Has it ever happened to you, that you read here or somewhere an experience related to pocd, or similar, and that you felt like groin answers?! Like that was exciting for a second? It really upset me...
Maybe you should try to stop reading posts for some time? They might give you a lot of anxiety. OCD can manifest in different forms, so I think it is possible with OCD. Just try not to focus on your groin all the time...
@genicrop09 I didn't have those things related to it until now, so I read... and then suddenly, while I was reading I felt something exciting, without even focus and analysis and that feeling seemed so real that it left me in agony... as if something inside me was really excited about it... I don't know if it's part of ocd or it's not my case?
@Anonimus ME🫥 From reading your previous posts you've frequently ruminate about your feelings, so I think it is not something new for you, just OCD found another trigger. Personally I think the 'excitement' is anxiety. You may be anxious about not finding anything similar to our case or maybe you are just overwhelmed with emotions/very anxious while searching, so you think that you're excited. Those feelings may be real or may be not. OCD is trying to convince you that if you feel it, it means something, but in reality it's not. If you continue to focus on them, they will appear more and more.
@genicrop09 thank you! I don't know! I somehow understand one thing, there is another trigger, because it is definitely something sexual, and I definitely think that she should not react like that... and that's why I always have the feeling that something is monstrous... Did you have a similar experience?
@genicrop09 There are some articles that may be helpful: https://adaa.org/learn-from-us/from-the-experts/blog-posts/consumer/ocd-physical-sensations-and-urges https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/beyond-just-thoughts-intrusive-images-urges-and-feelings-in-ocd https://www.federicoferrarese.co.uk/2024/08/12/understanding-ocd-the-role-of-groinal-response/ https://kimberleyquinlan-lmft.com/ocd-intrusive-thoughts-feel-so-real/
@genicrop09 thank you very much ❤️
@Anonimus ME🫥 Most of the time I have feeling of anxiety, I don't know how to explain, but it is like a wave of anxiety, and I have intrusive thoughts like 'I might like it' or 'I just deceive myself and everyone around me'
@genicrop09 yes, I have something like that. But that's because on an emotional level we can't relate to the fact that everything is ocd and believe it! That feeling "maybe I like it" is the worst, but it's actually ocd noise!
@Anonimus ME🫥 1 Anxiety scuse to the groinal area 2 Ocd attaches 3 you are safe
@Mrcino 1408 but it's not just the groin, it's like an automatic feeling of arousal... I don't know, I don't know... it's terrible
@Anonimus ME🫥 Yessss
@Anonimus ME🫥 Yess completely Its is Groin with feeling like ooouuuuhh this is good oh nooo i enjoyed it. Nooo you didnt you actually HATE IT
@Mrcino 1408 oh, I would so like to know that I hate..I hate that I feel that way, and it seems to me that it causes me sexual excitement! it's like my brain doesn't know the difference...
@Anonimus ME🫥 Same for me SAME EXACTLY but it is just Anxiety once you realize that trust me you wont be having that ocd ever again
@Mrcino 1408 at least if it's not that topic... I don't know how to understand... it's very real...
Thats called a groinal response. its extremely common in all anxiety disorders but it is most noticed in relation to POCD. It is just the body sending an anxiety response that is felt in the groin area, it is not a sexual response, nor an arousal, it is only anxiety.
@TexasOCD41 I don't feel the classic groin response (as I read that it is), such as burning, pulse, swelling... I feel more like some strange excitement in both the body and the brain! So now I'm afraid I don't have OCD afte all …
@Anonimus ME🫥 There is no “ classic “ response. Everyone feels it differently. For me it felt like a sexual response it felt like legitimate arousal. The only difference was I didn’t want to be feeling it. There is no tell tell indicator that makes it any different from a sexual feeling. The difference is your response to it.
@TexasOCD41 Huh! Maybe it's true, but somehow I can't relate to it...the topic is awful to just jump over by the way...thank you..
I never read someone talk about this so I wanted to know if it applies to anyone as well. For context: I deal with ROCD and SOCD but I do identify as straight and am in a (happy) relationship with a man. What often triggers me is memories about childhood and adolescences about having the groinal toward nudity in porn or music videos. Because I can’t deny having watched other things than straight porn and experimenting with porn I simply can’t stop trying to figure out what that might have meant and if i deep down have actually a other sexual orientation than the one that I feel comfortable identifying with. I only hear people talking about random triggers but never the REAL memory of arousal to pornography and so on.
Havent been on in a while but todays rough. Had a major ocd episode. Its literally ocd number one million different iteration In summary i saw teen boys had intrusive thoughts. Looked away. Moved my foot which had a groinal and the pcd hyperfixation of them being in my side view and the additional intrusive thoughts saying “the false attraction and groinal non concordance means i aroused over them” followed by intense gut wrenching guilt sick to my stomach is what ocd is making me ruminate and provlem solve and feel guilt and stuck and question y intention even thiugh i know my true self. Also i tried doing what others have said by responding “maybe, maybe not” and just agreeing with the thought to shut it up. I know i wasnt arousing over thr boys and wasnt checking tbem out and im not a pedophile and not attracted to teen boys or boys/men period. I know groinals are a natural occurence and ocd symptom . I just had this random intense ocd episode. I was standing at the store and seen two teenage kids. I had intrusive thought they were handsome but i dont think they were handsome. I looked away but still seen them in the corner of my eyes and i adjust my foot which caused a groinal. I looked at them and their mom twice i think then looked away but my ocd hyperfocused on them in my peripheal view and since i had a groinal ocd had followed up with another intrusivr thought saying this means i aroused over them and its pedophilic and then i felt a gut wrenching disgust and guilt. I dont want any of this. I know im not a pedophile. I know i wasnt checking them out or arousing myself. I just was looking at people like normal and had intrusivr thoughts and groinals. I looked away as a compulsion but since i still seen them in my peripheal and didnt completely block them out ocd says it means i wanted to see them and chrck tbem out and arouse myself. This is ego dystonic. Its causing me extreme distress and gut wrenching guilt. I dont even think theyre handsome and im not a pedophile. Ocd makes me feel guilty and doubt if i did something wrong. These intrusive thoughts and feelings are intense It all happened so fast i saw the boys. I had the ocd thoughts. I looked twice. I felt anxiety so looked away but still seen thrm in my sode view and ocd was hyperfocused screaming to me theyre there like a lion was next to me. I simply moved my foot which caused a groinal reaction. Then ocd followed with the intrusivr thought “you aroused yourself youre a pedo” etc and then the gut wrenching guilt and dosgust followed but i know its ego dystonic and not who i am and ocd thought number one million because ive had this before. A compulsion would be closing my eyes or looking away so they wouldnt even be in my peripheal and since i only partially looked away ocd said it means i was doing something inappropriate but i knoe thats not true I know i was already feeling anxious because of the large crowd. I know i was just looking in their general direction nothing wrong and had intrusivr thoughts. Then i looked away at a guy next to me to distract myself from these intrusive thoughts and from the boys. Plus me looking away to the guy and all i did was move my foot and that motion plus the anxiety caused a groinal. So OCD said “you aroused over the boys= POCD” and since i basiclaly did a semi compulsion semi erp i looked away to avoid the kids but still could see them in my peripheal view thats when ocd played on it and said i didnt fully avoid them so i mustve aroused over them but i know its all ego dystonic. A real pedophile wouldnt feel guilt or anxiety or discomfort or gut wrenching feelings and wouldnt avoid looking. Theyd look and enjoy it. I was extremelt uncomfortable and the groinal was uncomfortable. I dont even think the boys were good looking. Its the gut wrenching guilt symptom of ocd and the intrusive thougjts that make it feel real and keep stuck in the loop In summary i saw teen boys had intrusive thoughts. Looked away. Moved my foot which had a groinal and the pcd hyperfixation of them being in my side view and the additional intrusive thoughts saying “the false attraction and groinal non concordance means i aroused over them” followed by intense gut wrenching guilt sick to my stomach is what ocd is making me ruminate and provlem solve and feel guilt and stuck and question y intention even thiugh i know my true self. Also i tried doing what others have said by responding “maybe, maybe not” and just agreeing with the thought to shut it up. I know i wasnt arousing over thr boys and wasnt checking tbem out and im not a pedophile and not attracted to teen boys or boys/men period. I know groinals are a natural occurence and ocd symptom
hi i’m feeling a little discouraged and was just wondering if anyone wanted to share their experiences with pocd like how real it is for them and maybe some recovery stories like what that looks like and what helped you get there and how they are now i just had my therapy appointment and am kinda down bc i have to stick with uncertainty and that really bothers me… but anyone wanna share?
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