- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
It means you had something bad happen to you. That’s all. Any meaning beyond that is unknowable and it’s a waste of time to keep trying to “figure it out.” I’m so sorry for what’s happened to you. And there is absolutely nothing abnormal about the things you did after or how you’re feeling now. This is pretty typical of ocd to use these things against you. Are you seeing an ocd specialist? You’re at the perfect time in your life to start taking control of your mental health. And the sooner you get the right treatment the sooner you can get back to being you.
Thank you for that I am about to start seeing a specialist next week. I need this I just find it hard to accept those things for myself I just don’t understand why it had to happen right now when I’m trying to become a grown man and transition into my older self, it’s getting in the way of everything I want to accomplish.
Your words mean a lot thank you fo real!
I have been through the exact same thing. I mean exactly. I was molested and I also doubted by sexualality. It’s okay. This is not you, this is your OCD. You already know who you are. I would highly to not act into your OCD though. Don’t google, don’t ask anyone else what they think about you, talk to your girlfriend about this. And here is hard one, accept these thoughts. Basically, you need to do some ERP my friend. I can testify that it works 100 percent of the time. Let me know if you have more questions.
I honestly do have a question I know reassurance isn’t always good for this stuff but I just want to know this, my mind always doubting everything now I can’t even walk the same talk everything I do is questioned I still have sex with my girlfriend and stuff but it’s like right when I leave her all the thoughts rush back is she my crutch for me? Just why does she make feel better possibly and how come when I leave her I can’t be sane the thoughts rush back like I can’t be by myself
@Anonymous She is not your crutch. Again, this is your ocd. When you are with her, you are simply in the moment. So you forget about your thoughts and you are present with reality. But when she leaves, you get time to think again. So don’t let ocd meddle your relationship. In fact, social support is the best thing you can do. Be with people, call your friends and catch up. My ocd heals when I am social. No she is not your crutch. And yes, you need to stop reassuring. But it won’t happen overnight. Please don’t give in to your ocd thoughts, at least physically. If you are thinking, you are thinking. But don’t let it change you or your relationship.
Have you spoken to a therapist about this? Were you molested or did you guys play inappropriately and you’re afraid of that? Bc children playing inappropriately is extremely common and is often a theme of people’s real event ocd! (Im not taking away From your story If you truly were molested). And either way you were a child, you’re not the same person you are today as you were yesterday so you’re for sure not the same person you were when you were 11!
If you’re on the ocd discord you can personal message me If you’d like!
How can I personally message you ?
@Anonymous Go on the “venting” chat, I messaged there, click on my name and then click where it says message
(20f) I have been dealing with severe OCD symptoms for as long as I can remember. I recently got diagnosed about a year ago, and even though I know that these thoughts are probably my ocd, I still cant shake them. Growing up I was always very sexually curious. I was sheltered from a lot of things, as I went to a private school and things like sexuality and sex were never talked about. I remember doing some weird sexual things growing up (never affecting another person), looking up taboo sexual things, etc. I always seemed to become aroused no matter what the situation was, even if I just saw someone getting changed. I have no recollection of being SA'd, so i'm wondering where this all came from? Was I just curious and wanted to experiment and try different things? Or am I really a pervert, pedophile, etc. I have all these thoughts racing through my head and it's killing me. Everything I did as a kid I look back on and am disgusted, as those don't align with my views at all today. I never thought growing up thinking these things were wrong, or actually realize what they were until I got older. I'd like to think it was just my curiosity, but i'm not sure. What if i'm in denial and actually do like these things? I just need to know if theres something wrong w me, I cant keep going on like this. Could really use some advice.
I’m a csa survivor which made me develop hypersexuality while actually being a asexual individual. (Where I did CP and talked to groomers and sexted, ect ect) A few months ago I’ve started to heal, but the fact that I’ve seen so many private parts since I was idk, young? I imagine them everywhere, it’s really frustrating and sometimes I also get intrusive thoughts about other kids or my siblings. It’s deeply distributing but I also kind of think of it from a curious kind of aspect which I despise too. Honestly I have a hard time with any kid in underwear, my intrusive thoughts have been ALOT the last months and they’re really really overwhelming. I also easily go into overanalysing them or even trying to figure out more clearer the thoughts to “test myself”. I think, I hope. Idk it’s scary
18+ TW! Involves sexual content I have learning disabilities which means im always going to be 3-5 years mentally behind from my actual age… when I was 14 I remember finding people saying they work with kids “attractive” and I remember mastu*** over a kid around 5+ but when I was 14 I was either mentally age 11 or 9. So I didn’t know it was wrong, and as soon as I realised I stopped. People say I was young and it’s okay but I remember finding people saying they even walked past a nursery “attractive” but I don’t know if this is even the right word. Maybe cute? Because I find different emotions hard to tell the difference between, so maybe it’s cute rather than attractive. I never ever had intentions to do anything to younger individuals, it was just me finding people saying they worked with them etc attractive… which my ocd now plays on, because my friend mentioned they were working with kids but idk if it was the real me or not but I genuinely felt like I found it attractive and it was giving my so many groinal responses which then made me feel genuinely aroused like I wanted to do things. This plays on my mind because my ocd will always say “but you did/do find stuff like this attractive” but this literally stops me from eating, sleeping or anything. I can’t break from my compultions because what if I do genuinely find it attractive. I don’t think it’s even attractive maybe it’s cute? Like I find it cute… but cuteness can give people feelings down there I guess. I think because if my learning disabilities I found it hard to know the difference between “attraction” and cute so I did stuff over it because it gave me that feeling down there but that could of been cuteness feeling. I just need some support on this.
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