Hyperawareness

Groinal hyperawareness sucks so much, as soon as I hear a triggering sentence or see something triggering the hyper awareness is instantaneous :(

This Too Sha...

Date posted: 23h

You’ve conquered the hardest part though, you’ve established it’s a groinal response and that it is caused by an underlying condition. You didn’t ask for this condition and if you could change it I’m sure you would in a heart beat. Go easy on yourself, your brain gives you a hard enough time no point beating yourself up over something you can’t control! I get it though, it makes you feel icked even at the thought of the response to whatever the trigger is but it’s just that a TRIGGER. It’s not a real danger. Don’t fight the thought or feed the thought. It’s something that happens to millions of other people out there they just don’t get stuck on it like us with OCD.

Fcukocd

Date posted: 23h

@This Too Shall Pass ♥️ thanks, and yeah I would I’d do anything to not have ocd, it’s just that the groinal response is one of those things that happens with ocd that i really wish didn’t happen, it’s such a pain, I just miss the days before it started happening :( I’ll try my best not to fight it and just let it be, just a shame that it usually ruins my day when it happens

This Too Sha...

Date posted: 23h

@Fcukocd Just keep going and one day you will get to a place where your day isn’t ruined. When I get intrusive thoughts I literally sing to my brain “ANOTHER DAY IN THE GHETTOOOO!! 🎵 “ because it literally is just another day in this old brain of mine and im sure yours too! Do anything that will distract you even if its adult colouring books i like the mandala ones, i love sudoku, or sometimes i just pull a really crazy face or dance move to literally embarrass/laugh my brain back into behaving! Sometimes I’ll listen to songs and change the lyrics to something ocd related or whatever I’m going through and sing how im going to beat it, how I’m pushing through despite the odds. You’re just one person, living life for the first time like the rest of us, you don’t have to be perfect, you don’t have to be certain at all times, you are allowed to make mistakes and you are allowed to start afresh or improve or better yourself whenever you want. You’re still going despite the horrible odds this condition stacks against you AND you’re practicing just letting it be. You’ve got to be strong to do that. You don’t deserve to have your day ruined by something you cannot control. Try not to let OCD be a bully in your life, as they say when you show the bullies you’re scared they pick you more!

Fcukocd

Date posted: 23h

@This Too Shall Pass ♥️ I’ll try, I used to try and play GTA when the intrusive thoughts got loud, until they got so loud I couldn’t focus and became one of the worst players you could encounter lol, n that last paragraph is a good point, I just gotta try my best to fight back

This Too Sha...

Date posted: 23h

@Fcukocd Try red dead redemption 2 I could lose hours to that lol I think you should pick the GTA back up don’t associate your thoughts with the actual game itself. For example I know fizzy drinks can trigger anxiety but I love Pepsi max, it doesn’t mean I’ll never drink a Pepsi again I’ll just have a little and see how it goes. You might find you ask yourself why you ever stopped playing or find that it helps you now more than ever before! OCD and depression hate a moving target that’s trying to break the cycle. That just means you’re doing it right.

Fcukocd

Date posted: 22h

@This Too Shall Pass ♥️ I’ve been recommended rdr2 many times I just have never been able to prepare myself to get used to Arthur knowing what happens🥲I’ll definitely get back into gta and cut back on the caffeine drinks as I do drink a lot of monster energy and when I went to the mental health nurses the other day they said about trying to find an alternative so I think I’ll try orange juice again and hope it doesn’t give me heartburn like it usually does, I’ll definitely try my best to just go on as usual because last time my ocd flared up playing gta and putting my headphones in and listening to ambient and my situationship really helped me break out of the obsessions, so hopefully it’ll do the same thing again, thanks for the suggestions I really appreciate it, I will check back and let you know how things are going

This Too Sha...

Date posted: 22h

@Fcukocd Please do let me know how things go.

Fcukocd

Date posted: 22h

@This Too Shall Pass ♥️ I will, thanks for your comments I appreciate It

Faker6532

Date posted: 22w

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?

Anonynmous19

Date posted: 19w

Pocd groinals

A compulsion i do is if i get a groinal or anticipate it i take a step. Adjust my legs and feet to avoid the groinals. I was carrying my daughter and worry about groinals which sucks. I had groinals when I picked her up but discarded it didnt give it attention. Then when i put her down i had intrusive thoughts about groinals worrying if i get it. I took a step to my right and just sat with the groinals and the thoughts. I do t remember if i took a second step or not but ocd hyper-focused in the groinal sensations and i feel guilty its telling me i took tbe step to get groinals and i sat with it to arouse myself but i think i took the step as a compulsion and my ocd hyperfocused on the ocd and was aware of it and just let it be but ocd is saying i acted on the thoughts and aroused myself i know thats not true.

May :)

Date posted: 14w

Hyperawareness of My Body

Hey there everyone, first I would like to say I am very grateful for every single one of you on this platform and it feels so much better knowing that I can be heard. I’ve been hyperaware of my swallowing for 1-2 month. I feel like I have so much saliva in my mouth and I have to swallow and swallow. I feel the urge to swallow even I don’t NOTHING in my mouth, so I just swallow air. This has been really overwhelming and I feel like I can be so easily latched to other body part of my part. For example, I was conscious about my blinking and breathing for a few days, and now I get so anxious when I heard a weird sound my ears make after each sentence I speak. Is this somatic ocd or health concern ocd? I am so helpless and having a hard time to shift my attention. Does anyone have any suggestions or just words of encouragement would really help me at this moment. I REALLY appreciate your help. 💗🙏 Thank you !

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