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OCD can feel as real as it gets. If it didn’t it wouldn’t be OCD. Go hang out with your family, bring the shame and guilt along for the journey, remember you never know what other people are thinking and going through, anxiety like OCD can mimic sensations and make you believe you truly desire it. Keep going be brave and better days will come.
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I truly hope it’s not true and not a real desire. I think it’s disgusting I would never want that but it literally at the moment felt like I did and it was so scary. Thank you for helping me I appreciate it
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That’s why it’s OCD because it feels so real.
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That’s not you thinking those things. I am a mom of two little girls, and I started having terrible intrusive thoughts recently because my mom told me about how I was se%sully abused by my dad before I could remember it. I got one thought “what if I turn out like my dad” and the OCD made me spiral. I couldn’t go near my kids, I couldn’t hug them, I couldn’t do anything. Mind you, I would NEVER harm my children. They’re my whole world. But ocd started telling me I need to be careful of everything. I couldn’t even go to their dance classes without fear. I have never ever had a thought like that before either, I used to be a daycare teacher, I have younger cousins, a niece ect. And all the sudden OCD told me something and I believed it. Now this was actually about a month ago, and I decided I wasn’t going to let ocd take over my life and take me away from my kids. I started pushing myself to do everything I’ve always done. I cuddled my kids, gave them hugs and kisses, I clothed them and bathed them, and I ignored those thoughts because they’re simply NOT ME. And the more I lived in the moment the more I realized I had no urge or anything to harm my kids. You have to push yourself to spend more time with your niece and it’ll help you realize there’s nothing to fear. You can get through this, trust me.
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I’m so sorry you are going through this too. It sounds like you are an amazing mother. My dad did something similar to me too but I’m not sure if it was considered SA anyways but I would never ever harm anyone especially children. I would never harm my niece. I feel awful that I had such a vivid horrible intrusive images and it literally felt like for a split second that my mind twisted it enough to make me think it turned me and it didn’t. I immediately started crying I was so scared what if it was true. So today I feel really down and I feel like I don’t deserve to be here. Again I’m so sorry you are going through this theme. It’s horrible and my heart goes out to everyone dealing with this theme and ocd In general
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@Just Breathe ❤️ I know the feeling, you are not a bad person either. I know you would never harm anyone either. You are going to feel better trust me❤️ Those thoughts feel real but the fact that they scare and disgust you means they are not truly you.
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@Anon1294 Thank you I appreciate it so much. I’m hoping that this will just pass. I’m supposed to go out tonight with my friends and family and I feel like I don’t even deserve to
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@Anon1294 I was reading a romance story when I got the intrusive images. Do you think it’s possible that I got turned on by what was going on in the story and when the intrusive image came up that it twisted it then and made it about the intrusive image instead? Like an intrusive feeling I guess? I don’t know. It feels so real like that’s what it actually was and not the story. I’m so worried
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@Just Breathe ❤️ Yes that’s what OCD does, it plays mind games with you. Intrusive thoughts are like sneaky ninjas and they’re very convincing. Go out with your friends do not let OCD stop you from living life because that’s exactly what makes ocd worse. Go out and have fun and distract yourself. The more you ground yourself the more ridiculous the thoughts are
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@Anon1294 Ok thank you I will try
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So recently I have been talking to this guy and I really like him and for the past week I felt really good and happy about it, but then a sneaky intrusive thought popped up about what if in the future when and if the time comes to sleep in the same bed, I inappropriately touch him while he’s sleeping. Now I’ve struggled with sexual intrusive thoughts like that before so my brain just kept reminding me of how that thought felt the last time it came up, and the thoughts of sexually harming this person started snowballing and making me feel worse and worse. I spent most of the day crying and panicking wishing my brain could just shut down, and now all I want to do is hide from this person so I don’t get the chance to hurt him, which makes me feel even worse because I had been feeling so good about him just the other day. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this and if they might have any insight
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*tmi warning* I'm so worried im a P. Ive been crying daily unable to do anything else but ruminate over my real events. When i was 14 (before ocd) i was watching adult content and it was censored. The woman had similar features like hair and skin color as my niece. I remember noticing that and saying "huh i guess I'll imagine that as the adult version of my niece" and I did and after i was finished i moved on and didnt think anything was wrong. I dont know if i ever thought about that again? Its so blurry ocd keeps saying i did it again in a different time but i dont remember its too blurry and its scaring me so badly! I didnt even remember this till like literally last week and i wanted to die! Im 20 for context. When I remembered i immediately broke down in tears. I vaguely rmemeber this other thought i had of her when self pleasuring when I was 16??? I think it was a testing thought out of distress? But im not sure at all! It was extremely vague image and unrealistic i dont think I liked it but maybe i did?! Im so distressed its like i remmeber 2 versions of this particular event which is why I think its ocd false memories from there. Ive been ruminating and spiraling for almost a week. I keep crying i havent ate well at all in days ive been honestly dehydrating myself and i cannot sleep. I feel like a monster. I did the mistake of researching last night and kept comparing myself to the "criteria" of those sickos and like I felt so distressed. I also have been asking ai for hours on end everyday. I feel so distressed im literally crying rn as i write this i cant calm down i feel like this sick individual even tho I dont even like thinking of that at all i dont think I meant ill intent when i was a teen but its killing me inside. I would NEVER harm anyone nor want to or plan to, deep down i know I would never act out in those evil ways but like whats killing me is what if im attracted?! Is this a sign?! Am i one of those people?! Am i attracted to my niece bc of those 2 maybe even 3(??)thoughts years ago?! Did i mean ill intent?! Am I an actual danger?! Am I a monster??? I have so many urges to confess to my mom im so scared what this all means or could mean. I feel so alone and scared. Like legit whenever i get intrusive thoughts about gross stuff i feel disgusted and anxious and push it away. Those thoughts do not bring me pleasure whatsoever but this real event is making me doubt my own identity 😔
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I feel nauseous. Extremely sick, i cannot eat, cant sleep well, and I haven't enjoyed things I normally enjoy to cry in bed and spiral for several days already. I feel extremely anxious over my past real events. I remembered something extremely triggering. I used to be morbidly curious about crimes and like I remember when i was a younger teen I watched a dark documentary that honestly i shouldnt have watched. There was this extremely weird scene and i think i felt weirded out but also a little aroused? but only bc I was thinking "lucky, shes already having sex. I wish I was her so i could experience it too." The poor person was like 1-3 years younger than me at the time. I KNOW how wrong that is now i legit feel like im going to throw up rn. Anyway I think I felt a little aroused??? And I think I touched myself a little bit and imagined myself in her place? I dont think I enjoyed it bc i remember it felt forced and weird and i stopped. I never did it again. I feel so sick! I would NEVER watch a documentary like that now as an adult and think or touch myself to it thats just so wrong but im scared that this is a sign im a sicko/p. I remmeber crying at the end of the documentary bc I felt disturbed by the contents but i still put some in my watch later out of morbid curiosity to see more real cases of these crimes bc they scared me. I never watched them again though. It only happened once and it was before my ocd started which SCARES me even more!!! And i wouldnt watch them as an adult either theyre too disturbing! I regret it so badly and feel like a monster bc it was messed up. Like what was wrong with me?! Theyre extremely disturbing to me and I rather avoid such content bc its triggering to my ocd but im afraid now like was that a sign of me possibly being a p? Am I a monster??? Am I in denial? Is this even ocd?! I feel so much shame and guilt it's killing me. 😔
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