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Good news is that groinal responses mean absolutely nothing. And if you’re testing yourself for arousal, it’s just too much pressure. If you’re checking to make sure nothing happens when you think of the being with someone of the same sex, you’ll almost definitely get a groinal response. If you’re trying to make sure you feel something when thinking of someone of the opposite gender, you probably won’t feel anything. The best thing to do is stop putting on the pressure and dismissing any groinal responses as meaningless because they really are meaningless. Your ocd is making you put gravity on your groinal responses and making you believe that having a groinal response dictates your sexual ortientation.
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I’ve read things like this since it very first started. But it’s hard for me to grasp because I just can’t stop thinking how do I know this is really the case for me? what if that is all just one big lie I’m telling myself cos I’m ‘so in denial/repressed’?
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@Pain😢🥺 It’s really difficult to tell the difference between groinal responses and arousal. Ocd feels so real! :(
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@Anonymous That is so scary because I don’t know what I’m supposed to do now :(
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@b13 I’m sorry if what I said triggered you. Definitely didn’t mean to do that. I encourage you to try ERP and see a therapist specializing in OCD if you’re not already. That way you can get professional advice. From my own experience, something I’ve found comforting is that I am completely in charge of which thoughts and sensations I want to give meaning to and which to casually dismiss as meaningless. Only I have that power, and that is a good feeling.
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Guys, I read about your groinal responses and I get a groinal response on that 😂😂 See, this is ridiculous😅
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Hahahaha exactly
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This could be a good ERP exercise. Do this and just let the groinals happen and don’t put any meaning to them.
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Is that not irresponsible if I’m denying my ‘true self’ though? I don’t want to live in denial because I know that’s not healthy but I have been doing this for 7 years and I can’t figure it out and I can’t do it anymore!! sorry to vent to you
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@b13 That’s the thing. Clearly this is distressing to you regardless if it’s what you “really” want. By not giving them attention you learn to no longer associate the groinal response with fear and shame
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- 25w
I keep getting these groinal responses when I think about kids or see one and it's really distressing, I only just learned that OCD can make you feel that and it's not actually attraction but it's so hard to remember that and I've seen people talking about accepting uncertainty but I'm so scared to think "maybe it's attraction maybe it's not" instead of "no it's not attraction that's disgusting" and idk what to do
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Does anyone else when they have the thoughts, they feel against it, but they still get arousal or tenglings sensations in the groinal area? Because this is what I experienced today and I feel like crap. This is going to be very triggering for a lot of you, but there are a lot of times that I notice things from kids. For example, there is a thirteen year old kid who looks very developed for her age, and I take notice of (and this already sounds creepy to me) her chest. Today with my thoughts, I imagined as if I were touching it, and although I usually "no no or "I don't want to do that", she is a kid, etc., I still get responses in my groinal area, and It felt very real. Even now, I feel as though I am faking it, even though I groan 😮💨 from it, and feel as though I am a fraud. Does anyone relate?
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- 22w
So I’ve talked to a couple of gay people and they all told me the same thing. They ALWAYS knew they liked guys and they have ever gotten aroused by a woman in their life. In fact they told me that they always found a woman’s body disgusting. Looking back in my life I’ve been attracted to girls for as long as I can remember even before puberty. All my fantasies were about girls and I can’t remember a time where I felt the same for a guy (because it never happened). At the end I can still get aroused by women and you can clearly see how much stupid this obsession about being gay is. Gay people can’t get instinctively aroused by a woman and like it. Groinal responses and sensations don’t mean anything because they simply do not bring joy or a feeling of desire. Instead they bring panic. I once got a groinal when “testing my reactions” and I was sitting there crying like my life is over. That’s not how genuine attraction works and no one has woken up one day feeling different and no one has been secretly gay and never noticed it and spent his whole life into women instead.
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