hey has anyone ever had like groinal responses but it always happens at weird times? Like when someone is fighting, when ur mad, or when ur stressed out. i’m scared i get turned on by bad things happening. my parents just fought and my mind keeps trying to tell me that them doing that makes me happy and then i got a groinal response. really struggling with this lately.
i just had a groinal response like an hour ago too :( i was at a restaurant with my family and i got an intrusive thought and then a groinal response and it caused me anxiety, i hate how my mind doesn’t let me enjoy moments with my loved ones😕
@User._0 i resonate with you on that in so many levels. Ugh, you’re not alone 💗
Yes. Groinal responses may be anxiety.
Whenever I’m doing a test of some sort in school and things are getting stressful, I get ground responses. I thought that was just a me thing until I saw this and looked it up but yeah I just start getting tingles and I feel so strange but I think it’s due to all the stress.
@deantea Ohh got it. Thank you!
Oh my god! This just happened to me. I was so scared, it's like I feel these sensations even when I'm angry, annoyed, happy or proud of something. It doesn't make any sense to me. At least I'm not alone.
@llalala yeah exactly!! so nice to have a community of people that understand.
@bella100 Do you know of any videos or articles that explain this?
@llalala i haven’t found any unfortunately. But i’m still trying to research about it. if you look up things about groinal responses and ocd you might find some sources that are helpful!
@bella100 https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/info/ocd-stats-and-science/why-ocd-can-cause-a-groinal-response-and-what-you-can-do-about-it In this article they talk a little about it: Groinal response can happen when one is in a heightened state of anxiety, feeling joy, feeling pain, or excitement. We call these high arousal emotions. There just aren't any examples and for those with OCD it's torture to think that their situation doesn't fit. But I think that's it!!
18+ only Does anybody with sexual intrusive thoughts get scared that they’ll masturbate to their thoughts? Or that the thoughts really arouse them? because I get groinals and it’s so confusing. But I find the thoughts disgusting and I don’t enjoy the experience of having a groinal response at all.
I’m constantly having groinal response to thoughts and people I don’t want to have them to. Does anybody else hold them in if that makes sense? I find that makes it worse and cause an arousal feeling and I absolutely hate it, don’t know what to do.
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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