is it normal for POCD to make you feel like you’re doing something sexual to a child even though you’re not? i’m trying to not let it affect me spending time with my toddler sister but it’s so difficult, i’ve always been very affectionate with her since i love her a lot and she’s so cute. Everytime after i’ve for example hugged her or carried her or changed her diaper i get so many thoughts that are like “did you just do that for sexual gratification” and it makes me sick and then i start ruminating over whether i did :(

thank you!

i don’t know :( i don’t want to stop touching her i just hate how ocd tries to make it out to be something evil when it’s not

I’m really scared of the intrusive thoughts and images. And sometimes I look at my little sister just to make sure I don’t have any attraction. I don’t know if this is a compulsion. All I feel afterwards is disgust and just pure horror because I feel like I’m a horrible person. I care so much about my sister and could never do anything to her but it sucks having the thoughts.

@tella4 Thank You. I will try to do this and maybe it’ll help a little more. I appreciate the help

@tella4 Thank You. Does POCD can lead hand in hand with false memory OCD? Because I have a memory that I never thought about until 2 weeks after when the thought started coming in. But I never even realized that “memory” until I started overthinking

i realized that no matter how much i try to argue with the thoughts it doesn’t really lead anywhere so you’re right i have to try to not pay attention and accept uncertainty, thank you for your input :)

@tella4 definitely! sometimes i feel like i can move past a thought after ruminating but another one comes up immediately in the end we can never outsmart ocd