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Ive struggled with plenty of sexual intrusive thoughts my whole life. It got the severest now and im treating it. Id say the best thing that helps me is mindfulness. Tell the thoughts, that you notice them and see them. Dont judge them, and just simply let them float away. Its not easy at first but think of it as exposure. You expose yourself to the though without resistance, and then are mindful with your response to it.
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As someone who is just starting to treat her OCD in an effectice way, i honestly have seen a complete difference by doing this. And trying my best to stay in the moment and not give into my thoughts. Because truthfully i can tell you, you dont need to understand the reasons behind them, you dont need to understand the thoughts either. Just know that theyre from some random file in your brain, and you dont need to change them or make them go away. Be open and keep on living inspite of it.
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I get these intermittently and have dealt with them more seriously in the past, and although I know it’s easier said than done, I just don’t give in to that thinking anymore and shut ruminating down right away. To me, rationalizing really helps with this: I know that that does not align with who I am/my values, so I’m not going to think about it anymore. I hardly notice those thoughts when they come now.
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I need advice for intrusive thoughts. I used to feel like I could handle them. They weren’t nearly as bad as the things that related to my actual life. But now, I’m suffering. I haven’t had a sexual experience in over a year that didn’t involve constant intrusive thoughts. Most are somehow related to kids and I keep chasing off the thoughts but it’s so bad. I know you’re supposed to ignore them but I don’t know how I can just ignore that and continue what I’m doing. But they’re coming on stronger. I had one earlier I could not get rid of just as things finished so the thought came on strongly just before my orgasm hit and now I feel absolutely disgusting. I hated the thought and I know it’s not me and it was not enjoyable but it still feels like I was getting off to it. I feel sick. I’m so fucking tired of these thoughts. They’re in my every day life too and it’s all the time. I just want it to stop but ignoring it feels so wrong. What should I do?
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I deal pretty heavily with this. The last couple days, I’ve had what I think are urges. Something pops into my head intrusively and then what stems from that is me WANTING to just indulge in it even though it’s gross. I get worried bc I used to struggle w thoughts about my dad for a long time until eventually I just purposely thought of him while self pleasuring and got off to it. While that’s something I did, it is NOT me. It all stemmed from my mental health declining a couple years back, I was never this way before. So I get worried that it almost happened or might happen with my pocd cuz I could never live with myself if it did.
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I have intrusive thoughts about pornography with family, friends or even strangers. I really tried to block them out but it seems they always get triggered.l feel extreme guilt and this massive pit in my stomatach that is just there 24/7 and it WONT GO AWAY! I know this may sound weird but my mum knows about this as she noticed something was wrong, but every time I get a thought I always feel the need to tell her i keep thinking that I have done something wrong and that my guilt will go away if i tell BUT IT DOESN’T It just gets worse and another thing pop in and another. ITS A NEVER ENDING CYCLE and it seems like I just can’t break free. What do I do? Anyone who has also gone through this how did you recover and get your life back?
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