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- Jesus saves
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- 4y ago
Did you try getting help? Like going to a therapist?
Ahy bro not the way to look at it. Ask and you shall receive. Ask God to help you and ask for what your purpose is.. because you have one. God bless.
I believe, help my unbelief. I prayed so much about it. It has become worlds better already but i want it to be completely healed. I'm sick of being sick but i know all things work for the good of those that love the Lord. Romans 8:28
Hey, I do not have POCD but I understand the shame OCD brings. Therapy really scared me at first but helped me tremendously. My therapist understood and was not judgemental. If possible, find someone who specializes in OCD/someone who comes recommended from someone with OCD. Talking about it and knowing I wasn’t “crazy” was such a relief and I began to heal. Still am, but goodness it was helpful. Personally of course.
Not related to the pocd. I just found out this week that it is an actual thing. At the moment there is to much shame involved for presenting it to smb in rl. Do you have positive results with therapy?
I can't actually afford therapy and also it's looked down upon to go to a therapist in my country. But I do self-erp (exposure response therapy) and yes, I am currently working on it and my OCD has improved quite a lot :).
Also, I think talking to a therapist about it shouldn't be considered embarrassing though I can actually see the obvious reason why you wouldn't like to. But at the end of the day it's just a disease so please try to contact a therapist who is more open to OCD and different types of them to talk about your problem
Dear @Jesus saves, please read the email sent to you from NOCD at any mention of self harm or suicide thoughts, actions. We understand how difficult and painful it is to struggle with POCD. The email will provide referral support. Please also reach out to your support persons, dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room if you have any thoughts of self harm or suicide. NOCD cares about your safety.
I’ve been struggling with POCD since I was 18 years old, I am now 22. It’s terrifying how quickly it switched from my ocd focusing on a fear of pregnancy, to magical thinking ocd, and then to POCD. I’ve been suffering with it so much so that I’ve convinced myself and have lost friends due to confession compulsions. I have major issues with ruminating, and it frequently goes hand in hand with my relationship OCD and my Suicidal thoughts OCD. (Worrying my partner will leave me because what if I am, and that I can’t take this anymore so I have to __) I often experience things like shame, guilt, grief, and intense emotional pain that manifests itself into nausea and heartburn and sometimes headaches. I’ve tried everything, so this app really is my last resort. I wish to find community here, to know that what I’m facing I’m not alone in my battles with. I know that I’m not, so why does my brain work so hard telling me I am? I love children, I always have. But I get so afraid of being near them. I want to get better. I want to be able to spend time with my family again.
Howdy, my names Donii. I have POCD and I frequently fear that I might harm any kids around me, so much so that I physically stay away from them sometimes. I obsess over these thoughts that go against my morals, they don't show up all the time but when they do, I can't stop thinking about it and then I get distressed and try to remove myself and do something to distract myself those thoughts. Like watching porn to try and replace the person I may be thinking about with someone random, or If the thoughts aren't too intense, I imagine the thought as a picture and burn it. I often fear that I am a pedophile even though those are the people I hate the most, just thinking about hurting kids and making them cry, makes me want to cry. I'm in therapy to help me with these thoughts and I've learned that I have these thoughts because of what happened to me as a child, I was exposed to a lot of sexual content as a kid and even explored things with other kids, I'm coming to terms with the fact that kids being curious about each other's bodies is normal although it shouldn't have happened at all. I always think about what happened back then and I think it's definitely linked to the way my OCD brain sees children, it's like I get reminded of what happened. Besides that, I have a whole nother thing about my grandma that I don't feel like getting into right now because this is already very long, but I hope that I am accepted here, I don't have a place to talk about these thoughts without feeling like a monster so I'm hoping this is where I can truly talk about it all.
Hi, I hope that you’re all doing well whoever sees this. Since march I’ve been dealing with pocd, despite not being diagnosed I show many symptoms of OCD and one of my first symptoms of pocd was anxiety and a groinal response from listening at a video talking about a horrible monster and what he did to innocent kids and I’m just not sure on what I have but god pocd just feels so real, I hope I’m not a freak but the intrusive urges, intrusive feelings, intrusive thoughts are just horrible I want the old me a month and half ago back.
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