constant groinals and intrusive thoughts. the groinal responses are so bad and strong i feel the urge to m-sturbate to make it go away. the groinals literally don’t go away and get worse unless I do that. I hate my life i feel so gross and i want to not be here anymore
Do you panic when you feel the groinal responses? Start to feel anxiety? If so, that's making it worse. I see groinal responses as no different to a headache when I'm sick. It’s merely a sympton of OCD and not anything sexual. When the feeling comes don't fixate on it, carry on with whatever you're doing and try not to see it for more than what it is.
@Studybug I use to feel anxiety, now I don’t, it’s more of a im scared feeling for a short moment and I hyper fixate on it which makes it worse
@co140 Like a stab of fear in your chest? I used to get that a lot. Break the cycle, try not to fixate on it and instead play some music, watch a show, do something to occupy your attention. I used to get really bad groinal responses but when I stopped fueling them with attention, overtime they lessened.
@Studybug Yes and also in my stomach. I will try occupying myself whenever it happens. It’s hard to break out of it.
Whatever you do, don’t m-sturbate. This will only feed your OCD in the future and you’ll use this against yourself. I think most people who struggle with sexual themes have experienced the groinal response. Mine used to be so bad I couldn’t keep my legs together and I felt so hopeless. I couldn’t stop fixating on my private area and ALWAYS checking. It was so bad I wasn’t even thinking about anything and it was just there. I’m so sorry and I hope you feel better soon
@Buttercupz it’s hard not to because it became a compulsion, a release somehow. i feel like i conditioned my brain to need to do it now. the groinals literally make me want to d!e :(
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.
please help every time i get the groinal response i go back to whatever i was looking at, at look at it again then look away. i repeat this over and over until i can successfully do this without getting the groinal response. i’ve also noticed when i get the groinal response i experience a shortness of breath. it makes me feel like i enjoy when i really hate it. i just want to make this go away but i have no idea how to do that. i also procrastinate and can’t do what i want to do until the compulsion i mentioned above is just right.
Does anyone who has pocd struggle or has struggled with suicidal thoughts everyday just feels like a constant endless suffocating loop that will never end I can’t be around my baby I can’t get rid of groinal responses I can’t get rid of these thoughts I can’t abandon my child but it feels like that’s the only solution I don’t want to die but it feels like nothing is getting better.
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