- Username
- NaggingOCD
- Date posted
- 5y 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 ☺️
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 ??
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.
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 ?
Thankyou so much means a lot ?
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 ?
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 :)
Thankyou for helping me I really appreciate the support and your time
Thankyou makes a bit more sense now x
Thankyou for the reply ?
I think because it was a kid and and to Do with the bum area it just makes you feel horrible inside
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
Thankyou
Trigger Warning: please help! Had a kind of rough day after about a week of feeling decent. Question: I work in childcare, I have memories from before the ocd got bad of my eyes kind of naturally looking at butts. And sometimes, it would be kids butts. I kind of remember commenting on it in my head saying stuff like “wow that’s big for a child” or stuff related to that, and one time even a child came over to me and told brought me over to the monkey bars and told me that he could see a girls underwear, and I kind of looked before telling him it was rude to say that, it was kind of like my eyes were naturally attracted to it, kind of like a car accident I couldn’t look away. But I never thought of it again until the OCD started. I’ve never in my entire life pleasured myself to the thoughts of children, it’s never even crossed my mind until the OCD started, but I’m kind of convincing myself I am one. Ugh I’m so sick of this.
Hi everyone! Hope everyone’s doing well. I just wanted to ask a question because I’ve been trying to improve with not letting the intrusive thoughts make me spiral, but something happened the other day that has been making me really upset, and down, but I don’t know if my worry is connected to my OCD or if it’s just general feelings. I just wanted some advice. Basically, I’ve been struggling with POCD and also have struggled with HOCD however the HOCD is not as bad now, however I do still frequently get the intrusive thoughts. Anyway, someone on here told me and several sites that I had been making my OCD worse by avoiding things such as masturbating or porn to avoid the intrusive thoughts in these situations. So the other day, I tried to watch some whilst masturbating, and not stopping if the intrusive thoughts came, and just try and brush them off and not have a guilt spiral. But I watched a video that came up and it was a man working as a masseuse and there were different women coming in and he was massaging them but going close to her down below and then touching her there. And the camera angle was weird, and it looked hidden and I did get a bit worried about it but just carried on. But then I looked at the top of the video and it said sponsored by hidden cameras in massage places. And then I was like omg no what if this video has been uploaded and the women didn’t have consent and they didn’t know they were being filmed and I’ve just watched a man touching them. And I didn’t stop the video, I watched for around 20 more seconds and then turned it off so now I feel so so guilty, and I feel like a terrible person. Is this my OCD ? I’m just so stressed and feel awful, I keep trying to brush the thoughts away but it’s becoming difficult to, and it’s making me feel terrible. Any help ?
TW!! POCD Please help. I’ve been doing decent lately but just need support on something that has kept me stuck. I can’t tell if this is a real memory or not, but I’m pretty sure it is. Maybe distorted. But feels so real. And I’m terrified. Last year before my huge OCD spike. So before I even knew I had OCD. I remember being around kids at work, and this girl in a skirt was on a climber on the playground and I remember looking up and you could see her underwear. I remember staring for a minute, and it was kind of like a car accident, I couldn’t look away. I remember finally coming to my senses and saying I wonder what people would think if they knew I was doing this. After that, I completely forgot about it until my spike in October and I’ve been living in a prison of regret and guilt ever since. I sometimes see that child at work still and I get a rush of anxiety and guilt. I just don’t know how to move pass this, for this reason it gives my OCD proof that I am what I fear so much. Is it possible that I was experiencing intrusive thoughts then and just didn’t care enough or realize it. I’m so broken from this. I hate what I’m going through. I hate myself if this memory is real.
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