Whyyocd
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- 3y
NihonWarrior516NihonWarrior516
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- 3y
Yeah same here I am always checking to see if there’s anything going on and focusing on groinal responses. People just say to not focus on it but it’s not that easy lol.
AnonymousAnonymous
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What do groinal responses feel like to u
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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For me it’s like a sensation in my private are or even like a pulse
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@Whyyocd area*
NihonWarrior516NihonWarrior516
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Any feeling or reaction in the groinal area is a groinal response it can feel like anything.
NihonWarrior516NihonWarrior516
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@Whyyocd For me it’s like the feeling you get before I need to use the bathroom but I don’t have to use the bathroom.
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@NihonWarrior516 Omg I’ve felt that too!!! It felt like that when my anxiety was most high because the feeling was constant
NihonWarrior516NihonWarrior516
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@Whyyocd Yeah sometimes it will literally last for hours
AnonymousAnonymous
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But mine feels like I’m turned on
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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I’ve felt that too
AnonymousAnonymous
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But I only get aeoused by men
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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For like 2-3 months when this first started I was getting a lot of groinal responses to women (in person, social media, intrusive images). I literally felt like I had no attraction for my boyfriend. I couldn’t get aroused. I felt like I didn’t even find any guy handsome. I’ve been getting a lot of spontaneous exposure since I’m in college and my anxiety has finally gone down a good amount. And I also get less groinal responses. Anddd I definitely get aroused by my boyfriend now. I honestly believe anxiety and depression has a lotttt to do with how we feel. Even sexually. And we hyper focus on things too. Like our arrousal.
NihonWarrior516NihonWarrior516
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@Whyyocd Yeah attraction wavers when anxiety is at its worst and comes back and goes so frequently but pretty much never 100% I’m guessing that’s what a full recovery would look like.
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@NihonWarrior516 Yes I think so!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Whyyocd What exposures did u do
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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@Anonymous Rn I wrote a short story basically about me having intrusive thoughts/images/and scenarios about a specific girl and then not being able to “hold myself back” and so I ask her out. I realize I have feeling for her and that I’m sexually attracted to her. So I break up with my bf and everyone I know sees me differently. And then while being with the girl I realize I’m actually not lesbian at all and that I lost the person I loved and he fell in love with someone else. I read it every day (30 times). and I’m also in college so I see women all the time. I also go to the gym. I also watched the WAP video every day lolll
AnonymousAnonymous
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So do women still turn u on now
Whyyocd Whyyocd
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Yeah sometimes I’ll still get the feeling of being turned on but it’s a lot less now.
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