Freemeofocd
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- 5y
LearningLearning
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- 5y
I totally get it. I try not stop letting my son climb all over me though and try to play along with him, to resist the compulsion to push him away. But it sucks and the anxiety/ guilt makes me very tired.
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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How old is your son?
AnonymousAnonymous
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Kind of but I’m having trouble understanding?
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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Like for example, I was bathing my daughter and I was washing her butt with my hand and I was doing it and I got this intrusive thought/feeling while I was doing it but I continued to do it anyways. And now I feel like I acted on an urge.
AnonymousAnonymous
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Yeah, i experienced it too i just let myself think of it anyways
AnonymousAnonymous
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Oh got it.Sometimes. But the fact you continued on means you fought through the intrusive thought/feeling and don’t have to worry about it anymore good job.
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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Like I almost feel like the thought motivated my action. Like I went in more aggressively because of the thought I had 😔 like I lost control or something. Do you have a similar theme?
AnonymousAnonymous
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True, just think that you did it for your daughter
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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Even though in reality I was *probably* just washing her normally. But because of the thought and feeling that I had, I feel like I did too much or did something that wasn’t necessary.
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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Or like another example is when I know she’s gonna like sit on my foot or think she might sit on my foot or something and then when she does I’m like why didn’t I move my foot? Obviously it’s because I was being a creep and wanted her to. Or like if I have it in my mind that my hand might graze somewhere, and then it does I’m like why didnt I try harder to prevent that from happening?
Momof2Momof2
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I have a 4 year old daughter that my pocd theme surrounds and I’m currently pregnant! I can feel this 100%.
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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Ugh does your ocd attack during baths and stuff?
Momof2Momof2
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@Freemeofocd My ocd never fully goes away. It mainly attacks when she is laying with me or during showers. I get groinal responses and that’s what makes it a living hell
Momof2Momof2
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@Freemeofocd I also have convinced myself I have pgad. Don’t google if you don’t know what that is. I don’t want to trigger you.
FreemeofocdFreemeofocd
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Mine never goes away either it’s always like a hum in the background of my mind. But over the past few weeks it got really quiet with therapy and my medication, but it came back really strong last night 😔 it tries to latch on to anything and everything it can. Any bath, diaper change, etc. I get groinals too. So I can definitely relate. Do you have to wash your daughter? Or does she do that on her own?
Momof2Momof2
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I am currently pregnant too so I think my is being worse right now due to my hormones. What med are you and are you practicing erp? Did your groinal go away in that couple of weeks? And I have to wash her yes. I go as fast as I can. I also have to literally stare at her face or my eyes will go to other inappropriate places and then I feel like a piece of shit. I’m so scared to have this baby! This has never happened to me before until a few months ago but my theme originally started over the fear of death and going to hell. I’m a Christian. Anyways, I struggle every fucking day.
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