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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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Yeah I have the sperm ocd aswell but I'm a guy who I domt worry about the pregnant thing
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This is litterally me word for word
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I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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all morning i have been feeling like there is dirt and grime on my skin. i showered last night. i washed my hair on tuesday night and i will wash it tonight. but i feel like there is dirt in my scalp and in my hair and i feel like i haven’t showered in weeks. i don’t want to feel like this anymore. every day i am anxious about how clean i am and its taking over my life. any tips?
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Hi I just have a few questions! (Im 14 btw) Okay so basically I’m really worried I’ll become a pedo/I already am and I don’t know it yet. I’m also really scared if I SA someone, even tho I don’t want to and I’d never do something like that but I feel like this part of me is saying that I will and it’s really scaring me. I feel so alone and I’m so scared I’m a bad person on the inside and this isn’t ocd and I’m gonna unleash hell on this earth I’m so scared. I’ll get a thought like if I’m walking past someone random it will be like “What if you sa them?” And it scares me so bad I feel horrible for thinking that. Is this apart of it? I feel like I’m always fixated on the topic of sa to check if I would do something like that, I don’t know anymore I just feel like a bad person (btw I have not done anything like that to anyone!)
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