Is it normal when you see a trigger and you start worring you become more self aware of your groin area? to the point that I start feeling tickles or something, like I feel more my groin. Is it like self induced? Same thing as telling your mind not to think something, but to your body.
I'm wondering that too. I've noticed, esp lately, that I feel stuff down there specifically when I don't want to/ get scared that I might -- in the EXACT same way as I think of things precisely when I don't want to/am scared of thinking those things.
Also a lot of different feelings live in the same or a similar physical place around my stomach - fear, sexy feelings, nervousness, excitement, even just nostalgia - which gets me confused sometimes when ocd gets involved. (Without ocd involved I can tell which is which)
I get that
I've had muscle spasms down there for a few weeks. It scares me, at first I thought it was a phantom thing but no it's actually moving and I'm sor tired of it. I think I actually induced it somehow
I am convinced that the groinal response is just another intrusive thought. This means that it DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING. You should treat it like an intrusive thought, which means you should just ignore it. With intrusive thoughts, they can amp up, they can bombard us with all they’ve got, and it doesn’t matter. We have to learn to ignore them and keep on living. We can act as if they aren’t even there. The same way with the groinal response. You should tell yourself that this groinal response does not mean anything, so it can get worse or better or whatever. You are not going to worry about it. You are going to go and live your life whether the groinal response is there or not. It’s just another trick of OCD. Take away its power by not caring if it is there or not. You ultimately can’t control it, but you can go on and live your life whether it is there or not.
Yeah, it makes a lot of sense
I’m not really sure how i feel. I thought i had pocd with groinal responses but I literally can’t get the arousal to go away at all. Like all day I’ve been hyper aware of how my groin feels. It’s also like during all thoughts and conversations. I know I’m worried I’m a monster and it’s making me sick but i also feel like the constant state of arousal is actually NOT POCD related but just. Something else. Can anyone else relate? It’s really hard to not focus on it.
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?
Does anyone else feel like the groinal response comes without specific thoughts? I suffer with POCD so sometimes I just see a child or hear someone talking about a pedophile and I’ll instantly feel the groinal and a lot of anxiety. You so often read that the groinal follows an intrusive thought, but for me it’s gone beyond this.
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