Anyone else read about "groinal response" and "arousal non-concordance"? Basically anyone can feel a slight "twinge" of arousal at a random time, but for people with OCD, they immediately latch onto it and think it MEANS something about them. This is how many cases of HOCD, POCD, BOCD, etc begin, I'd imagine. I can have felt something one time 3 years ago and nothing since then, but still be worried it "means" something about me. Or, sometimes that first incident causes repeated intrusive thoughts every time you come in contact with that thing, so it become a self fulfilling prophesy. I can be doing fine for weeks and then suddenly start worrying about one of these again. Anyone else have any experiences similar?

Absolutely I do. I have gotten to the point that I start wondering if I felt something.

Hey what are pocd and bocd?

From the Mindfulness for OCD Workbook: “Mental checking is also very common with feelings and physical sensations. If you struggle with contamination OCD, you may check mentally to see if you feel clean enough. If you struggle with obsessions about violence, sexual thoughts, or morality, you might repeatedly check to see if the emotions you are having in response to an event are appropriate. Like physical checking, it’s typically a brief, but repeated, act of returning to a scene. Just as you might check your watch noncompulsively to see if you are on time, you might, from compulsion, mentally check an idea to make sure it’s where it belongs in your mind. Here are some common things that someone with OCD might mentally check: -Whether emotions are appropriate to an event -A mental image of a locked door or a shut light switch, and so on -A sensation in the groin in the presence of a sexual obsession -Whether a belief still seems valid”

I believe I experienced the arousal non concordance/groinal response very heavily back in January, and my mind has been messed up ever since. I was hanging out with a coworker after work, we were chilling out, having a blunt, then my mind went stupid and said “I wonder if this is gay” because he also told me that he was bi but I didn’t pay it no mind. But after that thought, I immediately thought I was attracted to him. I was scared, because it never happened to me before. This hasn’t happened previously, and it set me in depression(still does with doubting here and there) that I was changing into one of my biggest fears. Then I found out about HOCD. I remember that the feeling I had did not feel the same physical response when I see my girlfriend. This feeling I had immediately made me shiver and have to pee really bad. I still do that. Since then I gave up weed for a bit.