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This has helped me, knowing that: OCD thoughts are ego-dystonic i.e. inconsistent with a person's values. The reason you are worried is because you care so much about not feeling this way, because it is so the opposite of your character, and that's how it gets to you.
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So what can I do? Just ignore the thought and live my life? This thought really bugs me! I have a husband, whom I love so much. I’m really even thinking of going on meds :(
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know that SO many people have these thoughts, but people without OCD (me once!) can have them as fleeting thoughts and not pay any attention to them. with OCD we can't ignore them, but we can slowly learn to see them as normal and not anything to be afraid of. talking helps normalise SO much. I have told my partner about thinking these exact things too and thought it was the worst thing in the world, but it didn't even phase him. if you feel ready to talk to your partner you can do it alongside showing him material on OCD so he can understand it is all part of OCD and not you as a person. I'm considering going back on meds, they helped me so much and shouldn't be looked down on!
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You’ve had a thought like “i want to be _____” ? like its so weird , if I wanted to be I’d just be out there engaging in pedophilic behaviors right ? :/ Its so weird , last night I was having very saddening & inappropriate thoughts of my baby niece & nephews that I did not enjoy at all . I already have enough shame with POCD , why would I really want to be one …. I even want to take a polygraph to challenge this thought lol my judgment is so clouded . I tell myself I don’t want to identify as p like weirdos do & my mind says yes :/ I’m literally reaching out for so much help , meds , residential programs . Because I know once you are in that world its so hard to even consider getting out . I don’t want a life of shame & guilt . I’m sorry to go on , but I could really use help
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@;-; I feel you last night I woke up with anxiety and my mind was trying to convince me I only want to be kids and that I am p word. I didn’t get much sleep and I’m so tired. I’m terrified to have sex or anything like that because my pocd latched on to my little sister and brother and I just get disturbing thoughts and I’m really terrified of me doing something
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@Anonymous🤷🏽♀️ This theme is the worst!!!!!
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I would definitely look into therapy and meds if you think it's necessary. I am in a similar boat. I've had thoughts of what if I would do something to a child, what if I am a P and how can I ever have kids? I think it's come up cos I'm getting nearer to an age I might want to have kids, whereas I never had it before and have always been fine and loved being around kids, and obvs I still am but I have this niggling OCD sometimes. It is not you, know that, it is the opposite of you, and there is help out there.
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I’ve already finished my therapy with OCD , here on NOCD . & have tools to overcome this theme . But this thought alone is killing me & I’ve made an appointment for meds , I definitely want my life back . OCD just doesn’t want to let go of me
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- 17w
I’m scared I might become a r*pist I’m over here thinking at a time I saw a kid and I looked down at his pants like I keep thinking about what I did and it’s like I feel attracted and to me it felt like I gave him this predator look and he probably thinks I’m a P I just wonder how is this Pocd Because it feels like I want to do stuff like I don’t know I keep thinking about that situation
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- 13w
I keep getting thoughts of this 6 year old kid n I don’t know what to do, they keep coming and they give me a sense of attraction, I don’t wanna be attracted to kids, it feels too real as well, I feel a need to check if I was attracted or not constantly, and it genuinely feels like attraction, please help me I don’t wanna be a pedo. Whenever I try to think abt something romantic or about someone my age I’m actually into, that kid keeps popping up.
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TW So I haven’t been diagnosed with pocd, but many ppl said that I have it. I was in bed when I remembered this time when I first started experiencing what I hope is false attraction not actual pedophilia, I’m looking back on it rn n I’m worried it wasn’t false attraction, I remember feeling a sense of attraction when I saw that kid, I was about14 at the time and the kid was 11 or 12. I remember constantly searching to see if it was normal for a 14 year old to like a 12 or 11 year old, I was worried when I was doing that i think, I also kept walking pass her to look at her i think to check if i was attracted or not, but it makes me worried that I was attracted to her because im worried that i did it bc i was actually attracted. now looking back on it rn, I don’t feel panic, worry, shame, or guilt, I originally only felt panic and worry, never shame or guilt. Now I don’t feel any of it, not feeling panic and worry now makes me think that I am a p, I don’t want to be a p. I hope im not a p, Ive talked to a therapist and they’ve said that it’s pocd, but it wasn’t a official diagnosis, I’m worried it was a false diagnosis because I lied on one or two of the questions. I also constantly get senses of what I hope is false attraction when I see some kids, and I keep trying to figure out if it is real or false attraction. Also some other time today I was feeling aroused and I wanted to m#sturbate, but then thoughts of kids started popping up, I think that I didn’t like them, I’m not sure any more, but while I was finishing the thoughts kept comigg by, idk what it means but it felt like I enjoyed it, which made me worried, but after I finished the thoughts disappeared a lot more, idk why that happened idk what it means, could someone give me some advice pls?? I don’t wanna be a pedo. All of that happening makes me feel like I am one, can someone give me advice on what’s happening and what I am??
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