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Take this as an opportunity for exposure! It’s times like these where it matters the most
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that’s a really good point... i am just scared of doing more exposures right now. gosh i know i need to do them but i feel like i already do a ton of exposures on the daily and idk if i can handle any others right now. i’ve already had a mental break this semester that sent me to inpatient and i wanna push myself but not to the point where i’m s**cidal. my stress is extremely high because this is my first semester at college, i’m 9 hours away from home, and dealing with a lot of trauma in therapy right now. and part of me is conflicted because i feel like i need to be doing more
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I think you should tell your professor. Also consider getting a diagnosis.
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i got diagnosed earlier this year. and thank you! i think i might
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i think talking to her would be a good idea. not just for you as a form of affirming your needs, but also because the class in general should be at least warned before going into such heavy topics...
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oof girl. you have no idea she literally did not give ANY trigger warnings. she asked that we don’t self-diagnose but when she casually through the r word around i about lost it. i was trying so hard to resist purging
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@jjessicahorton god that's so bad... im sorry you had to experience this. no wonder you were so upset. good luck if you decide to go for it :)
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Yes, talk to the professor! I would explain that class was very triggering for you and ask if she can give some kind of content warning in the future. For me, I’ve found that things that would be really triggering for me aren’t as bad if I know they’re coming, so definitely ask if she can warn you. It might also be worth asking if she could have some sort of alternate option for if you are discussing something triggering in class and you can’t attend due to mental health- if she’s a psychology professor, she should understand the concept of triggers and how triggering content can affect people with mental illnesses. If she shuts you down or refuses to provide content warnings, it might honestly be worth talking to your school’s disability resource center- most of the time they can help advocate for mentally ill students as well as disabled ones. I think you’re super brave to consider talking to your professor, and know that by doing so you’re probably helping other students who may be too afraid to ask the professor for trigger warnings.
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- 23w
TW: themes of sexual abuse, exploitation, etc Hello I am feeling a bit distressed today. I realized I have pretty “sex negative” views which I feel like many stem from OCD and trauma. Some of my feelings are good and I would argue most stem from a healthy place but I feel like they impact my life and emotional state on an unhealthy level. For example feel VERY strongly about CSA, rape, sexual exploitation of any kind, unethical sex etc. I have a strong pattern recognization ability and see how so many things people deem as “sex positive” (porn, onlyfans, casual sex etc) have a net negative effect on society (abuse, cheating, stds, etc) I think a good amount of the population agrees with these values so I don’t feel alone in that but I feel like I spend so much time being sad over these things. I used to listen to a lot of sexual music growing up (mainly mainstream pop like Ke$ha and Rihanna) and then in my teens I listened to a lot of rap. I noticed how this made me sexualize myself growing up which makes me very uncomfortable and sad. Another thing which makes me sad is how so much of the population was exposed to pornography at a young age. I recently was at a estate sale and there were old playboy magazines and this man was showing his son who looked to be about 9 the magazines and it made me so uncomfortable because that’s grooming and abuse. I didn’t know what to do so I just said “ew” but I still feel guilty I did not do anything more. I just don’t know how to cope with these feelings. I am also Catholic and the abuse crisis has deeply impacted my ability to practice my faith. Two priests whom were close to my family got exposed for sexually abusing children. This is a big reason I have not been able to go to confession (which leads me to being unable to receive the Eucharist, which is a big deal). I constantly obsess over the fact I won’t be able to tell who is a sexual predator and it brings me great distress. Also, sexual music, sex scenes in movies, sexual jokes etc all make me deeply uncomfortable. Hearing about my friend’s sexual lives also makes me very uncomfortable and sad for them, in a way, if I deem their experiences unethical. I feel very upset when people sexualize themselves. I also hate when I experience sexual feelings myself and often find myself wishing I was asexual even though I wish to get married and be a mother. I feel judged by society for being a “prude” “puritanical” etc which feels incredibly invalidating as a lot of my trauma involves exploitation under the guise of “liberation” I don’t really know where I’m going here I think I just want to know if anyone feels similarly. I don’t find many people with views and feelings similar to myself. A lot of people online who I feel like my views overlap with (other Catholics, radical feminists, etc) have views which stem from a lot of judgement and hate whereas I feel like I just want everyone to be safe and happy. I think a lot of my feelings stem from my trauma but obsessions from OCD? For my other forms of OCD (contamination, harm, etc) I feel like exposure therapy helps but I don’t know how I’d go about exposure therapy with this then without further causing more distress. I feel very nervous opening up with anyone about this theme. If you read to the end thank you so much❤️🩹 I am sorry if this post was triggering at all to anyone else I just didn’t know where to go to open up about this :(
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TW I have to watch this show for one of my classes and towards the end of one episode a naked baby boy was completely exposed. I didn’t expect it, I didn’t know it was about to be shown. I’m already ruminating on whether I’m a terrible person for watching it and whether I actually did or did not know. Nevertheless, I tried the SOS button but I fear intrusive thoughts/urges are going to happen and now I can’t sleep. How do I prevent them from happening before they do? Is that even possible? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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- 19w
I'm in college and about an hour ago i had class. I like to sit alone bc I get a bunch of stupid intrusive harm thoughts. Anyway I couldn't focus AT ALL today. This girl decided to sit next to me and I wanted to ESCAPE. Like i desperately wanted to get up and leave to the bathroom and wait till class was over. I took a deep breath and stayed anyways and tried to focus on lecture but i kept getting so many thoughts and I kept hyperfocusing on my right hand (which was next to her) and my hand felt so weird! Like tingly?? I was like "omg why is my hand feel so weird?? Does that mean i want to do something?!" And it kept imagining me grabbing at her or grabbing my drink and throwing it on her while i was trying to take a sip. I tried eating my breakfast to distract myself but i was holding a fork and got another thought. I realized i was tensing my hands (as a compulsion... i try to keep them as still as possible and as close to me as possible bc the thoughts feel so distressing and the "what if i act out " is playing in my head) And I was internally panicking and now im at the library feeling sad and i feel like I need to solve this. I spent the past hour just mentally reviewing the whole class time rn. The whole class time I was at the edge of the table trying to stay as far as i could and i would get relieved whenever she would stand up to leave the class for something. I managed to make it through the whole class without leaving though but the question in my mind is bothering me so much, "how do I know that these thoughts aren't genuine or are thoughts I want to carry out and why was my hand feeling so weird?" I feel stressed at the library and i want to figure this out 😞
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