Anonymous

Date posted: 17h

Trigger warning!!!

TW - Groinal Responses 18+ Also tmi As of the last week or two, I have no idea why or how, but the groinal responses have gotten so, so much worse... Today was so bad... And I'm still having a very hard time. Like, I don't even know if I want to say how bad it really is. It's beyond just obsessing about it; I have to try to distract myself so something doesn't actually happen from the groinal response (I'm intentionally being vague bc I don't want to say much about the situation). I'm seriously struggling... and I don't know what to do or how it can change... This is tmi too, but years ago I had another issue regarding groinal responses. And even just the thought of it made my body do something I would have thought couldn't have happened just from thinking and worrying about it happening [the thing my body did back then isn't as distressing as I'm worried about my body doing now] (and yes, I'm intentionally being vague again) My mind and body are very against me right now...

Fcukocd

Date posted: 16h

I know how you feel, I’ve been having groinal responses that are exactly the same as the initial stages of arousal and it’s really bothering me :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 16h

I'm sorry... The ones I am having are the same as the ending stages, and I'm worried about... well, the ending, I guess... (Side note, I have a friend I met on this platform that had a very similar username to yours, and that brings back memories. I guess I'm also currently creating distress for that friend, since they are taking a break from talking to me right now.)

Fcukocd

Date posted: 16h

@Anonymous It’s okay, I’m sorry to hear that you’re experiencing that and to hear about your friend :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 16h

@Fcukocd Thanks... This creates a lot of confusion for me, y'know? And it creates a lot of distress too of course

Fcukocd

Date posted: 16h

@Anonymous Yeah i know what u mean, it makes me wanna cry a lot

Anonymous

Date posted: 15h

@Fcukocd I know what you mean. This kind of thing makes me want to as well. Is it bothering you right now? Did you want to talk about it? I saw your post btw

Fcukocd

Date posted: 15h

@Anonymous Yeah it’s horrible, and yeah I could if you don’t mind :( I genuinely can’t even get real arousal now because of how strong the groinal response is :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 15h

@Fcukocd Yeah I don't mind. Besides, I'm going through these similar issues too. Do you want to talk here or on your post?

Fcukocd

Date posted: 15h

@Anonymous I don’t mind :( it’s just horrible, I get groinal responses to things that repulse me, and then I can’t get genuine arousal to things I genuinely enjoy, which just causes me to ruminate more :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 15h

@Fcukocd Okay, I'll message you on your post, then we can talk on either post!

Fcukocd

Date posted: 15h

@Anonymous Okay thanks

Anonymous

Date posted: 14h

@Fcukocd I understand how you feel, it's exhausting to me too... It's honestly breaking me too.

Fcukocd

Date posted: 14h

@Anonymous Yeah it’s genuinely something I wouldn’t wish on anyone, having your body react in ways that you don’t want to things that disgust you, it feels like a betrayal from your own body

Anonymous

Date posted: 14h

@Fcukocd Yeah, I agree. That's how I felt today. And it's hard to control my own mind/body, it stinks

Fcukocd

Date posted: 14h

@Anonymous Yeah it’s horrible, genuinely the worst thing I’ve ever had to go through

Anonymous

Date posted: 14h

@Fcukocd Is there a particular thing that happened that triggered you that you wanted to talk about?

Fcukocd

Date posted: 14h

@Anonymous It’s just an intrusive thought involving oral sex, and the more vivid the image, the stronger the response😔

Anonymous

Date posted: 14h

@Fcukocd I understand, I'm sorry. :( Well, I'm here to listen to whatever you want to tell me

Fcukocd

Date posted: 14h

@Anonymous Thanks man, it just genuinely makes me wanna scream, it seems that ever since I figured out where that intrusive thought came from it’s gotten 10x worse and so has the groinal response😔

Anonymous

Date posted: 14h

@Fcukocd I see. You can tell me more about that if you wish to

Fcukocd

Date posted: 14h

@Anonymous Yeah, I just don’t know what to do about it, it just seems to be getting worse n I’ve had enough😔

Anonymous

Date posted: 12h

@Fcukocd I understand, and I'm sorry... Mine definitely seems to be getting worse too, and I have no idea what I should do either, so I understand... :(

Fcukocd

Date posted: 12h

@Anonymous Yeah it’s so horrible, just nice to know I’m not alone :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 12h

@Fcukocd Same here... I wish we didn't have to go through this, but I hear you

Anonymous

Date posted: 12h

Hi, I’m going through this as well and feel the same way. How does our bodies do this, if we are experiencing this isn’t it true is what my ocd tells me

Anonymous

Date posted: 11h

The human body is a mystery... And I understand that this is confusing for all of us... Anyways, you can tell me about how you're doing too if you want :)

Fcukocd

Date posted: 6w

SO-OCD

I’ve been struggling a lot recently with intrusive thoughts and images of the same gender, and I’ll often get a groinal response out of pure terror which then fuels hyperawareness to the groin and to salivation which then makes my whole body burn and ruins my whole day out of fear of it meaning something about myself despite all the evidence in my past that I am straight (e.g having a baby on the way, only being attracted to women), I try to tell myself that it’s all OCD and it is a lie, but the groinal response just keeps me in this horrible spiral constantly, to the point that I have nightmares about it, does anyone else have this problem? I’m so exhausted because of it and I can’t sleep because the intrusive thoughts keep me awake for hours on end, I’m getting the help I need but the wait is crippling :(

Fcukocd

Date posted: 23d

Groinal hyperawareness

Can anyone help me to stop groinal hyperawareness when exposing myself to triggering images?? Every time I look at them I get groinal hyperawareness and it’s such a pain that every time I look I can feel literally everything down there😔

Anonymous

Date posted: 4d

Question about groinal response

How strong does the groinal response feel for any of you? I ask this because I genuinely cannot tell the difference between what is a groinal response and what is true arousal. A lot of the times the groinal response feels even stronger than true arousal. On top of that, the more taboo or disturbing/graphic the thought (particularly with POCD), the stronger the response/arousal is. Is that normal? I'd like to hear any of your experiences on the topic.

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