i really feel better than last week, the intrusive thoughts don't bother me as much because I was putting it in my head that none of it was true. but what's bothering me is that now when I'm around children I get hot down there, I don't want to feel that, I get disgusted. I don't feel desire for children, I find this disgusting and disturbing, so why do I feel that way? It feels very real.
A groinal response is entirely part of OCD. I know it feels real but it doesn't make it any more real than any other part of OCD. It's all our brains lying to us.
thanks for answering. but do you know how to make this feeling go away? It's the only thing bothering me right now.
@lissamls Unfortunately I don't know how to make it go away. OCD naturally wants you to perform compulsions to get it to go away but that will not help you. The only thing I can tell you is that if you live with the discomfort and delay or cease any compulsions you feel you need to do as a result of it, it will likely go away.
exposure helps. being around kids. but i heard stories where ppl test it by masterbating, don’t do that i can only guess it’ll get worse after that cuz it’s all a mental thing. your mind would prolly drive you crazier. i had groinal responses and heard stories of ppl spacing themselves away from kids but this only feeds the fire. so learning from the mistakes others made, i stay around my little siblings, hug them, kiss them, spend time w them, take care of them. it’s a work n progress, ocd tries me every once and n a while but now ik for sure it’s not me, it’s just a matter of quieting the thoughts and REPLACING them rather than “ignoring” them. but yeah exposure helps a lottt. doing those small things u think suggests u might be a pedo like smiling at a kid, hugging them, even talking to them.
It took me a while to answer but I'm really doing this and I've improved a lot, I have a niece and I felt the groinal but I'm not sad or anxious about it anymore because I know it's not true and it really helped. It's already starting to go away, thanks for your advice🤍
@lissamls I get really strong groinals almost automatically just from looking at images. What did you do to make yours go away or at least get better?
@Anonymous i also get groinal just by looking at images, before it was stronger but I managed to convince myself that it was just something fake and caused by anxiety and that helped a lot.
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