groinal responses

how are groinal responses supposed to feel. every time i get an intrusive thought or image or even see something in real life that could trigger me i do get groinal responses. the problem is is that sometimes i feel it directly in my groin or sometimes its like in my lower stomach like my stomach drops in a way? does this mean that im actually attracted to these things? i never would be attracted to these things just the thought of it is debilitating and stresses me out so much. i’ve struggled with groinal responses for nearly 6 months now and its very debilitating and i just want it to stop. i want to get help but i dont know how to get help im only 18 and im a student and these things really affect my life on a day to day basis. is there a way out of this? am i a bad person? please help

Anonymous

Date posted: 31w

First of all, you are NOT a bad person because of what you are going through. I’ve dealt with groinal responses myself and they can manifest in hundreds of different ways. OCD wants to trick you into believing that yours are different and somehow more “real” than others. The only way, that I know of, to not have the groinal responses is to simply let them happen without any analysis or questioning of why they are happening. I know it is SO hard, but with practice, you CAN do it. The truth is, our bodies react to things in ways we sometimes wish it didn’t, but it doesn’t reflect our actual desires. The more you fight against them, the stronger and more frequently you’ll experience them. I’m sorry to say that, but you really need to let it happen without any analysis. I believe in you. There are so many resources out there for you to learn more about groinal responses and OCD. I would suggest you listen to Chrissie Hodges on YouTube, she talks a lot about this. All the best to you 😊

Anonymous

Date posted: 31w

@Anonymous thankyou so much i really appreciate this❤️❤️

Anonymous

Date posted: 31w

@Anonymous Of course! Please don’t be hopeless, you have no idea of how much you are capable of! I have been in the trenches with OCD, groinal responses and all of that, and I can tell you it’s so much better now. I wish I could show you my journey (it’s been one TOUGH) ride, but with perseverance, I’m a lot better. You just have to know that it takes time, a lot of time, to rewire the way you react and respond to things. Your brain and body doesn’t really catch up with you as quickly as we would like to, but eventually, it happens. You just have to be more stubborn than your brain 😅You got this.

Anonymous

Date posted: 29w

@Anonymous often ocd therapists talk about how intrusive thoughts or images can cause a groinal, but for some people just looking at someone/something can give you a groinal even if you aren’t focused on the groinal area. it does not mean you are attracted to that person or thing and the best thing you can do is let the groinal happen and as the other person stated it is so incredibly difficult but trust me, short term pain and uncomfortableness is better then long term pain from trying to get rid of the groinals or trying to disect the meaning behind them groinal.

Anonymous

Date posted: 29w

@Anonymous thank you so much this really helped me❤️

Anonymous

Date posted: 24w

Will groinals go away with acceptance

I keep getting these groinal responses when I think about kids or see one and it's really distressing, I only just learned that OCD can make you feel that and it's not actually attraction but it's so hard to remember that and I've seen people talking about accepting uncertainty but I'm so scared to think "maybe it's attraction maybe it's not" instead of "no it's not attraction that's disgusting" and idk what to do

Faker6532

Date posted: 21w

Tingling or arousal sensations?

Does anyone else when they have the thoughts, they feel against it, but they still get arousal or tenglings sensations in the groinal area? Because this is what I experienced today and I feel like crap. This is going to be very triggering for a lot of you, but there are a lot of times that I notice things from kids. For example, there is a thirteen year old kid who looks very developed for her age, and I take notice of (and this already sounds creepy to me) her chest. Today with my thoughts, I imagined as if I were touching it, and although I usually "no no or "I don't want to do that", she is a kid, etc., I still get responses in my groinal area, and It felt very real. Even now, I feel as though I am faking it, even though I groan 😮‍💨 from it, and feel as though I am a fraud. Does anyone relate?

123kate123

Date posted: 14w

pocd and groinal responses

hi does anyone ever get a random grounal response then feel aroused but you don’t want to be like before i had the thought i was feeling a little aroused then i had a random thought and it had the ground response and i felt aroused i don’t understand.

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