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- 6y ago
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- 6y ago
It’s important to face your demons—you’re right that it means nothing to look there. Heck, that’s the main point of the exercises on this app. Don’t let your fears get to you; continue exposing yourself and normalise photos like that in your mind. Like you said, you are not your thoughts, nor are you a bad person for looking at the rest of the photo. Be proud, actually, because all you were doing was conquering your fears. You are not a horrible person. You are strong, and I hope that I can be as strong as you ☺️
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- 6y ago
Hey I don’t have that ocd but I just want you to know it fine if I was you I would do something you enjoy to take your mind of it hope this helped ??
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- 6y ago
you didn't click back just to look at that area, you clicked back to face the fear, to look at it normally and not let your intrusive thought control you. The fact that you think it's horrible to look at a picture that way proves you didn't and will not.
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- 6y ago
I think you are very strong to click back to that photo, you were like ocd you can’t rule me, and I also understand how clicking back would make you feel horrible because of a fellow pocd sufferer the slightest action that makes you feel like a monster even if your intention of clicking back was only to further ERP not anything evil. Pocd is one of the worst themes (not bashing anyone else’s themes) but for me it is. Feel free to chat with me anytime about it. I’m just struggling tonight with an intrusive thought I had about a child I was around. It’s the worst ?
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- 6y ago
Thankyou so much means a lot ?
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- 6y ago
I understand. On the surface, it does seem messed up to deliberately look there, but you know that’s not what it was. You’re conquering your demons, and there’s nothing wrong with that ?
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- 6y ago
Well, you aren’t. What you did is more than what it seemed, and what it really was was noble. Remember that and stay strong :)
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- 6y ago
Thankyou for helping me I really appreciate the support and your time
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- 6y ago
Thankyou makes a bit more sense now x
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- 6y ago
Thankyou for the reply ?
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- 6y ago
I think because it was a kid and and to Do with the bum area it just makes you feel horrible inside
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- 6y ago
I had looked at the photo but not at the full picture then clicked of then clicked back on to look where I did to face my thoughts that’s why it makes me see horrible
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- 6y ago
Thankyou
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- 15w ago
I was sitting down and my child wanted me tl hug her. She extended her arms. I leaned in and hugged her but my pocd freaks out says “dont brush up lr do anything inappropriate. Dont thrust my hips”. I leaned in and hugged her. I had these intrusive thoughts and worries. I hugged her still and i think i did compulsions to avoid these pocd and intrusive thoughts. I moved on and now im habing doubts and false memories on the details. I know as i hugged her i worried about brushing up or hips thrusting and i was anxious and uncomfortable. I known its ocd. I still hugged my child. Despite ocd discomfort. I thought i felt my body react like a hip thrust twitch or maybe its just in my head. I dont want to hip thrust. Thats why my mind was freaking out worrying about it when she asked for anhug. My therapist said my ocd and anxiety and these intrusive thiughts can cause my body to involuntarily react and do those things my ocd is obssessing over like hip thrusting or twitches or groinals down there.
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- 6w ago
I shouldn’t have done this (trigger trigger trigger!!) So about a month ago..maybe I watched this video (as a compulsion to prove to myself) The video was called “interview with a p3d0” And basically it was what it says, I watched or more like listened to half of it…after I was disgusted by the person, but now all I can think of is every little thing I do, I feel as if tho I’m monitoring every thought/moment and feeling I have it’s torturous and I hate it..I feel disgusting, the person in the video has empathy and sympathy and had those feelings yk, I can’t explain it you’d have to watch the video yourself but please don’t it will ruin your journey…I feel more hopeless then before, my OCD is telling me so many things trying to convince me things that Ik aren’t true, I’m just really scared I don’t want to be that person I want to be a good cousin and person to my family, I’m sick of my head and myself, I’m so tired that sometimes I can’t even think straight, my head is always in pain and idek how to help myself..compulsions have been becoming more and more exhausting… I need advice or even someone to relate to, I understand I shouldn’t have done what I did but idk how to forget it.. I had made this post already but when someone replied I couldn’t see it for some reason so I’m uploading it again
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- 5w ago
I’m a csa survivor which made me develop hypersexuality while actually being a asexual individual. (Where I did CP and talked to groomers and sexted, ect ect) A few months ago I’ve started to heal, but the fact that I’ve seen so many private parts since I was idk, young? I imagine them everywhere, it’s really frustrating and sometimes I also get intrusive thoughts about other kids or my siblings. It’s deeply distributing but I also kind of think of it from a curious kind of aspect which I despise too. Honestly I have a hard time with any kid in underwear, my intrusive thoughts have been ALOT the last months and they’re really really overwhelming. I also easily go into overanalysing them or even trying to figure out more clearer the thoughts to “test myself”. I think, I hope. Idk it’s scary
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