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It definitely can! Pay attention to how the intrusive urge makes you feel. The feeling you get about it tells you all you need to know. ❤️ the distress and possible guilt and disgust shows your true self and intentions, OCD is showing you your worst fears
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So if I feel guilty or disgusted over some thoughts or like "what ifs", that's who I really am?
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That’s very nice of you but another question what if you don’t feel disgust sometimes?? Does that possibly mean .... :(
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@sonia.i Even if you don't feel disgust, OCD gives us emotional reactions and sometimes it doesn't. You know yourself better than anyone! Listen to yourself not your OCD.
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@rosecoloredgirl You know yourself better than anyone. Whether you feel disgust or not, intrusive thoughts are making you overanalyze yourself.
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Yes unfortunately the urges happen. Especially when your thoughts are taboo/violent/disgusting/shameful (mine are, so are lots of other people’s with OCD) You can frequently get the urge to do something bad and then think to yourself “what if I act on this thought?” “What if I get a strong urge and it overcomes me and I do it?” Just remember these are just thoughts. If you start therapy, your therapist will show you ways to let them be there and coexist with you, no matter how horrible they are. And remember that you’re still in the driver’s seat of your own body. If you don’t “want” to carry out one of your thoughts, simply don’t do it. You are in full control. I know it’s easier said than done, because I struggle with this as well. I hope you find something that helps you!
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And as Booba said above, the guilt and sisgust reveals your true intentions! OCD makes you shameful of things that have never happened and you don’t want to happen. It makes you question your feelings on things that you already know your feelings for. When OCD attacks a particular subject, person, or thought, it’s latching onto it because it knows how morally wrong that thought is for you. It’s literally just trying to psych you out.
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I think so. It scares me too. *hugs*
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so I’ve been seeking therapy for my OCD for a few years. The theme that I’ve been dealing with most recently is the fear of becoming a pedophile, which then has led to intrusive images of me doing things to kids.Which now is just causing me so much distress and 24/7 constant thought cycle. I am starting to not be able to tell the difference between thoughts that are wanted/ unwanted- the line has become some blurry and these things are starting to feel like someothing i want to do. My brain keeps telling me to just test these thoughts and the “maybe”or”i don’t know” isn’t working. This has become such a barrier because the second layer is that I’m afraid that if I just let the thoughts be there it’ll make me be OK with doing those things and the fear is what’s keeping me from actually doing something inappropriate. It’s also transitioned into intrusive thoughts and images of me doing something very disgusting to my dog and that when I’m cuddling with him I get the thoughts to just do it or try it to see if i am actually a p*do. it’s almost like the compulsion would be to do the inappropriate thing, even though I know it’s wrong just to see how it would make me feel. I feel like i can’t control these urges even though i’ve never acted on it. At any point i could just do it. I’ve never had these thoughts before up until about a year and a half ago when my friend‘s boyfriend got arrested for soliciting a minor then all these thoughts came to life.Has anyone experienced something like this and have any advice?
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Was listening to the diarrhea song cuz I remember hearing it as a kid, this one guys version ended with “when she’s sitting on your face and you get a bad taste.” Anywho I had a whole thing bc of that involving different people but the main one that’s bothering me is I thought of my sister and her bf. They’re pretty edgy and I guess in general edgy people are freaky. Anywho I had the urge to imagine them while he gives her oral. And I tried to ignore it but it seemed too real and so I gave in and imagined it. And shocked, I think I liked it. Whether it’s because it’s sexual in nature so it was a general thing, or a taboo thing and that’s why I liked it BECAUSE it was gross and I shouldn’t think about it. But anyhow people say ocd can’t make you do things but I believe it still in a way made me purposely think that. Any words of advice appreciated !!
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Can harm ocd give you thoughts like when you’re in front of a trigger “why don’t you do it” and sometimes I either freeze don’t know what to do with myself and then an urge to throw the item away. Is this something else? And sometimes I get thoughts like “what if I’m lying to myself” and “do you think you’re lying to yourself”
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