ocd around pregnancy

Remember you might thing "what if I'm pregnant" try to think "what if I'm not pregnant" try to focus on the good and not react with the bad. OCD makes you feel like you're a bad person and to be honest it's really good at being convincing like that. Remember you're not a bad person as you have nothing to hide from her, for example you were actually pregnant and you haven't told her. OCD just makes the thoughts feel very real! But having the thoughts is definitely not as bad as actually doing the thing you're thinking about

This has been one of my biggest fears for decades and i feel your pain! Even when I would be intimate with clothes on I thought I was pregnant. Or even seeing a guys fluid would make me think some got on me. I took dozens of plan b and preganancy tesrs over the years wven after finally getting sterilized! So I can empathize with your fear and feeling irresponsible. My advice would be to talk to your mom about seeing a doctor for other forms of birth control besides condoms as they can be unreliable. I'm not talkimg about sterilization, as my doctor wouldnt even consider it until I was almost 30 and was adamant that I never wanted children, but having rhat talk with yoyr mom (or even a doctor without her knowing- if you are over 18 you don't need to tell your mom anything, I think )shows responsibility. It also helped me a lot to go into an encounter with a plan. " I am only going to do _____ today. " setting boundaries with myself helped. I will be honest- I stayed away from sex for years and had it ruin relationships because of the fear. And it has never fully gone away. But I hope that won't be the case for you. Talkimg with a competent and knowledgeable and compassionate therapist helped too. I was never willing to try ERP for this, because the stakes were just too great, but I know it has helped others. I know you feel sick and I can totally relate. I'm rooting for you!