Trying to accept uncertainty with taboo OCD themes

does anyone have any techniques or specific ways to help with acceptance of uncertainty with more taboo ocd themes? My current main fear and obsession for months which lead me to get this app is fear that ill be accused of trying to groom/creep on my younger friends due to us having a 3 year age gap, which my brain just keeps telling me that no matter what i do, its going to happen. I know radical acceptance and understanding of uncertainty will ease my worries, but this time its just impossible as i dont want to accept this js something that could happen, yknow ? Im terrified of losing everyone to doing something bad unintentionally in the past or without realismg i did anything wrong . Ive been online a lot too where people are called these things just for havjng younger friends and its terrifying, i never want to do that to anyone. How do people with similar themes accept these thoughts and possibilities and just thoughts and let them pass by? Its really hard for me right now. Any advice would be helpful :)

ChasedumpsO

Date posted: 21h

I deal with more harm ocd but I see where you’re coming from I think the best way to deal with any taboo OCD topic is just to realize that that taboo thought and trigger is not actually your thought it’s just an intrusive thought hope that helps!!

maomaocary

Date posted: 19h

@ChasedumpsO thank you :)))

Ih8ocd!

Date posted: 22w

Uncertainty

Hi All, just wondering if anyone here has any tips with dealing with uncertainty? My OCD centres on my being worried that I have committed a crime and can’t remember doing so, I was out last weekend and my mind is telling me I attacked somebody as I got an intrusive thought to do so when passing them in a bar, my therapist says I need to sit with the uncertainty that maybe I did and maybe I didn’t and have to be ok with that But if the answer is yes then how can I be ok with committing a crime and going to jail??, it’s affecting my relationship and I’m going on holiday on Friday and I’m worried it will ruin that, any tips would be greatly appreciated.

emma345

Date posted: 21w

Pocd and accepting uncertainty

17f So basically I think you know this whole accept and sit with the uncertainty thing. It applies to pocd as well. Because you can ruminate, test yourself, seek reassurance as much as you want but it will never be enough for you brain to be sure you are not a P. So you need to sit with "Maybe I am a P maybe not" and just don't do anything about it. So sometimes I can do that. But here comes moral ocd. If I accept the chanse of me being a pedophile, isn't it morally wrong for me to be around children? Look at children? Watch movies with children in it? Cause now I can't even look at children even if it was an accident without freaking out and thinking that I'm a monster. Sometimes it feels morally wrong to leave the house because there is a chanse I can meet a child on the street I genuinely don't know what to do. It feels paralyzing at this point. Seems like I can't do anything. Like I even need to cover children on the screen with my hand when I watch a movie. It's exhausting.

anonymousgg

Date posted: 20w

Confused about "accepting" thoughts for ERP

I've been told a lot that in order to get better, we need to tolerate uncertainty, which yea I get that and I'm trying every day more and more to reach that point!! But I've also been told that we need to tolerate uncertainty AND "our worst fears becoming true". Like how does that work, especially with POCD, OCD about a///ault, SA and all of that? Like that is really difficult for me and I don't really understand how I'm supposed to just shrug stuff like that off

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