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I’m sorry to hear you are struggling. You’re going to hate the answer, but you have to lean into the anxiety. You can’t answer intrusive thoughts, you have to let them be. When the intrusive thought pops into your head, don’t fight it. Don’t ruminate on it. Just accept that it’s there. It will feel awful but that’s ok because us folk with OCD are used to that and we can handle it
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@bekind94 It’s ok. You’re rationalizing with it too much. The intrusive thought is just that, a thought. You can’t try to “figure out” ocd
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From my own experience the OCD intrusive sexual thought or with me the image scares me. Recognizing this is OCD’s method to now have me question, ruminate is now staring at me. The fear will give me a groinal response too. I work at recognizing this is its pattern both physically and mentally. I then practice to not engage or respond. Yep, there it is. I don’t need to respond. I had a therapist tell me if you obsess hard enough and buy in your OCD will convince you that’s really what you want.
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@bekind94 I honestly think that all intrusive thoughts are essentially questions. You can very easily turn that sentence into a "What if...?" I struggle with sexual intrusive thoughts too but the best thing to do is to let them be. They are anxiety thoughts, not true thinking thoughts.
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@mi.t In my opinion this is spot on. There is no answer needed. My OCD scares me first then wants me to engage. Let it be it’s playing “the what if” and going after your morals and the true/real you.
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I sympathize with you. I have different obsessions but I know how upsetting obsessions can be. I wish you lots of success.
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Same every question I ask myself I feel like my body is like YES!!! You would do that then I get confused, it all feels so real I don’t know what to believe anymore and it’s killing me.
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@bekind94 Yeah it’s so scary like I wish I could just get the answer
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@bekind94 Your very positive, I’m proud of you you’re doing something I can’t do.
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I spoke with my therapist about intrusivr association ocd thoughts. When i watch porn ocd says the person reminds me of a kid i know or a relative. I told myself repeatedly this is an ocd thougjt its intrusive associations. Multiple times. And i compulsivrly stopped and tried regrounding when the anxiety was too much. My intention was to look at my eofes photo then to look at a woman on pornhub who reminded me of my wife and On the last time i had the intrusive thought of a nephew. I exited the video and went back to my wifes photo and said her name to refocus. Ocd makes me feel guilty flr engaging in sex while having tbat intrusive thought of our nephew and ocd made me doubt “was i thinking of my nephew or was it ocd?” I know its ocd. Its ocd thought number one million. This happens for seven years now when i have sex or watch porn. I know my ocd brain hyperfoxates and worries about grtting intrusivr thoughts during sex so of course ocd is going to semd those intrusivr thougjts sincr my brains hyperworried about it. I know its OCD. I know my intent was to think of my wife and watch the video. Its just engaging in sex while having these intrusive thoughts is very uncomfortable. My therapist said not to stop because its a compulsion. It feels so uncomfortable so i know the intrusive thoughts of the nephew is ego dystonic and the fact inwent back to see my eifes photo and refocsus and say her name repeatedly put lout shows my true intention is to arouse over my wife. I just feel guilty for masterbating while the intrusive thoughts enter my mind. Ocd tries to trick me and say i was thinking of it but i know thats not true. Its my ocd brain hyper worried about getting these intrusive thoughts and them intruding. I often avoid sex and masterbation because of the fear of intruding ocd thoughts so i know its ocd. I cant avoid it or stop. Im doing erp. I recognize its ocd. Yet ocd tries to grt me to ruminate with feelings of guilt ans doubting if its my thoughts or ocd thoughts when i know my intent is to only arouse and think of my wife and i know indont want these thoughts i know its ocd.
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