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ALL THE TIME! Actually urges are a symptom that come with the thought. Why? Well let me tell ya! When you watch porn, you get horny.. right? Even if you’re like ew, not interested, and it was just a pop up, your brain doesn’t know what is happening so when an intrusive thought pops up like that and it’s about your family member, you yourself can be like ew not interested in that crap - where did that come from! And attempt to toss it aside, but of course you get uncomfortable because of the false alarm in your brain and dwell on it, but we can’t control what pops into our head. No one has a clue what’d they’re going to be thinking about in ten minutes so don’t think you want it cause it popped in, your brain just throws things at you sometimes and literally every human has these thoughts but with OCD they get sticky and stay put, the urge though comes from the fact that you thought about a sexual act... doesn’t have boo to do with who it is and doesn’t mean you want that, but you thought of sex. Has nothing to do with them, your body’s natural urge just came along with it as the symptom. Like those funny videos on YouTube of someone dancing close up with long hair looking pretty and you’re like, nice, then they turn around and it’s a dude with a hairy stomach, you thought of sex, so your body is like hey... they realized the topic and was like, HAH! Absolutely not. It does go away though! It’s weird in the meantime and can feel crippling. But Believe me, ERP is a magical tool.
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Facts.
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@Reptarrox ? right?
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@Rachel52 Yez ma'am
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Nah you me and probably half the people on the app that don't want to admit it . I have trouble taking my own advice sometimes. So I get pretty low at times but I always feel better at some point. . Makes me appreciate it more when I know I'll be alright
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Honestly same it’s so hard to listen to your own advice even though youre right due to ocd and the doubt it likes to feed us its like dude can you stop and just listen to me for a second and the ocd is just there like no no you’re wrong
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Yea I just let it sit. I'll watch something nostalgic like a movie or show maybe play a game I did as a kid. But yea. It talks all day, never shuts up. It pretty much forces you to have to believe you aren't bad or on your way to being so. But yea lol. That guy's an ass
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I get that your not alone, it's tough but you have to try to not seek reassurance. Try to let everything come and go. Try not to latch on. I get sometimes it's hard but just try. You have felt better afterwards in the past. Focuz on that. You aren't your thoughts your the one in control. Even if it doesn't feel like it
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Also. You were giving pretty good advice on some other posts. If you want to talk I'm here I get this exact feeling and it sucks
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You’re right I mean I felt a bit nervous but now I feel better at the end of the day I know I wouldnt harm my family or anyone just gotta let it sti there and it will subside makes me feel better that I’m not alone on this though
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i haven’t been diagnosed with ocd but I have anxiety about harming other people/family members and it’s like urges and im scared I actually want to do it? I don’t think I’ve ever been violent as a kid (im 21 now) and the intrusive thoughts don’t go away so im just stuck all day everyday for the past few weeks just thinking and being scared about it and im having all these weird emotions like being irritated and angry I don’t want to hurt people I don’t think idk why my mind is making me think I do I’ve had intrusive thoughts before that I could brush away sure it took like a day or two but this one is different it doesn’t go away and leaves me with the worst fear imaginable and nothing I look up that should be giving me relief is giving me relief + I feel like im not in control of my body and that im just gonna lose it and act on these thoughts it’s just all on a loop and im not sure how im supposed to live the rest of my life when im in constant fear of my self
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Hey guys today I just wanted to come here and share an experience I have and I generally don't know what to do I feel like a terrible person for having these thoughts and for thinking them I genuinely don't know what to do I don't know the signs behind it and why I think the way I do but it's honestly driving me crazy I don't know what to do I have a pornography addiction for a long time it's where it's like anytime I'm an intimate moment or am masturbating my head just thinks these weird things always the same repetitive thoughts to of family members your younger sibling or a young child I myself am a 17 year old and I feel so disgusted I feel like I can't live my life anymore I feel like I'm a criminal cuz like it feels like I chose this these thoughts like I actively think them I don't know the signs behind it and I just really need professional help if there's any like therapist here that could fill me in that would be nice I would also like to know if you guys had any similar experiences because for me I feel like I have to rewatch pornography and do it right without the thoughts cuz I feel like the thoughts are just like to prevalent anytime I do anything related to masturbation why do I think this way I'm also just trying to be as honest as I can with this I'm not trying to make myself I guess a victim I'm trying to hold myself accountable if I actually am like this because I also have doubts in my head that tells me that I enjoy these things I feel like I'm going crazy someone help because it feels so real like I acted on them or that I was pleasuring myself to the thoughts and not towards the video it's just how can I live with myself you know also during it it felt like I was thinking the thought for a long period of time like it was dominating my head so I couldn't focus it felt l
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- 14w
agh .. okay .. i’m so so embarrassed to post this, i’m literally crying .. but i need some help and advice. or maybe just a place to vent. i don’t know yet. so .. i was hanging out with three of my cousins today, and a few friends. one of my cousins was driving us around, and it was a pretty long drive, and we all just chatted, had fun, you know, normal teenager shit. but i couldn’t help but shift my focus onto certain things about my cousin driving — “wow, he’s going so fast, he’s so cool,” “i like the way his hands are gripping the wheel. wow his hands. hands hands hands” “his happy trail looks nice” (we went swimming) “i feel jealous of his girlfriend” and all sorts of things. i just feel. so awful. i don’t want these thoughts at all, and i feel just horrible. my ocd mixed with hypersexuality from trauma is just not helping at all, and i just want to get rid of these thoughts. i feel so disgusted with myself, and i’m scared that even though intrusive thoughts are normal, maybe mine are too far and i’m just “unfixable” or “broken.” any advice on what i could do? :( edit: i would like to add that we’re not even blood cousins, since we’re “related” through my step dad, which makes these thoughts worse and makes my head go, “oh, well, it’s okay!!” aghh. so frustrating :(
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