zoophilia or bestiality idk, help

I'm stuck right now because I saw a video of this streamers talking abt cheetas mating. I immediately saw the image of a conceptual intercourse and it felt automatically attractive. I do not want to have s&x with a cheetah. I've never seen the private area of a cheetah. I've ruminated during that episode and tried to imagine the private area of an adult cheetah or lioness and for some reason it felt automatically arousing. This is not like POCD, in those case i knew those sensations were egodystonic and not real. This one felt real in a genuine sense, but short. Like it felt in an abstract sense, in the isolated decontextualised mind, that a cheetah or a lioness was attractive, and so would be the private area automatically, that's what i experienced in a brief moment. I'm afraid that i might have had such feelings when i was young in the past, because it didn't feel out of nowhere. It felt concerningly within me. Help.

alyssum@09

Date posted: 27d

I don’t think you are attracted to it it’s just something natural all animals do to continue their species. I don’t think that you should feel that way at all when you are human it shouldn’t even be a thought when you know that isn’t true just relax because your trying to make something in your head that isn’t plausible. Then you will bring shame in your life, it’s not that cause that’s a sin so stop. Focus on things that are wholesome like memes and videos.

Simba-the-li...

Date posted: 13h

Sex is arousing, especially if they have features that remind you of humans you're into. Attraction also often appears with things that are taboo. This doesn't mean you have a fixation on animals, which is what zoophilia is. Please don't read this comment over and over, because that would be reassurance. Focus on this part: when you have a thought "I'm into animals", tell yourself "I notice I'm having the thought that I'm into animals". That's an ACT technique that can work well to defuse from your thoughts. Don't try to make your thoughts go away because that just makes them get stronger. And don't try to prove or disprove your thoughts, because that tells your brain that the obsession actually matters, when it doesn't. Good luck, thanks for sharing.

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 27d

Omg was it Maya's safari stream? That's so cool if so because I've been watching the same thing! Haha. Awesome to see a fellow Maya fan & animal lover :)

ivefailed.

Date posted: 27d

yes, but i am deeply disturbed by what i experienced

ivefailed.

Date posted: 27d

@ivefailed. because it was real, and i dont know if it is something normal or like OCD influenced

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 27d

@ivefailed. Oh yeah I totally understand you 👍 The fact that this bothered you enough to make a post about it, shows that it’s not in your values. And it happens a lot that people get a groinal response to sexual things that are taboo in nature. This topic is one of the ways OCD grabs our attention to get us to compulse. ERP therapy will help a lot with this and months from now, you won’t be fearful of any of these things :)

ivefailed.

Date posted: 27d

@Love1another<3 thanks. but it wasn't a groinal response because it was a reaction that happened in the head

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 27d

@ivefailed. That’s okay :) My advice applies to that as well 💕 Whether you had sexual thoughts, sexual feelings, or a groinal response- ERP will help with all of those distressing experiences that you don’t like

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