Please comment. I feel like I'm the only one. POCD

@issphra 🫶🏻 It's the same elbow thing I can't get over it friend. And thank you for being here and being supportive.

@issphra 🫶🏻 If you have any support regarding that, I appreciate it too friend

@Anonymous You think I'm a monster? I'm a mother so I'm forced to be around children.

@Anonymous Sorry friend just confused and need clarification

@Anony1314 No, I don’t think you’re a monster. I think monsters aren’t worried about being monsters.

@Anonymous Thanks friend. I'm sorry your comment just confused me. Are you saying I'm alone as to what happened?

@nae nae The elbow thing? People have done similar? I'm not alone?!

@Anony1314 Yes! I've seen posts in the past where parents have said they were near their child or curled up on the couch together and felt the need to shift, and then their OCD latching onto that.

@nae nae But mine wasn't feeling the need to. Mine was more like thoughts telling me I'm already bad and need to do something else. Only thing I could think was to move my elbow and do that and I did it. That's why I'm struggling.

@Anony1314 I phrased it wrong. Their thoughts were telling them they needed to move or make a movement, similar to yours. It's all a checking compulsion and a part of OCD.

@nae nae THANK YOU friend. People have done this kind of thing? It's not abuse?

@Anony1314 I don't want to offer you more reassurance. I think deep down you know the answer :( You're not a bad person. You're just someone struggling from OCD 🫂

@nae nae That's what I need to believe? I have OCD and I'm not a bad person?

@Anony1314 Yes. When you have these "what if" thoughts, you need to practice labeling them as OCD. You are not your thoughts, and this will help you differentiate. So, let's say you have a thought that's like... "What if I abused my child?" That "what if" is almost anything immediate indicator it's the OCD talking, not you... From here, you'd want to acknowledge the thought (ex: "I hear you, but I'm not going to find an answer for that right now" or "I don't know"), and then shift focus back to the present :)

@nae nae Thanks friend. It doesn't across as what if? It's like I have this guilt gut feeling like I'm really bad. Ugh

@Anony1314 I get that, too :( You're not alone. But if you really were bad, you wouldn't care. You wouldn't feel guilt, shame, or any other of those feelings.

@nae nae Thank you friend. It's a struggle. Sorry you deal with that too

@Anony1314 It really is 🫂 I'm wishing you all the best. No one deserves this

@Jesse1982 Have you seen my post friend? Thank you

@Anony1314 - Which one

@Jesse1982 The one with my elbow friend that keep posting about unfortunately

@Anony1314 - I haven't

@Jesse1982 Can I send it here?

@Anony1314 - Ok I read and I understand how hard it is. Like 10 years ago my daughter was like 20 ft from me playing and my ocd was telling me to point my pelvis towards her privates. So I did to shut it up and till this day I feel like crap for doing. I would never hurt my kids but that day I did a movement that still haunts me. I know it was my ocd but still hate it. My therapist makes me look at photos of my family and move my pelvis. I know it's weird but my ocd makes me do w weird rituals and exposures

@Jesse1982 So what's your thoughts on mine friend? I'm so sorry you deal with that struggle. That was definitely your OCD at play

@Jesse1982 Sorry friend

@Anony1314 - I bet you are a great mother and that's why it bothers you so much. The groinal happens to me too but you are ok. Your body is just anxious because you worry about it. I believe the elbow thing was like a ritual to shut your ocd up. I'm 100 percent you haven't done anything wrong. I hate that we go through these things but at least we are nit alone

@Jesse1982 Thank you friend. Even though it felt wanted and very real and everything, I'm still okay right? I appreciate you.

@Anony1314 - Remember people with pocd are less likely to do something than people without ocd. Still life is hard every single day

@Jesse1982 Thanks friend. What are you saying? Are you saying I don't have OCD because of this?

@Anony1314 - I believe you do have ocd and will be a great mother

@Jesse1982 Thanks friend. I'm already a mother and was honestly the best before it happened. I just want to go back to the old me

@Anonymous 🤍 Sorry friend, I've heard of this happening to many people before. I don't do this, so I wouldn't know.

@Anonymous 🤍 No not at all!!

@Anonymous 🤍 Have you read my post?