts and sometimes I feel like maybe I am anxious but I’ve gotten used to the feeling too of being anxious idk
@Caitlin2820281 No honestly I relate to this so much, I used to take so many panic attacks due to it and now it’s been months and any time I get them I don’t get as much anxiety, but that’s not to mean they don’t trouble you, it just means you are used to them, be happy they don’t give you as much anxiety anymore because it sounds like they are fading away, mines are slowly going away but some days are harder than others, you have got this! ❤️
@Brianm95 Thank you! I also feel like I’m a bad person cause I have this intrusive thought that I like these thoughts and that sometimes o feel like I smile at them cause I feel my mouth twitch sometimes but I’m not sure and it’s making me feel like I need to ask reassurance and that I literally cannot think about anything else but the fact I had smiled at this thought
Not me but its very common among the ocd sufferers. Dont sweat it. Just keep living with the anxiety and dont do anything to try and eliminate the anxiety. Accept the idea you might be sexually attracted to your dad and you might not. Its when you keep trying to purge the possibility that you keep giving the obsession and compulsion cycle the fuel it needs to keep running.
I get this theme but w my uncles, I hate it sm
Hi everyone, I wanted to reach out to see if anyone else has experienced something similar with OCD and intrusive thoughts. I’ve been struggling during moments of intimacy because intrusive thoughts, particularly ones related to POCD, feel so ‘sticky’—like they’re all I can picture. Even though I really want the thoughts to go away, they persist, and I’ve been trying not to avoid intimacy because of them. However, that makes me feel like I’m somehow ‘enjoying’ the thoughts or images, which I really dislike. It’s like my brain is playing this awful trick, and it’s leaving me feeling confused and gross. I guess I’m supposed to not let the thoughts bother me and continue as if nothing’s wrong, but I’m scared that by doing so, I’m almost training myself to get off to them or something. This fear makes it so hard to trust myself in those moments, and it’s been overwhelming. If anyone else has been through this, how do you handle it?
I’m really struggling with something related to me ocd, and I would appreciate kind and supportive advice. If you can’t relate or don’t think anything you have to say would be helpful, I kindly ask pls refrain from commenting this is a really sensitive topic for me. Recently, I’ve noticed a pattern that feels something extremely new and distressing. The first time it happened I remember telling myself before self pleasuring that I am in control no matter what thought comes into my mind because I wanted to prove to myself that these thoughts are just from OCD and I know who I am and an intrusive that came out of no where, and i suddenly felt an intense fear that I was acting on it. In the moment I genuinely felt like I did. And afterword, I panicked and started questioning myself. This SAME FEELING has happened three times in a row each time, the intrusive thought was unwanted and random, and completely against my morals most recently it involved pocd and it feels even worse because it generally felt like I acted on it the thought in the moment while I was self pleasuring the panic doesn’t hit until afterwards when I stop :/ I start thinking that maybe I generally made a mistake and I’m now just realizing that it’s wrong because it generally feels like that :( but when I actually think about it again goes against my morals and values doesn’t make sense it feels incredibly real, and I can’t seem to shake this feeling off that I may have acted on it I’m terrified because I never wanted these thoughts in the first place. And I definitely didn’t choose them. If I had known, I would’ve had these intrusive thoughts I wouldn’t have self pleasured in the first place but it’s extremely hard to convince myself that this may be OCD because I feel like I have no other reason to believe that I didn’t act on it :/
I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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