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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’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh
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I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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- 17w
does anyone else get really vivid intrusive thoughts of the person who you are talking to (or close to physically) just randomly striking you violently? i keep getting them when i’m just talking to my dad one on one in the car & i get a flash of intrusive thoughts of him grabbing my hair & shoving my face in the dashboard. it gets me so anxious :’)
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