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- Anonymous
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- Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
- Date posted
- 3y ago
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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- catsnuggiecatsnuggie
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- 3y ago
(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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- Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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- 3y ago
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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- AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y ago
Hiiiiiii <3
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- AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y ago
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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- Anon1294Anon1294
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- 3y ago
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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- Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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- 3y ago
Did it go away completely for you?
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- Anon1294Anon1294
- Date posted
- 3y ago
@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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- ρєαcнєѕ
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Can POCD make you feel like you don’t know why sexually abusing children is wrong, just that you’re afraid of becoming a child abuser for whatever reason? I’m constantly struggling to figure out why pedophilia doesn’t make me disgusted or angry enough. I feel like I’m actually a pedophile who doesn’t know it yet or is in denial. I know I shouldn’t ruminate but I feel like there’s some truth to the thing I’m constantly obsessing over.
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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Advice for a POCD sufferer? I know I would never harm a child in any way. The thought of being capable of doing that disgusts me. Am I asking for reassurance? Probably. But you know what, I need it and I’m being honest about it :( this “uncertainty” thing is very weird for me especially bc it’s POCD . I just want the thoughts to stop
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- asdfghj
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- 4y ago
So pedophile OCD... Im too ashamed to admit it to anyone. So I guess even this is a big step. But I do get intrusive sexual thoughts about kids. When I have been around kids I get thoughts like "what if actually did anything inappropriate". And if Im being sexual intrusive thoughts about pedophilia blasts me. So I stop and then I think what if this means I actually like kids. But what Ive been wondering, and its not meant to be reassurance seeking. I guess there isnt actually anything wrong with being a pedophile (they cant help it) as long as they never act on it. But isnt having thoughts about touching kids inappropriately, pedophilic in itself? Or is it literally just the definition of OCD? I kind of think that some thoughts shouldnt be possible to think unless its something to it.
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