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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.
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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.
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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
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What? Sorry I don’t understand
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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
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People with POCD are not p*dos if that’s what you’re asking
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@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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(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.
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I don’t know if my hormones are extra wild this month or what, but I have been having so many POCD thoughts lately. It feels like I enjoy them in the moment, and then a few seconds later, I get this tiny flicker of *wait I don’t think I actually want to enjoy that.* It’s scaring me a lot. I was watching adult videos for the first time in about a year, since I had been avoiding them because of my OCD. I know they are not good for anyone, but I felt like i could (ironically it felt like a tiny win that my OCD had calmed down enough). But while watching, I had like 3 separate POCD thoughts. And it felt like I liked them. Like genuinely *liked* them. I don’t know if maybe my body was mixing up physical pleasure and mental pleasure, and then my brain inserted those not okay thoughts into the situation, which got tangled up with the pleasure responses I felt mentally and physically. It is all really confusing. I just feel so scared. I know OCD thoughts are supposed to feel real, and that once you get desensitized to the anxiety, they lose their power. But this feels like I am *actually enjoying* the thoughts, and that makes me want to cry. I’m scared that I actually like these thoughts when I’m really aroused :( Please help.
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I’ve been dealing with POCD for months and fake arousal is the worse, especially now it’s changed to when I’m scrolling on an app, etc and happen to come across a child, my Pocd makes me have fake arousal as usually I do a compultion such as trying to stop the arousal from happening such as tending my body, etc. however, recently I’ve enjoyed the fake arousal and wanted it to happen because it feels “nice” and in the moment I “want” the fake arousal over the “child” and in the moment I feel “attracted to the child but after this I’m met with guilt and so so many compultions such as showing, washing my bedding etc etc CAN OCD MAKE YOUT BODY ENJOY SOMETHING!!? Please help!!!
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