Can testing for groinal responses cause them to happen? For example i will think of an intrusive thought in the past or create a fake scenario in my head and i will start to feel something down there every time. It’s it a learned response for the trama of this thoughts? Or i’m an actually a P. Dose anyone else experience this with POCD or should i look into get more help?
You will find what you look for. Testing is the same as checking and it is a compulsion and compulsions feed OCD. Also, gronial response is EXTREMELY common as an expressio of anxiety... not actual arousal. you need to stop doing compulsions to check for the responses, this will only prolong your OCD and feed it. you are not a P you have OCD. point blank period
@TexasOCD41 thank you I appreciate the feedback. it’s just really hard because I never experienced this before in my life and every time I try to test it just makes it worse and that really scares me sometimes in the moment I don’t even realize I’m doing it and I catch myself, but at this point I became so numb because I’ve been dealing with it for so long.
This but with butterflies
Yes! I used to do this all the time- I used to put the images in my head and sit and test for any form of response in my stomach or groin, and keep putting the images in my head until there was no reaction- so to prove that I’m not aroused. It consumed my life for over a year- up until covid lockdown when I realised, these responses are being caused by my ocd. It’s like basically if u think to urself, “I’m gonna check if I have a response in my groin to xyz, then ur brain will cause a response because ur focusing on that part of your body”. It will get easier, but just know you’re not alone, and it’s a very common part of having POCD x
I struggle with this as well. I would find the right therapist that will help you with this. Praying for you.
@Cori Emmett thank you so much. I was recently diagnosed with POCD for the second time because the first time I did not believe it I thought these responses were actual arousal and I would panic. it just scares me because every single time I test I feel something down there and I try to put another scenario in to get rid of it and it doesn’t go away. It just makes it worse. I’m hoping that’s just my anxiety because I never experienced this before in my life.
@Bowbow I completely understand. You aren’t alone. I felt guilt and shame myself when I encountered those thoughts and feelings. Don’t give up! OCD doesn’t have the final say in our lives. We shall overcome! God’s with you.
Did you ever get aroused when you “tested yourself” I’m having this issue with HOCD
@Anonymous every time I test, I feel something down there and I’ll try to like put another scenario to see if that gets rid of it and it doesn’t and something I don’t even realize doing it constantly test myself and every single time I feel something I don’t know if it was a response from anxiety or if it’s actual arousal
@Bowbow So I know this is tmi but have you ever performed a sexual act to your thoughts and actually got off to it?
@Anonymous No, i never let it get that far
@Anonymous I never done that because I know it’s wrong and it just makes me feel uncomfortable
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?
Do yall sometimes replay a sexual intrusive thought, or make one up willingly to check and see if you get aroused or get any groinal responses? Is that a checking/testing compulsion or is it real?
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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