Just wondering if stopping masterbation is another compulsion I have, I don’t want to do it cause it will trigger the thoughts and I’ve tried to do it before and it just made my thoughts worse so I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to do it because of my thoughts but I don’t want to never masterbate again because that means ocd is winning by controlling me. What do I do? I’m just so confused about if I’m doing things wrong or if stopping usual behaviour is making my ocd worse. Also does anyone feel like they have completely lost their sex drive or don’t even feel attracted to the people you used to be attracted to before the intrusive thoughts? I feel like I’m not attracted to men anymore and I don’t know why. It really scares me because I get thoughts like what if I’m really starting to become a p? Sometimes I feel like the ocd is changing who I am and I don’t feel like myself anymore, I haven’t feel like my true self ever since these thoughts started. Just want to know if anyone has had similar experiences.

Don’t stop masturbating due to your OCD. It’ll make things way worse.

I don’t think so. Most people say if you have pocd or hocd or incest Ocd you should limit masterbation. Avoiding it for the purpose of being afraid of the thoughts would be a compulsion though

Also when your symptoms lessen you’ll feel like you again

Hi I have hocd and you’ve described exactly how I feel, I will say though I have stopped masterbation for like hmm 2 weeks now and everytime I’ve been intimate with my gf it’s been really good probably better than before. As in is it a compulsion/avoidance I’m not sure , sorry if this didn’t help

I hope you still use this app I'm in your situation but it's hard it feels like I am thinking the thoughts I wanna stop jerking off but I always feel like that Yo brother have you ever felt like i was jerking off more to the thoughts then the Vdeo or picture it feels like I intentionally thought it I feel like I have to repeat jerking off do it without the thoughts i feel so much shame and agony idk what to do I need help

Not only that when I was jerking off mind thinked the thought right and the thought was dominant it was hard it was all I could think in my mind while watching porn so it felt like I was jerking off to the thought it was hard my mind just was focused on the thought I try refocusing and all that man it sucks so bad man I hope you are in this app still you have a close understanding I think of what I am also going through