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- 3y
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- 3y
Ooof I never realized i had the same issue until i read your post. The feeling honestly makes my heart beat faster and I feel like everything is on pause as im trying to figure it out. But here's my understanding, youre brain has soo many thoughts throughout the day. We actually select the thoughts that we think has an impact or meaning to our life. For people with ocd, we select the thoughts that scares us because we feel that it has a lot of meaning. In reality, everybody would have thoughts of touching someone inappropriately because our brain likes to keep thinking of different scenarios, but they realize that the thought was just random and means nothing. For us, we latch onto it. As you can see, what started it all was the thought of "it doesnt matter if part of your hand touched her chest." You responded with being scared. Next time when that thought appears or a similar one, dont respond to it but also not resist it. This is actually training your mind so you wont be able to ignore the thoughts the first time you try it. When you said "I might actaully molest someone" is another thought that invokes fear. You apply what i said again to this thought. Dont respond or ruminate over it but also dont resist having this thought because this thought is common.
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- 3y
Thanks. Its just that i dont know whether or not i performed a checking compulsion because my ocd is sneaky. I started applying makeup more gently after that thought and after ruminating i started applying makeup in the same aggressive force like before but on her forehead with checking compulsion thoughts. Now either my brain knew applying makeup on her forehead wouldnt touch chest so chdcking compulsion safe or the compulsion is in my head and i want to ruminate on it but i have better things to do. Do you also get ocd about ocd. Very annoying
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- 3y
@Lucywilefire Yes i for sure get ocd about ocd. Its happens a lot. If you are confused if about whether it was a complusion or not, thats your ocd kicking in. Honestly the subject of your obsessions isnt as important as we think they are when we are trying to manage our ocd. So just treat that event that you desperately trying to figure out like any other ocd episode. What you did could be a compulsion or it could not be, its okay to not be certain about it. That may be hard to be okay but by having this type of mentality, these type of thoughts wont bother you anymore. Here's the thing, the more you respond to your ocd thoguhts the more annoying it becomes 😑.
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- 3y
@kevint True. Thank you.
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- 3y
We are with you. Try to meditate when that urge comes! Not mindfulness meditation!
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- 24w
Hi I just have a few questions! (Im 14 btw) Okay so basically I’m really worried I’ll become a pedo/I already am and I don’t know it yet. I’m also really scared if I SA someone, even tho I don’t want to and I’d never do something like that but I feel like this part of me is saying that I will and it’s really scaring me. I feel so alone and I’m so scared I’m a bad person on the inside and this isn’t ocd and I’m gonna unleash hell on this earth I’m so scared. I’ll get a thought like if I’m walking past someone random it will be like “What if you sa them?” And it scares me so bad I feel horrible for thinking that. Is this apart of it? I feel like I’m always fixated on the topic of sa to check if I would do something like that, I don’t know anymore I just feel like a bad person (btw I have not done anything like that to anyone!)
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- 18w
Worried about situation that happened with nephew new memory or not idk I'm scared Worried about situation that happened with nephew I'm so scared when I was holding my nephew I thought " I wonder if this would sexually stimulate him" ( not the exact words don't want to be extremely graphic) I began to bump him like how people bump babies on their hips he was on my stomach cuz that's how he was handed to me. Now I fear I remember also thinking if his diaper would stimulate his private part or something like that IDK LIKE I FEEL LIKE I REMEMBER THINKING THAT BUT ALSO DON'T??? LIKE O FEEL LIKE maybe I thought this at a different time for whatever weird reason but then I'm scared that it makes sense it would happen when I held him. Does it change the situation?????I feel extremely sick because I don't know why I would think that or if it was my brain or me. Idk if it was or wasn't cuz I felt his diaper against me? Was I curious if it would? It feels like I was curious but wth why???Was it just something weird I thought? Am I actually a monster? I had been having disturbing thoughts I'm pretty sure that were related to my POCD in general for a while before that. Ik my nephew didn't get hurt but I'm so scared why would I do something like that I feel so sick and disgusted. I know away from that situation I have no sexual interest or attraction towards him I'm just so freaked out and disgusted. I don't wanna be a bad person and I don't want my worst fear to be true.
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- 9w
I feel like I did something bad now because I went to put the blanket on my brother and my hand was close to his back I had a thought before like “it’s time to touch him” and I stood up and he was on a call but he was sleeping so now I’m like why did I stood up? Was it to take the iPad or what exactly? I feel like a child molester I don’t remember touching his area or butt because I didn’t but I had my hand near his back I asked my brother if I did anything he said no I asked if I did anything when I put the blanket over him he said he was sleeping so that doesn’t reassure me So I almost acted on it?
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