Intrusive images w ocd

Does anyone get intrusive images with their ocd about them committing the intrusive thought? The worst one I’ve been having recently is “What if I sent or posted a nude on a game, social media, internet etc.” and I have been panicking for days, I keep getting images of me committing the action of sending one and I’m going crazy, it’s caused me to break down or get cold chills or even just panic 24/7. I’ve been feeling guilty constantly, fweling like I’ve done the worst thing possible and even been feeling down all the time thinking about it and just feeling mentally exhausted:( And there is no possible way for me to check if I actually did so because I’ve had to delete any games with chat boxes or ability to post pictures on there, and I can’t even really use social media without freaking out. I know a lot of people say that if it bothers you so much and it makes you worry so much then it’s not true and you didn’t do the thing that you think you did and I always try to remind myself that I know I would never do that because I would never ever want to hurt my fiancé, but the “what if you did and you just don’t remember?” Thought drains me daily. Does anyone else relate?

classicmotu

Date posted: Yesterday

When this thought pops into your head, tell yourself "maybe I did post those nudes, maybe I didn't" Living with uncertainty is part of learning to live with OCD and anxiety. This isn't something that will "cure" you by saying it once or twice, but you need to consistently apply it when the thoughts pop up. It could take 10 times or a million times, but you need to keep telling yourself that maybe you did, or maybe you didn't. I'm not a therapist, just someone who suffers from OCD and sharing a copping technique with you.

MyGenderIsForg

Date posted: Yesterday

I get intrusive imagery too! I used to think I was crazy or some kind of serial killer or something because I thought “normal” people don’t think graphic thoughts like “what if I accidentally shoved him off this mountain right now?” while seeing it play in their head like a movie. But now I realize our brains have so many ideas stored away that we’ve seen in some way or another on tv and online- and it just sends me intrusive fears using random knowledge. Like if I’m walking with a fork I might ask myself “what if I accidentally swung my arm and stabbed my son in the face?” and I see it play out just like a horror movie. It’s awful. I don’t want to have seen some of the things my brain has created. I am newly diagnosed in a way because I never took my diagnosis seriously due to being misdiagnosed a lot before, so I don’t know much about battling it, but I wanted to share that you aren’t alone in this struggle’

🧡🍁🎃

Date posted: Yesterday

@MyGenderIsForg Yes!! The mental images are the worst! I’ve had so many of them and they always make me think I committed the intrusive thought I fear the most, for instance the “What if I sent a nude on any platform/game etc.” It’s worse when I have real event ocd, especially around mobile games and Snapchat, I’ve deleted most of them because it triggers my ocd but then makes it worse because I can’t go “Check” to make sure or find data of an old account to make sure I didn’t send anything in the past, and it’s worse when you fully can’t believe your morals and values because of how loud your mind can get, I’m sorry you struggle with this too 🥹

Anonymous

Date posted: 25w

Real event false memory ruining enjoyment guilt

Hi everyone, I'm struggling with what I think are intrusive thoughts, possibly related to OCD, and I'm hoping someone here might relate. When I was younger, in my early teens, I went through a period where I had a strong interest in pornography. During that time, I encountered hentai involving male characters, related to an anime I enjoyed. One of the characters was someone I even looked up to. I feel incredibly uncomfortable admitting this, but I believe I engaged in sexual activity related to it. Years later, I'm plagued by intrusive thoughts about this. I feel intense self-disgust and shame. It's like this memory has "tainted" my ability to enjoy that anime, and sometimes other things. I'm constantly replaying the situation in my mind, questioning my past actions, and worrying about what it means about me. The anxiety is significantly impacting my life. Does anyone else experience intrusive thoughts focused on past events, particularly those that cause feelings of shame or disgust? How do you cope with the constant replaying and questioning? I'm looking for support and understanding. Thank you for listening.

happygirl15

Date posted: 19w

POCD/ Intrusive thoughts & Images

so I’ve been seeking therapy for my OCD for a few years. The theme that I’ve been dealing with most recently is the fear of becoming a pedophile, which then has led to intrusive images of me doing things to kids.Which now is just causing me so much distress and 24/7 constant thought cycle. I am starting to not be able to tell the difference between thoughts that are wanted/ unwanted- the line has become some blurry and these things are starting to feel like someothing i want to do. My brain keeps telling me to just test these thoughts and the “maybe”or”i don’t know” isn’t working. This has become such a barrier because the second layer is that I’m afraid that if I just let the thoughts be there it’ll make me be OK with doing those things and the fear is what’s keeping me from actually doing something inappropriate. It’s also transitioned into intrusive thoughts and images of me doing something very disgusting to my dog and that when I’m cuddling with him I get the thoughts to just do it or try it to see if i am actually a p*do. it’s almost like the compulsion would be to do the inappropriate thing, even though I know it’s wrong just to see how it would make me feel. I feel like i can’t control these urges even though i’ve never acted on it. At any point i could just do it. I’ve never had these thoughts before up until about a year and a half ago when my friend‘s boyfriend got arrested for soliciting a minor then all these thoughts came to life.Has anyone experienced something like this and have any advice?

POCD

Ih8ocd!

Date posted: 11w

Intrusive thoughts POCD

Hi all, I have false memory ocd, harm ocd and pure ocd, I also suffer really badly from intrusive thoughts every single day. I was minding my nephew last weekend and I got an intrusive thought that I’m ashamed off, I’m now worried that I acted on that intrusive thought and just can’t remember, there’s also a false memory image in my head of me acting on the thought which I’m scared is actually a memory even though deep down I know I didn’t act on it. I’m worried though that the fact I even had this thought in the first place means I’m inherently a bad person who would act on these thoughts. My stomach is sick with the worry I may have acted on it and can’t Remember, anyone else ever have something like this? I start meds and therapy next week so hoping that helps

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