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And also simply understanding that sexuality is an integral part of humanity. We all have kinks and thoughts that connect to that. Thoughts aren't necessarily something you can control and it's how you choose to react to them that determines your character.
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Oh yes... It's a nightmare! What's helped me reach recovery is CBT and ERP.
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Sexual/violent thoughts are my biggest issue as well. In my CBT therapy we were told to try and take time to lay out what the thought was (probably the most difficult and upsetting part), what our emotions were right after having the thought. Write down evidence that both supports and opposes why that was your reaction, and then create a more balanced "reasonable" thought. I'll post an example of this as my next comment.
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It’s so horrible cause I’m so sexual and sometimes I like the thoughts cause I think about the sexual side of it..?
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TW: Sexually explicit Situation: Meeting a new coworker Intrusive thought: I have a thought where I am sexually forcing myself onto this coworker. Emotion after thought+rating: disgust, self disappointment, 7/10 Reasons why I should be worried about this thought:(this part is important to try even if you have a hard time coming up with reasons, that's a good sign) That person must know that I'm having these thoughts about them I'm a terrible person for having these thoughts Me having these thoughts will change how I interact with this person negatively Reasons I shouldn't be worried about this thought: I have thoughts like this frequently and have never acted on them I want to create a positive relationship with this new coworker The thought was upsetting to me which shows it is not a real desire of what I want Balanced thought: I can interact with this person positively in real life and this will help reduce the amount of upsetting thoughts about the person.
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Thank you!
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It bothers me because it relates to children
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I have this same problem too zg23. High sex drive like you too. It’s created some dysfunction for me though as it is challenging. We will never get an answer. Everything starts with a thought, good or bad deeds, ideas that repulse, and ideas that go into change the world. What is scary is the capacity for evil and well as good that we all seem to hold. I suspect everyone else is blissfully ignorant of the depths of the human mind. Still capability does not reflect likelihood and just as importantly it does not reflect desire. But sexual thoughts will create sexual feelings. Separate interest from biological response. And keep practising. Nothing is impossible good or bad. Know that the torment you feel shows you are less inclined than anyone else to be a Paedo or hurt a child. But it is not an IMPOSSIBILITY. Which we all want with THIS theme. Which is why it sticks. And is probably why it’s fast becoming a number one theme in ocd. Just like HIV did in the 80’s -
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Thank you.
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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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Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
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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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