Sitting on a machine at the gym and worry another man just used the chair and inworry bout groinals. I adjusted my feet which caused more groinals. I know its ocd and dont want the groinals and me shifting doesnt mean anything
Yes, you are right. It doesn’t mean anything. Keep practicing the ERP. Practice the ERP over and over and over. The OCD is going to show up over and over and over. Take me, for example. I have religious OCD. I feel like if I do the smallest thing, I am going to LOSE MY SALVATION. It comes up a hundred times a day. Did I say a word wrong? Do I have the wrong thoughts or feelings? Did I use the wrong tone of voice? Did I move my finger? My OCD stuff comes up over and over and over. It is going to be the same for you. The groinal stuff is going to come up over and over and over. Just realize that every time the groinal comes up that it is just the same thing. It might seem like different situations, but it’s all the same. It’s all just OCD. Recoverytakes work. It takes time. Sometimes a very long time. But you are on the right path. Just keep giving your OCD the same answers. —Groinals don’t mean anything. Shifting doesn’t mean anything. Etc., etc. Keep doing what your therapist tells you to do. It WILL get easier. It may takes months. But it will get easier.
@Tea and Honey This was very helpful! Thank you. Even worrying about seeing a child in my peripheal view and worrying about a groinal i squint my eyes or adjust my body to avoid it but eventually im going to have to see them or just not let the groinals bother me. I adjust as a compulsion but even then i feel guilty. When i adjust and squint my eyes to try avoid it i still feel guilty. I know its all ocd and ocd making mw eworry about everything. It tries to tell me im arousing myself but i know its not true
@Anonynmous19 Yes!!! All those things don’t mean anything!! You are on the right track! Just remember, doing ERP will make you feel guilty. When you practice ERP, you will be uncomfortable, and you will feel anxiety. That’s okay!! My brain tells me that I have to stop watching TV to go “fix” some way that I moved my mouth. It’s uncomfortable and scary for me to stay on the couch and not do my compulsions to “fix” things. It would be easier to give into the compulsion. But if I do, the cycle will get worse. But the more I practice not doing the compulsions, the easier it will get. This process may take a long time. And the OCD will try to throw slightly different thoughts/feelings/compulsions at you, and try to make you think it’s something new. Be ready for the OCD to try to change things up a bit—but don’t fall for that trick. All OCD is exactly the same, and we treat it the same. Just keep going forward. Even one tiny step forward at a time is a victory. https://youtu.be/3vy6-bveenQ?si=MurQBLRfhj1DcMW9
This has been stressing me out, i don't find many specific scientific articles on groin response or similar topics, this makes me wonder if we all actually have a more serious problem? None of the therapists i've been to seem to think about OCD when talking to me and i'm not even diagnosed with anything, i'm always wondering if this means that i'm bad and i'm just hiding behind a false thing. Maybe my therapists would not comprehend that fully and i 100% understand them, apart from thoughts i have other things like groinal responses, that's one of the most uncomfortable things to say because i'm always afraid that by describing it, they'll suspect something way worse. It is worrying that i have not been able to find anything else for that topic on the internet apart from what this same app posts or the same old sources, i cannot find a big study very focused on it and that scares me
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.
Ugh i was making salah and has groinals. And worried i heard my childs voice. I struggke with pocd. I moved my legs because it hit the bed and i heard my kids voice then i felt groinals as i was bowing in ruku. My compulsion is saying stop and no and adjusting. And my ocd also causes involuntary intrusivr movements. Like sudden twitches or hip thrusts or bodily movements. I just remember adjusting while in ruku and saying no and stop to the thoughts. I also remember feeling thr groinals and just being in third person and observing jt. I also froze up and felt stuck. This happened twice. Then ocd says i was arousing myself over my kids voice during salah which i know is absurd its ego dystonic its ocd. I hate having pocd and groinals. I know i was just adjusting because ei hit the bed. Then i felt groinals and heard my kids voice and felt triggered by pocd. Then i felt my body twitching in ruku and me adjusting and also freezing up and getting stuck. Ocd tries ti make me thing i did something sexually inappropriate during prayer. I know thats not who i am. I dont do sexual inappropriate acts and especially not during prayer. I’ve already been very anxious for days so i know its just a continuation of ocd attacking me. I just hate that ofd makes me think by me adjusting and by bodily movements anxiously intrusively incoluntary moving and me getting stuck that i did something bad thats what ocd tells me. I know its not true. Why does ocd make us think or feel we did something bad
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