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- FuckOCD
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’m sure since you’ve been through inpatient OCD treatment that this is the classic trap created by the disorder. It always circles around “Am I what I fear?” “What if I really like these thoughts?” “Is this a real urge/feeling/desire?” Refocus on not engaging in compulsions, do exposure exercises about this theme, and check-in with your mental health professional if you feel you need extra support.
This is one of my fears, it feels real and I’m still uncertain even though I’m not as anxious. I also talked about my fear of having ocd and being what my theme tells me I am to my therapist and it’s just another doubt caused by ocd so it’s best to try not to figure it out.
So does it mean we are not then because there is member on here saying it can be true and my therapist said they aren’t true
What? Sorry I don’t understand
Well there is some on here who made a remark saying if you did not discover your sexuality or liking kids then deal with that when it comes and the times is? This person is called just me sadly. I am just struggling to understand as I thought all this meant we weren’t these things. Sorry for mentioning this persons name on here but I am struggling to understand as I have read books and podcasts indicating people with PoCD are not pedophiles and the opposite and people with sexual orientation ocd are not gay depending which they fear
People with POCD are not p*dos if that’s what you’re asking
@FuckOCD So does that mean HOcD or sexual orientation people are not Gay if define as heterosexual. So scared as I feel I know I am Gay theee days
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