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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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I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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Can sexual orientation ocd make you act on your fears and make you have same sex experiences ever and then after the experience realize that’s not what you are or want?
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So with my theme of ocd, ( hocd ) I get persistent intrusive images, and thoughts. It’s not like one or two a day. Like if I’m out for the whole day they’re constant. I feel I can’t even look at a girl now without her intrusive thoughts about her or about me fancying her and even sexual intrusive thoughts.. It’s awful. It’s everywhere I look. Is this common with ocd with any themes? Like is it constant for you guys too?
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