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AnonymousAnonymous
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Are you working with an OCD specialized therapist? I could be wrong here but I really think telling you to focus on the discomfort and that's how you "know" you're not is the wrong approach. That would mean, to me, if ERP does what it's supposed to and gives you your life back and you don't have to do a compulsion (like closing the app or tab instantaneously) to "get rid" of the bad thought, that would be "confirming" you are one I guess? I'm sorry to tell you that you don't have control over your thoughts. You don't choose them. People without OCD who are not p*dophiles also have these thoughts, the difference is that they don't dwell on them. They don't assign meaning or emotion to the thought. They don't make character judgements based on the thought. They acknowledge it and it passes them by.
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@Anonymous Hi, yes I’m working with an OCD specialized therapist. I didn’t word it right in the post. She always tells me to just sit with the discomfort and don’t figure out what whatever happened could mean. So this situation she would tell me to not revisit the situation in my head and try and figure out exactly what my intentions were. I know deep down I’m not a pedo but it’s so hard to not convince my brain every time I have a flare up. Sitting with discomfort sucks lol
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