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- xXOmenXx
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Don’t give up! It’s just your OCD. Is there something around you right now that you’re afraid to touch? If so, be brave and pick it up and hold onto it and face the fear without doing any compulsions. This is an example of ERP therapy and eventually you’ll have to go through it in order to re-train your brain to not signal distress over these things. It will be a long road ahead, but be strong and don’t give up! Good luck and God bless!
Interesting because you interpret bodily fluid fears in a completely different way to me!! I worry about stuff like that, but I don’t even have the pregnancy fear enter my head, mine is oh god what there sperm/blood and now I have STDs which will end my relationship” Shows how ocd latches onto what’s most important to the person
I am soooo triggered by bodily fluid and period blood in particular. I see it about once a month and it sets me off and has really traumatized me.
Hey, I get contamination ocd aswell and I know it sucks to live with on a day to day basis and forces me to have to wash my hands a lot and say numbers in my head ect dunno if you are doing any therapy at all but I have contacted a while ago a service run by the nhs called talkworks and I think it would help to talk to them as for me talking about my issues to them has been a good first step to improving my life and now they sorted a plan with me so I can talk to a therapist to help me cope and deal with my mental illnesses so I think it could help you aswell as you can both talk to someone and get the right therapy to help you cope, hope this helps
Yeah I have the sperm ocd aswell but I'm a guy who I domt worry about the pregnant thing
This is litterally me word for word
My OCD gives me this constant fear that I could be pregnant even though I have never had sex. When I’m with my boyfriend and I’m in his lap and we’re doing nothing but kissing I am afraid that sperm is somehow going to get near me and can get me pregnant, even with 4 layers of clothes between us. It’s very frustrating, especially since I know it’s impossible. The what if’s just make me miserable.
Hiya, I'm new here. I really need help with my OCD, it's gotten extremely out of control since Covid started. One of my biggest fears is pregnancy, which is absolutely wild because I'm a virgin. I've tried ignoring it on my own, but it causes me extreme distress and I start crying. It gives me physical pain in my stomach until I give into the compulsions. Every time I ignore it it feels like giving into my fate of the nonexistent baby. It's stupid and I'm sick of it. It controls most of the things I do, like I can't have anything to do with the number 9 because of it (pregnancy being 9 months) 5 too, for some reason I'm not really sure of. I've given a lot of things in my life a number. My number is 4 so I can't stand seeing numbers like 45, 49, or 54. The compulsions (if you don't do or do _______ you'll be pregnant) happens almost every time I do ANYTHING. I don't know how to ignore it without causing a mental break down every single time. I need help, please.
For sperm ocd for me it invokes the fear of getting pregnant but you know how ocd is what you value and ect I can’t figure out how this theme is a value or why it’s like and ocd theme for me?
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