Hello, I am 17 years old and I have a POCD.I am triggered by the fact that I see various images of female characters from cartoons or anime in the style of rule 34 on the Internet. From this me becomes poorly and I immediately search for how many years this character if less 17 then me becomes very poorly.Help me understand this OCD or not. also I check with women if they look very young I take a screenshot and use the site How old.net to find out how old they are.

No I don't know OCD cycle , also I think I haven't any retuals. When obsession come I'm just trying to get the thought out of my head?

@MaksFromRussia Ok, I'll explain :). Here's a picture to help you visualize it as well https://images.app.goo.gl/c8SSCKhJLCuHWBTv5 First, something triggers the cycle to start. This trigger can be external (something in the environment) or internal, like a memory or sensation. Then we experience an unwanted thought. This is the obsession. When we misinterpret the thought as meaningful, that leads to distress. The unpleasant emotions can include fear, anxiety, disgust, guilt, dread, embarrassment, "not just right" feeling, etc. We mistakenly believe that we cannot tolerate the distress, so we do compulsions to try to escape it. A compulsion is any physical or mental action (including rumination) that we use to temporarily relieve the distress from the obsession. When we do compulsions, we get temporary relief. However, doing comoulsions teaches our brains that the thoughts are dangerous and that we can't handle distress. This leads to more upsetting thoughts and more compulsions over time

@NOCD Advocate - Katie Thank you I hope I have OCD.

@MaksFromRussia You can choose to treat it as OCD even if you aren't certain

@NOCD Advocate - Katie but I'm also afraid to go to a therapist if they say I'm a pervert.

Maybe a self help workbook could guide you

@NOCD Advocate - Katie Help with what?

@MaksFromRussia With your ocd