i need help... recently my brain has been saying "ur sexually attracted to inanimate objects" or "ur sexually attracted to school subjects" and i feel like im going crazy and i tried googling it and i didnt find anything related to ocd but i found something called objectumsexual and now im scared and crying...pls help i feel like im the only one

its getting worse

@simplyexhausted how so?

@garden i keep getting intrusive thoughts abt random objects and weird stuff its to the point where i cant even concentrate

@simplyexhausted use the sos button on NOCD

@😚😚 i did that already...it didnt do anything

@simplyexhausted ok here’s something to try: take 3 deep breaths. write down eveyrthing you’re feeling in a notebook and just keep writing until thoughts run out of your brain.

@😚😚 ok ill try

@simplyexhausted yayyy lmk how u feel after

@😚😚 and do you have any comfort activities / shows / books / games that you like? they tend to help me a lot when i’m anxious

@garden i tried that and it made it worse somehow

@simplyexhausted i’m really sorry. when you usually feel anxious what tends to help?

@garden ocd ruined all my comfort activities

@simplyexhausted then maybe it’s time to kick this head on and work through facing the triggers

@garden thats the thing...everything triggers me

@simplyexhausted i guess the more we run from what triggers us, the bigger a deal it becomes to our ocd and eventually everything will trigger us. we just have to expose ourselves a little bit more and more to get through it

how did u stop them i keep crying...i cant eat bc of it

@simplyexhausted i used not be able to eat because of my OCD also but i told my mom some stuff ( you don’t have to go into total detail) and it helped a lot. i’m in a very tough episode currently though so i understand how you feel although my OCD is slightly different. it feels like not many other teenagers relate though which makes me feel alone :/

@simplyexhausted i think you just gotta stop trying to make the thoughts stop! spend time doing things you enjoy and value and don’t try to disprove the thoughts. vent to me if you need someone to talk to aswell

@garden thank u... but should i vent here or...

@simplyexhausted yeah! or whatever is best for you i don’t mind. what do you think?

@garden do u have instagram?

@garden wait i’m gonna follow u if that’s ok bc u seem rly nice and helpful

@😚😚 yes of course! i just declined someone’s follow though without thinking. was that you?

@garden haha maybe i made a fake anonymous acc the pfp is light blue

@garden i added u