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- Justmesadly
- Date posted
- 47w ago
I don’t know if I can do this much longer
I was a disgusting disgusting child. I don’t think I deserve to have this life knowing how horrible I am.. I can’t get my real event out of my head
I was a disgusting disgusting child. I don’t think I deserve to have this life knowing how horrible I am.. I can’t get my real event out of my head
I am also thinking like "i wasn't a good child" I think we all made mistakes when we were children. I know it is hard, I am also struggling but we need to understand that everyone don't have to know everything, everyone made mistakes, made horrible mistakes but those mistakes are not the end of the world. When I was a child I saw my brother topless from reflection of computer screen and I looked knowingly. I don't remember before and after the incident. Probably I didn't feel anything "wrong" but now i feel like it was a horrible mistake and I need to confess it to my brother. But we shouldn't feed our compulsions, therefore I am not gonna tel anything about it to my family, it is harmful. By the way when I was a kid I also catch my brother looking at me when I was changing my clothes but he close his eyes when he saw that I saw him. This is same thing but I dont feel angry to him, I can understand him because we both were children and these things can happen. Maybe knowing that you are not alone may help, have a nice day.
I hope we can understand ourselves as we understand other people
@Anonymous Same
Hi- I am so sorry you are struggling with this kind of intrusive thought chain. Looking back at even minute moments of our past that give us anxiety can be debilitating. If it brings you some comfort, I truly believe that interest is normal for children. Especially going through puberty kids become more interested in how physiology and bodies are different. You looking at your brother shirtless or him looking at you changing is not gross. Please don’t hate yourself for something so innocent. But I do not mean to invalidate your feelings. I just truly feel you could benefit from talking some of these out with a therapist so you can see how these actions do not make you “disgusting”. I struggle with other things that make me feel “gross” or similar so I cannot judge you for what moments impact you today. But I send my support 🩶
@PurpleWings380 I was not going through puberty, I was 6. It involves playing dr with my friend. I did therapy on NOCD for over a year
Thank you so much actually hearing this from someone else felt really nice
hey, i'm really sorry to hear you're feeling this way. it sounds incredibly tough to be stuck with those thoughts, but remember, your past doesn't define your worth or your future. 🌱 have you heard about "unstuck"? it's an ai-powered therapy tool at unstuckmyOCD.com that's been super helpful for me recently. another member here recommended it, and i honestly wish i'd found it sooner. might be worth checking out for some support.
@TanyaShelby22 Oh cool I’ll check it out
Hindsight is a b*tch. You were a child and learning about the world. Sometimes we do stupid things when younger while trying to figure it all out. Sometimes it makes little to no sense. It's usually not the case of "I should've known better", but more " if you don't know, you won't know".
I don't feel like my real event ocd is actually normal. people don't just make mistakes or do stuff like that as a child. and I feel guilty and shameful because it's awful. how is that ocd and not just terrible and criminal. and the fact that I can't remember if I actually did something just as bad or something similar when I got older is insane. like why would I have done it again if I'm not a bad person? it feels like i might actually remember it and there's no way of knowing. it's gross and disgusting and criminal!!! how would I ever tell a therapist about those actions and expect them to not be weired out, concerned, and inclined to tell me same things that I'm thinking which is that I shouldn't be alive or I belong locked up for what I did. having ocd doesn't excuse my past mistakes, child or not. especially when I'm unsure if something happened again when I was an older teen and would have known better. and how do I live on and the people in my life don't know these mistakes. they wouldn't want to know me if they knew what I did so am I lying to them by omitting the awful things about myself??
I don’t expect anyone to give me any reassurance that I’m a good person, because I doubt it heavily now. I don’t want to fight anymore, I can’t do it. I’m a bad person. I can’t see the light anymore I don’t think I can get better from this anymore, I think I’m gonna give up, I’m actually gonna give up, this is actually really bad that I did this, this is my proof I’m a bad person, I thought about it so I just can’t. basically I saw a a picture of 12 year old boy, and I kept testing how I felt, now I don’t know why I did this cause I know it’s wrong, meaning not good, but basically my brain was like “do you think he’s handsome” and I said “maybe I don’t know, I don’t think he’s handsome. He might be” and oh my god I can’t believe I said something like this, I know some will say “oh it might be intrusive” but I can’t anymore. I feel like I’m done. I don’t even know what kind of handsome I meant, all I know is that I was NOT trying to be disgusting in any shape or form but I can’t stand it, I can’t do this anymore
A good life, success, healing, beautiful things? ⚠️ Important: please don’t read if this is triggering. No one should think this way about themselves, of course you deserve it all. I struggle with real events and harm OCD. My worst fear is being a bad person, causing harm or doing the wrong thing. These thoughts haunt me all the time and cause me to essentially throw my life away. I don’t go out, pursue opportunities, etc. because what if I don’t deserve them? I think of the worst things I’ve ever done all the time. The things that I’m most ashamed of. Like a broken record that’s all I replay in my head. Doesn’t matter if it was 5 or 10 years ago. And I beat myself up for not doing better. And I just don’t know how to move past it. I’ve read a lot of quotes and books about self help and love and acceptance (e.g. once you know better, do better). But for me I feel like I have to hate myself forever. I won’t ever get a clean slate, there’s a permanent stain on my record. I just can’t forgive myself, whether other people know it or not, I can’t allow myself to move forward. It’s about integrity for me. Does anyone relate? How do you do it? I’m so sorry if you’re also struggling. I don’t wish this for anyone. Please keep fighting, you’re not alone. ❤️
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