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Remember that OCD thoughts are ego-dystonic, meaning, they go and feed on/against your core values. Your strong reaction to them is what’s keeping them pinned. I am not a therapist, but when I was struggling with similar themes the book, The Imp of the Mind by Lee Baer PhD, was recommended to me. I found it insightful. Particularly around explaining how OCD thoughts are most likely (because there is no 100% certainty) the opposite of what we truly want or believe. If you’re open to a read, it’s worth checking out. All the best!
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Ocd is a liar
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@bekind94 dont be scared trust these thoughts aren’t yours you are not what your thoughts say Neither I am 💞!!!!!!!
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Ocd is a monster. Don't judge the thought. Thoughts don't mean anything. There just thoughts. Everyone has them. The more you try and stop the thought the more it will pop up. It's a horrible cycle. But your not alone!
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This is where I am tripping up on too. During my last session, my therapist straight out asked me if I was a p and wanted to harm kids. I was so anxious because my OCD self wanted to say yes because of the thoughts I had and the week prior I was mental reviewing stuff from the past. But then we broke it down to being with family recently and if I was gonna hurt a child family member and of course I wouldn’t. OCD has these urges to them because it wants answers. But it’s us not being comfortable with the uncertainty. Because of OCD, even if you have it a firm answer you would still end up doubtful trying to answer something else. You’ll never get the answer.
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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 :/
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I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh
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I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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