Does anyone else strugfle really bad with ZOCD? Its scary for me because as much as I have a genuine care for animals, Im scared to ever own any in the future because I dont want to hurt them or do anything wrong with them. Im scared sometimes even just seeing stray dogs (not bc im scared of them, but bc of the intrusive thoughts about them...) i dont want to live like this :(
You’re not alone❤️ I’ve struggled and still do with this. One thing that helped me is if you think of thoughts as leaves floating down a river - they come and they go. Just try and visualize that along with some deep breaths. You got this
Thank you, i appreciate that.
I did for a long time until I actually got a dog. OCD tried to steal my joy. I didn’t allow it to. I had 17 and a half years with my best Buddy, a shih-zsu. I NEVER ever harmed him although I had harm thoughts that came and went over the years. He actually was a nipper and harmed me instead. 😊. I wouldn’t trade that love for anything in the world. You are not your thoughts. Xoxo
Thank you <3 i hope one day to overcome my ocd thoughts
@crunchwrapbilly You WILL, We WILL 🤗
Hey there, I can tell how tough ZOCD has been weighing on you, and I get how upsetting it must feel having intrusive thoughts that are so out of line with the genuine care and love you have for animals. It's a really challenging form of OCD to deal with, but it says a lot about your character that you recognize the conflict between these thoughts and who you truly are. Keep holding onto that genuine care and empathy you have, as it's a clear indicator of your true self, not defined by OCD. 🐾 Something that's been a game-changer for me, and might resonate with your current struggle, is this AI OCD therapy tool called "unstuck" (you can find it at unstuckmyocd.com/try). I learned about it in my OCD support group and I just kept thinking how I wish I'd found it sooner. It'll be especially helpful for you because it provides that personalized, step-by-step support when those intrusive thoughts about animals become overwhelming, just like an actual OCD therapist but in an accessible way. If you're up for it, give it a shot, and remember, I'm here if you've got any questions or just need somebody to talk to. You're not alone in this. 🙌
My zoophilia ocd is starting to be debilitating. I feel like just crying in bed I feel so guilty and terrible. I can’t even pet my dogs or give them a tummy rub without thinking I must have some sort of messed up motive or am somehow violating them. If I try to pick them up and accidentally touch them near their privates I feel disgusting like I must have done it on purpose. I love my dogs they are so sweet and I wouldn’t do anything to hurt them but these thoughts are ruining my life. Advice please!!
"zOCD false memories" HI... I'm so sorry for bothering you... I'm not looking for reassurence, not at all. Just some sympathy? I have the strangest and ugliest feeling that I may have done sexual things to my pets but I just forgot about them. I truly don't remember ever doing anything wrong or weird to them, but that feeling doesn't vanish... Everytime I look at them, that feeling resurfaces. I continue to interact with them (exposure i guess) but this feeling doesn't get any smaller... Am I the only one? It helps me a lot to know I'm not alone... Or that this is normal in ocd. I feel that feeling similar to "whenever you leave the house, you feel like you forgot something but you go through your belongings and nothing is amiss but that feeling doesn't vanish" I guess the reason why I am so worried about it is... If something actually happened, I have to kill myself... I keep thinking about about possible scenarios and see if anything could have happened but I remember nothing...
I got diagnosed with ocd recently from my therapist after having years of symptoms since I was a toddler and recently I have had a terrible dream with beastiality in it about 3 months ago and I woke up and cried. I went through the day as usual and then I told one of my friends and I sobbed because that is the last thing I have ever thought about in my life. Luckily my friend was there for me, but then the OCD kicked in. I’ve been having horrible thoughts and I’m scared, I don’t want to do anything to animals never have I ever had thoughts of such. I have two pit bulls that are my sweet babies and I have never had thoughts of anything to do with beastiality in my whole life and now I’m 20 just now being scared of this. It has been the worst ocd obsession I have had in a long time the last one I had lasted 3 years. I’ve been wanting to lock myself in my room and not look at my dogs because I’m afraid to even let them sleep in my room anymore. I stay up all night sometimes because I’m scared I’ll see another dream. My mind is starting to make think I want those thoughts and I’m so scared I’m tearing up whole typing this. I’ve been contemplating suicide because of this fear of doing sexual acts to an animal I would rather not live. I hate living like this and it has been hard to sleep with my partner because now I’m afraid to have intercourse which I have always been able to do with my partner no problem. But now the beastiality OCD has ruined my life and I don’t know what to do.
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