issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 22d ago

Does anyone else experience this?

When I say I feel like I like a thought, I don’t mean the OCD is telling me like a thought or that I concluded that from a physical sensation. I mean, I genuinely feel like something in my brain lights up and it feels like I like it mentally. Whenever I hear people talk about liking thoughts (excitement, arousal), I always see things about groinals or heart flutters. Physical things. I don’t think I really ever see people talk about the mental sensation if this is even a thing. I just wanna know if anyone relates to this or has found an explanation for this because seeing it from an analytical point of view seems to help me sometimes. This is so, *so* especially hard for pocd themed thoughts :( Anyone relate?

Nlombardo

Date posted: 22d ago

Hey! I entirely understand and hear you. OCD can absolutely cause mental sensations with or without physical sensations. Think of it this way - if OCD can cause you to feel many different emotions, like harmful, fearful, aroused, etc, at things you flat out reject? It can absolutely cause your mentality and mental sensations to shift. It does not mean it is real, it just means its something OCD can spark. And other times, if it isnt OCD? You wont pay a second thought to it. I hope this helped, let me know if you have any other questions. I can always give you my socials. I would also like to clarify I am NOT a mental health professional, I am just a psych student who has OCD and has been in therapy a long time for it😂

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@Nlombardo Thank you, I *think* the main problem is, my OCD convinces me that I don’t reject anything. That I try to reject them because that’s what would be right, but not that because I naturally would. If that makes sense?

Nlombardo

Date posted: 19d ago

@issphra 🫶🏻 It absolutely makes sense, and I hear you 100%. ERP treatment and CBT is the top 2 options of therapy i would highly recommend. Our thoughts can be alarming, but our thoughts do not mean our actions. It is crucial to always remember that!

Anonymous

Date posted: 22d ago

Yes those are the most concerning thoughts for me as well. It feels like these obsessions are actually changing my morals sometimes and that can send me into a panic. I just try to be patient with myself and recognize that I’ve gone through a LOT of mental anguish the past few weeks, so of course my brain’s gonna feel messed up. I know I have OCD, and hopefully when that corrects itself I’ll feel more like myself.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@Anonymous You will! I have a few moments where the mental sensation isn’t nearly as strong and I sigh out of relief each time because it’s like I get a glimpse of me back for a moment. I’m sorry you’re going through this too :(

💟

Date posted: 22d ago

omg I get this too, literally just had it when I was out for a walk and I'm trying to push through the feeling but it's so hard ;-; like how can I really tell if this is just a fake feeling that OCD made up for me or if it's real, it's scary af

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@💟 Exactly, it feels as real as it can be. It’s so hard to just not ruminate over it ugh I’m sorry :(

nae nae

Date posted: 22d ago

Yeah, I experience this, too :( Honestly a relief seeing others share the same lol

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@nae nae Me too, it’s a such a relief. Now we know it is definitely in OCD’s territory as terrifyingly real as it may feel.

moon027097

Date posted: 21d ago

oh for sure. i've been experiencing this a lot lately and coupled with POCD, it isn't fun at all :(

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@moon027097 I’m sorry ❤️‍🩹

needtoescape...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 21d ago

Yeah, like I have violent intrusive thoughts which scare me, but it feels like I enjoy it and it's so weird.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@needtoescapetheV0ID Me too, it’s so confusing to experience

Anonimus ME 🦋

Date posted: 21d ago

feelings are the worst thing about OCD! You saw my post, I have something similar, it seems to attract me when I imagine it and even imagine enjoying it, and I no longer know what is real and what is ocd, but it is definitely such a state of affairs...the more we get into it, the more real it seems. Simply train the brain that it is not important to it, until it really becomes so. We have all trained ourselves badly...

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19d ago

@Anonimus ME🫥 Yes, I imagine enjoying it too, I think it might be compulsive. You’re not alone, I love how you phrase that last bit about training the brain that it’s not important until it becomes so. Thank you for commenting :)

Anonimus ME 🦋

Date posted: 19d ago

@issphra 🫶🏻 no problem, we are here and we are all fighting together. It's easier in the team. Everyone helps us with their vision... It is possible that it is compulsive, but the brain is definitely used to it, now it needs to be weaned... from small tests we have come to this..

King silly

Date posted: 19w ago

Not seeking reassurance, just prayers

Lately my OCD has been very horrible, it’s been more convincing than ever to the point where I’m genuinely convinced that I like this stuff, when I get a thought, I’ll hear my intrusive thoughts go “oooh, I like that, I’d do that.” and I just don’t freak out nor feel bad, I just feel like I like it even more, and feel like I would do/act on it and like it, and the feeling is strong and it lingers forever? It genuinely feels like I do, and I’m just lying now, i can’t tell if I make these thoughts worse or anything All I remember mostly just being like confused sometimes when these thoughts happen, but since I’m getting strong emotions that I like it, my brain says that means I did and I’m worried about that being true because I don’t understand nor know It’s like I am resisting to like this stuff now, it’s even tougher now than it was before

Anonimus ME 🦋

Date posted: 10w ago

I need you people😞!

please i need someone to share experiences... - that a certain facial expression of a person to whom ocd is attached causes a lot of thoughts that are connected to that facial expression, and that the images in your head are very detailed, and that they have a sound, words, and that you have a feeling of some kind of crawling from the groin all over your body?

Faker6532

Date posted: 10w ago

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?

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