whyy are the thoughts worse with girls :( when I see a little boy it’s not as bad, I can brush it off. but with girls I get images.. it feels so real. I also put myself in scenarios mentally like how I would feel changing a girl and a boy diaper. I feel disgusting, I hate not feeling like a good person
Just your brain trying to make things as awful as it can for you. Ocd will do whatever it can to trigger you most.
@pureolife do you have any advice on how to let the thoughts sit there without rumination?
@kiara.ross Intrusive thoughts happen without our control. But how we respond is definitely in our control. Ruminating is a deciding to engage with them. Instead, lean into the opposite. “Maybe, but maybe not. I don’t need to figure this out right now.” And refocus on the present moment.
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