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I just started mine for POCD. I started with pictures. Specifically of my siblings to start off. Another ERP excerise would be watching movies or TV shows involving children. Another ERP exposure for me is going to the park and watching the kids play. Since I have concerns about being a Pedo one of my higher level exposure is going to be watching a documentary on actual pedophiles. It just goes off by your lowest level anxiety to your highest. You get to pick and chose what kind of exposure you want to and your therapist may recommend some. The point is to just let the thoughts sit during an exposure. You also can’t do a compulsion after because it defeats the purpose of the exposure
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(found u hi lol) i think i am the person this post is referring to and yeah boy howdy it is not fun.
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When I first started having the thoughts I had to know if I was or wasn’t. Starting erp gave me clarity but it is on the back of my mind. You just have to learn to live with the uncertainty. I know it’s hard because you just want an answer. It’s hard for me I still struggle
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Hiiiiiii <3
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Man I am not good at using this app. But yes hi it is me and yes you are the person
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So basically I am a mother of two and this theme came out of nowhere and it made me so depressed and terrified that I stayed away from my children. But then I decided I would not allow this to keep me from being a mother because I love my kids with pure motherly love. So I cuddled them, and hugged them, and played board games with them, and I started to realize my thoughts were completely irrational. Spend time with the children in your life, you’ll start to see how silly that was
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Did it go away completely for you?
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@Anonymous:,( Unfortunately I can’t say it went away completely even though it came out of absolutely nowhere. But exposure therapy absolutely works because I take care of my children every single day, I bathe them, change them, lay with them to go to sleep, and I realize that I literally have nothing to worry about. I know myself. I know who I have always been. I know that my worst fear is my children being abused and the thought makes me physically ill. So it makes it so much easier to laugh off the intrusive thoughts.
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- 24w
Does anyone else struggle with this? It's been the main thing powering my POCD, and it's only been getting worse. Especially when I see posts online of people sharing their personal stories relating to CSA, specifically grooming. It's so triggering now, but before this theme developed, the most I'd feel while reading posts like that would be disgust targeted towards people who did those things. Now, my first thought is, "What if I do something like that one day? What if I've done it before and I don't remember or didn't know I was doing it?" I have many, many different intrusive thoughts or worries related to this theme, but it all circles back to this specific fear that I'll become like the people who hurt and took advantage of me. Does anyone have advice for this? I'm not sure if I've asked a similar question in the past or not, but is this something I need to deal with separately before beginning ERP for OCD? I'm just curious and also lost on where to begin with all of this. I'm just glad I'm able to begin working through all of these issues now, rather than later in life when I'd probably have a lot more responsibilities. Anyways, any feedback is appreciated! 🤍
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I am 15 years old and my POCD feels like its not POCD, i feel like i like my intrusive thoughts, but i have more intrusive thoughts about having intrusive thoughts, and i feel like i cant enjoy the things i normally enjoy anymore, like calling with my girlfriend and joking with her because this is still in the back of my mind, its making me question morals and if i ever even viewed P as completely wrong and i hate this so much, i love my nieces and nephews and when they're over i know id never do anything with my intrusive thoughts but when they arent present i feel like i like my thoughts. Before this i was dealing with HOCD and ROCD and i wish i could go back to that
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I am doing ERP by my own because I can’t afford therapy. I exposed myself to babies photos online, changing diapers videos, baby genitalia . All was done with google . I honestly feel like I am predator by viewing these photos even though they are just babies. I seen also a picture on research article of a female patient she is a minor and they have done sexual abuse check on her . The image was so triggering, it was literally a vagina. ℹ developed lots if obsessions with increased groinal responses. And now I fear that I enjoyed all what I have seen.
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