Please help

Be honest with your therapist they should be able to help if they are familiar with ocd

i’m struggling with POCD. do you wanna talk about it? you are not alone! i’ve learnt so much regarding POCD and i didn’t realise how common it really is

I am sorry that you struggle! And it's like that for me too! I also struggle from my preteens and I also have terrible thoughts about my health.. It's though

I was so scared to talk about it but I finally did and it does help but you have to continue to go to therapy don’t go just a few times and get in your head and stop going.

Is ok I don't mind! I intend to go to a therapist . I went before but I didnt talked about my intrusive thoughts ...And if you don't mind is the therapist helping you ? I mean is it helping?

If it's any comfort, the current theme you're going through, POCD, is one of the most common OCD themes. Please keep in mind that OCD attaches itself to what and who you value, and what you fear. You're not a bad person. The fact that you're agonizing over these intrusive thoughts is evidence that you're not bad. You also mentioned in your conversations that you've had other themes. That, too, is textbook OCD. I mention all this to assure you that you're not bad, you're dealing with OCD. Please keep in mind that a thought is a thought is a thought. It's not a threat, or an action, just a thought. The English philosopher, Samuel Johnson, commented, "We all have thoughts that would shame hell." Not only you or the rest of us dealing with OCD, but EVERYONE. As for therapy, you really need to retain a trained OCD therapist who uses ERP therapy, the gold standard of OCD therapy. It's VERY effective. You can find a good therapist through the NOCD site or by checking out the International OCD Foundation website. They have a list of approved OCD therapists, and you can see if there's one in your town. I did the NOCD route and am very pleased with the result. As for the therapist thinking you're a bad person, relax, like a priest in the confessional, your therapist has heard it all before...Hope this helps.

As rough as it sounds, as soon as I accepted that it was happening, the less tense it became for my body to bear. Kudos on therapy, I suggest you proceed with however you're comfortable, but proceeding nonetheless. We have the power to steer clear and completely think about something else but it starts with ourselves, therapy and community. I applaud you for sharing 👏

I have pocd too and get triggered easily plus my past haunts me. My therapist helps me a lot and reminds me it's my pocd not my values. I'm here if you need to talk

It would really help to talk