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You don't have to understand them. You deserve some rest. It will take some time to learn how to trust yourself again, but you can do it
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It just makes me feel like I'm empty and I dont have feelings you know?
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I'm not sure if it's the same, but I can relate. Personally, I'm unable to process these emotions, and they end up dissipating, almost immediately.
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It's like u are empty,right?
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@Hey I'm Sky Yeah. It's like the emotion comes and goes, taking whatever was there before it even arrived.
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@sleepyš¤ It's even worse when u are dating
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@Hey I'm Sky I can only imagine. Must be hard for both people involved.
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@sleepyš¤ Yeah,its like I know I do love my gf and I can feel I do but this is getting worse and I need help
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i swear i feel the exact same way
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Around 10 years ago when I started getting violent OCD intrusive thoughts, I also started fearing that I was a sociopath. I began overanalyzing everything ā especially my emotions. It's like if I could prove I had emotions it proved I wasn't a sociopath. I care deeply about my family ā I worry about them, I want them to be safe and happy, I want them to get theit deepest desires ā but I donāt know what love "feels" like, if its supposed to feel like anything. People describe love as this warm, obvious, fuzzy emotion, but I donāt experience it the way I think Iām supposed to. Is it supposed to be intense? Constant? Loud? Because Iām not sure Iāve ever felt that. My family isnāt very emotionally expressive either. I cherish hugs from them when I get them, I initiate most hugs with my parents (but I don't like hugs from other people, like co workers) but overall my family doesnt show affection much, and thatās made me question if Iām even capable of love. I overanalyze my feelings constantly ā especially after realizing I donāt feel connected to God in the way my old church said I should. I donāt love God. I donāt feel anything toward Him ā weāve never met obviously so I just never got a connection with Him. But growing up, that felt like a sin in itself. As a teen, I felt ashamed knowing I cared more for my parents than for God, especially when church messages said God had to come first. Thereās a song by Mary Mary that says, āI love you more than my mother, my fatherā¦ā and it used to make me feel broken. My feelings were in direct contradiction with what I was taught, and that shame never fully left me. OCD latched onto that hard. Itās only after a coworker passed away ā and I found myself crying multiple times over it ā that I realized I do care deeply for people. But even that realization felt pathetic. Why did I need such an extreme moment to feel something ārealā? & why didn't I care for another creepy bigoted co worker when his son was sick? I felt nothing. Iām scared my OCD is convincing me that Iām heartless, even though I want connection. I crave love. I like hugs. Itās exhausting and terrifying to doubt my own humanity like this. I hate this fear. I hate that I donāt trust myself. I hate that OCD makes me question my morality, my emotions ā everything that makes me me. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? How do I even explain this to a therapist
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I keep wondering if Iām attracted to this kid I saw a week ago or not, it keeps happening, I canāt figure it out, what I hope is false attraction is feeling too real, I donāt wan to like the kid, I never wish to like kids, I genuinely feel like Iām just in doubt, I canāt figure it out, it feels weird, I donāt feel any guilt, shame, disgust, or panic, idk why but ik that Iām supposed to feel that, it makes me feel like Iām a real p. I barley get any negative emotion from those thoughts anymore, even when these thoughts started I didnāt feel shame or guilt, but I think I did feel worry and panic, Iām not sure anymore, I donāt remember.
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Why am I not anxious? Like at all anymore? Is it because I'm really avoiding and trying not to think of the consequences that come from possibly being a pdfile? Is the only thing that is worrying me about it is the consequences then does it mean that I really am one? But I never masturbated to the thought of a child and actively seeked it. It came as intrusive thoughts while I was doing it yes I've had them when I see kids yes and I question and check a lot if I'm attracted to them and its just confusing me, I know I'll never do anything to hurt a child and I don't even like the idea of becoming a pdfile then why am I not anxious enough about it? The thoughts are just distressing obsessive I feel disgusting and Id say I still do compulsions but I don't know something just doesn't feel right. I don't feel anything and no real attraction to anyone or anything anymore. I just feel so disgusting and I just want to be normal but then again I pretty much did this to myself. It's weird to me I know there isn't a real indication I'm a pdfile and past experiences pretty much prove that and I've always been attracted to older guys so why is this happening now? Why am I getting these thoughts now especially right after I was trying to fix this sexual obsession/tension I had for older guys. Is my brain just leaving one thing to love and be obsessed about and going to the other? I'm really really just confused. Not anxious just distressed confused and uncomfortable. Like I want to throw up but I don't feel intense anxiety in my chest it feels like maybe I haven't processed what's going on properly. I'm genuinely so confused and I don't want to have this stay in my mind. Sometimes I just miss my ex so much because at the time I've felt something I felt so much things even though I had really bad rocd. I just miss loving people again and being alive again. I'm so scared and confused right now can anyone explain to me what is this? I genuinely just want to understand what I'm feeling or thinking because its not making sense to me
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