Question about groinal response

I'm sorry to hear you go through that, it's a horrible experience and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Glad we're not alone in this experience tho

@Anonymous It’s okay, I’m sorry to hear you experience it as well, it is the worst part about ocd hands down

@Fcukocd If you don't mind me asking, do you also find the worse/more disturbing the thought, the stronger the groinal response is? (Typically, at least)

@Anonymous Yes, for me I had an extremely disturbing dream last night (I had a dream where I was raped) and everytime I think about it I get an extremely strong feeling down there, it’s like the more the thought makes me anxious, the stronger the response

@Fcukocd Yeah, I feel you. It seems the more disturbing, morbid or anxiety-provoking the thought, the worse the groinal response is. It makes it so much worse because it feels even more real when you have something like an erection in response to something so disturbing, particularly POCD. Thanks for answering my questions, and I genuinely hope things get better for you 🙏🏻

@Anonymous Yeah, it’s genuinely horrible, I’ve had semi erections/ erections as groinal responses in the past and those are genuinely the most disturbing groinal responses, it’s horrible, and it’s no problems im happy to help, I hope things get better for you too

I feel you completely. It's horrifying when the thoughts are so terrifying, yet it makes the arousal feel even stronger and more real. It's horrible and so confusing. I'm sorry you have to go through this

@Anonymous I’m sorry to you as well. But, on a more positive note, the brain is very complex and can make you feel aroused from being scared shtless, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the sensations (easier said than done :( )…. Us peeps with ocd and especially the more taboo versions of ocd, groinal responses are very common, and the minute we even learn what a groinal response is you’ll bet your brain will notice every sensation or even create some itself. Don’t avoid it, fight it, or engage with it. If you find yourself doing that, get up and go do something. Don’t purposely try to make it go away, just let it be. While also doing your day-to-day activities. It’ll be easier to recognize it as something random, more like a pest that won’t go away. Eventually, you’ll forget even happened and you’ll forget about it. But it’s not a clean healing situation, it will come back up, but you will get better with being able to deal with it and handle it Hopefully I make sense I just woke up