Experiencing anxiety over intrusive thoughts and groinal responses in public?

Sexual ocd

Anyone often worry were they arousing ovr someone because of intrusive thoughts and groinal responses? I was grabbing ny bag strap snd it was near my lap in public snd i worry was i doing something inappropriate. I get stuck snd dwell on it worrying then i worry more if i was doing something. But i was like why would i do a bad thing especially in public. Ugh its exhausting.

Username: iheartyouxoiheartyouxo

Date posted: 36w ago

yeah i often worry i got aroused by other people in my intrusive thoughts, or by other people in general but from what i know the anxiety u are feeling is making u believe u got aroused. Remember that reactions are caused by thoughts. U did nothing wrong

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 36w ago

My sexual OCD is a little difficult. My germ contamination OCD makes me think everyone's crotch area is dirty, male or female. I have a friend that I work with and he always puts his bag on lap near his crotch area and it causes me to spray my entire car because then he puts the bag on the arm rest or touches his crotch, etc., and then touches everything in my car.

Username: Anonynmous19Anonynmous19

Date posted: 36w ago

Thank you!

Username: LovelyJones17LovelyJones17

Date posted: 36w ago

hey, i totally get how draining and confusing it can be to deal with those intrusive thoughts and the worry that comes with them. it sounds really tough, but you're not alone in feeling this way. 🌟 i'm actually dealing with a different ocd theme myself, so i might not have all the answers for your specific situation. but, i've found a couple of apps that have been kinda helpful. there's this one called "unstuck ocd therapy tools" that's been a game changer. my local ocd support group recommended it, and it's pretty cool because it gives you ai-personalized guidance and exercises right when you need them. then there's "gg ocd," which is more about learning the basics of cbt for ocd through little modules. it's not as tailored or in-the-moment helpful, but it's good for getting a grip on cbt basics. hope this helps a bit, and remember, you're doing your best dealing with a really challenging situation. 💪

Username: figuringital...

Date posted: 5y ago

Ok so I’ve been kind of upset about this all day so I figured I would share this. I’m really nervous doing it because I don’t want to get judged for it. I feel so guilty about it all the time. So a couple of years ago I was babysitting a family friends kid, and they were crawling all over me, jumping up and down, and I wound up having a groinal response (I really don’t wanna say the kind.) I kind of put it in the back of my mind and forgot about it, but around last year I remembered and latched onto it and it threw me into my OCD spiral. I remembered this happened maybe two other times before that, and of course I felt weird and guilty by it. I didn’t experience any sexual arousal, yet this happened to me. I always had sexually intrusive thoughts ever since I was a little kid, so perhaps I was just having a groinal response to when that was happening because I was thinking “omg what if...” or whatever, but of course I can’t remember my thoughts. Now I know what a groinal response is and that they come in all shapes and sizes (lol) but because this happened *before* I realized I had POCD, my brain has convinced me that it was some kind of genuine attraction and that I wanted to do something bad

Username: Ríona

Date posted: 5y ago

Anyone else read about "groinal response" and "arousal non-concordance"? Basically anyone can feel a slight "twinge" of arousal at a random time, but for people with OCD, they immediately latch onto it and think it MEANS something about them. This is how many cases of HOCD, POCD, BOCD, etc begin, I'd imagine. I can have felt something one time 3 years ago and nothing since then, but still be worried it "means" something about me. Or, sometimes that first incident causes repeated intrusive thoughts every time you come in contact with that thing, so it become a self fulfilling prophesy. I can be doing fine for weeks and then suddenly start worrying about one of these again. Anyone else have any experiences similar?

Username: Isabella

Date posted: 3y ago

18+ only Does anybody with sexual intrusive thoughts get scared that they’ll masturbate to their thoughts? Or that the thoughts really arouse them? because I get groinals and it’s so confusing. But I find the thoughts disgusting and I don’t enjoy the experience of having a groinal response at all.

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