Ocd

I had an intrusive thought looking at s friends haircut and thinking it looked good was that inappropriate than i leand forward against my car and it caused groinals. As a compulsion i always say no and shake my head. But i worry did thst mean i purposely leaned on the car or bcuz of the compulsion i didnt intend for it. Same with haveing intrusive thoughts than feeling like im leaning toward someone worrying was i trying to brush up on them or maybe my brain tells my body to do that because im worried obsessed about brushing up on people that it does that. It caues anxiety and distress and i always fo compulsions to trymake it go awy

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 1y

Don’t worry about all this. Your OCD is trying to get you to worry about all these little details, but in reality you can let it all go and not worry about any of it. I am so sorry your OCD is making you suffer like this!!! Have you tried ERP therapy? Here’s the thing. You can practice accepting the intrusive thoughts. Those thoughts are just going to be there. That’s okay. We don’t want to fight them off. We need to just accept them and let them run freely through our heads. This can feel wrong or be scary. But it is the way to defeat OCD. And then we need to try to stop doing all the compulsions. ERP therapy would be perfect for this scenario. During ERP, the therapist will help you practice allowing yourself to think the intrusive thoughts. (You don’t try to fight them off, even if they seem taboo or inappropriate.). We can’t fight them off anyway. So we have to learn NOT to try. We learn to accept that they are in your head. You can even say, “Hello, intrusive thought. That was nice of you to stop by today.” Etc. Then you CHOOSE not to respond to the intrusive thought. In other words, we choose not to do a compulsion. So in your case, you choose not to shake your head. This will cause anxiety, of course. (Because the compulsions make us feel slightly better!!). But you have to try to sit through that anxiety and really just do nothing. You practice doing this over and over and over until it becomes easier and easier. Don’t worry about the gronials. They are just likes intrusive thoughts. They don’t matter. You don’t have to avoid them or fight them off. It doesn’t matter if you have them or not. I want SO MUCH for you to get free from this! The OCD is bringing so much suffering to you, and I am so so sorry. :(:(:( I think ERP is going to be your key 🔑😀

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 1y

This is a good video https://youtu.be/6bk3N5aiohc?si=U0jvT5iCfdp2MQCn

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 1y

@Tea and Honey It’s posted by NOCD

Anonynmous19

Date posted: 1y

@Tea and Honey THANK YOU!!

Anonynmous19

Date posted: 1y

@Anonynmous19 Thank you for your reply. Its been debilitating. Distracting me at work and at home. I also often adjust if i see a kid as a compulsion or i also shake my legs my knee as a habit but if i do it when i see a kid or another person and it causes groinals i worry about that if its bad. Its so annoying every little thing

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 1y

@Anonynmous19 Yes, don’t worry about any of these things. Groinals doesn’t mean anything, so you don’t have to worry about it. Seeing kids is another common OCD thing. It doesn’t mean anything either. I would imagine that all this distraction takes up a lot of time and mental space. I am so sorry!! Just remember, none of the OCD means anything about you at all. You can learn to defeat it through ERP (exposing yourself to the triggers on purpose and practicing not doing the compulsions, like shaking head, etc.). When you can be free of compulsions, it will really be freeing in your life!!!! :):):)

Anonynmous19

Date posted: 1y

@Tea and Honey Thank you!!

Aphid123

Date posted: 25w

Is this even OCD?

Hey so a couple months ago (7-8) I remember being upset at my family member. Like she was talking too much while I was annoyed and remember wanting her to be quiet. I got an intrusive thought like a really bad image of doing something really bad to her, and my hand twitched to the side a little? Like it felt like I was about to?! And I remembered thinking "if I do this, I'll get in trouble". I got up and left to the bathroom and felt horrified! I was thinking "did I want to act out? Did the only reason I didn't act out was because of getting in trouble? If there was no consequences, would have I done it?! Does this mean this whole time I've been using OCD as an excuse?" I remember I couldn't sleep for 3 nights because of how bad the anxiety was, I was crying and I felt very guilty like I should turn myself in to a mental hospital. I couldn't eat for many days or be near her because of that thought and twitch I had! I'm worried it was an impulse or I actually wanted to hurt her. And even to this day I still ruminanate about this. Like last night I couldn't sleep well I kept waking up every two hours and asking myself "am I capable?" I couldn't eat last night. Sometimes I move on from it like I forget that happened but when I remember, I feel distressed about it! I don't want to be an evil person or do bad actions towards anyone! I'm even scared to be angry because of this because I'm scared I have more "chance" of acting out due to anger. Like was it an impulse and I held back? Is this even OCD? Please help, I'm really scared!

Anonynmous19

Date posted: 22w

Pocd groinals

A compulsion i do is if i get a groinal or anticipate it i take a step. Adjust my legs and feet to avoid the groinals. I was carrying my daughter and worry about groinals which sucks. I had groinals when I picked her up but discarded it didnt give it attention. Then when i put her down i had intrusive thoughts about groinals worrying if i get it. I took a step to my right and just sat with the groinals and the thoughts. I do t remember if i took a second step or not but ocd hyper-focused in the groinal sensations and i feel guilty its telling me i took tbe step to get groinals and i sat with it to arouse myself but i think i took the step as a compulsion and my ocd hyperfocused on the ocd and was aware of it and just let it be but ocd is saying i acted on the thoughts and aroused myself i know thats not true.

Anonynmous19

Date posted: 21w

Pocd as parent

I was giving my child a bath. I picked her up out the tub because shes small. But the momentum of picking her up she swang a little toward my body and ocd said did i hip thrust kr do anything wrong. I did a compulsion saying NO repeatedly. And i put her back down and beforehand i didnt have any ill intent just to help her get out because shes a toddler. I had other intrusive thoughts but tbats not my intent i was just trying to be a good dad

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