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- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
i’m so sorry you’re experiencing this, it sounds like torture. i won’t reassure you, but you definitely deserve to be a parent. i’m sure you are wonderful, OCD just ruins everything. your perception of yourself included. i’m not sure if you’re looking for advice, but i think minimizing googling & checking compulsions would help you a bit. instead of looking things up or masterbating to check if you actually feel something, try sitting with that uncomfortable feelings. i know it’s scary, but it WILL pay off in the end. you can have these uncomfortable thoughts & do nothing about them. they can just be there. overtime they become less scary. please never feel alone, this community is ALWAYS here for you. i am here for you!
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- 3y
Thank you for your response I know ocd can convince me and trick me into thinking I’m my worst fear before and while I was masterbating i wanted to cry I just knew I didn’t want to do it I felt sick that’s why I was trying to think of normal things as hard as I could but intrusive thoughts kept popping in my head I had to keep testing myself and I just felt so angry that I felt like I had to masterbate to test myself or to find some kind of proof that I was or wasn’t a p. I know I’m my heart and soul that I’ll never hurt my kid’s ever. The ocd just really got the best of me and tricked me into thinking that’s who I am when I know I’m not. It just makes me really sad makes me feel like I’ve done something so unforgivable and disgusting but I know I was just trying to prove & test if I was or wasn’t a p. I can see that now because there was no joy while doing it only pure disgust, uncomfortableness, and uncertainty. It’s like a missing puzzle piece where I can distinguish weather it was ocd or not and it definitely was 😢
- Date posted
- 3y
yes OCD can be so tricky & SO SCARY. i totally relate. i know it feels like you have to check & see, but i really think resisting that compulsion will help you! OCD doesn’t respond to logic. it doesn’t care that you KNOW deep inside that you aren’t a monster. it’ll tell you to check over & over again without ever reaching certainty. i know how awful OCD is, but you can recover! you seem like an amazing parent.
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- 3y
Thank you !🥺 i wanted my kids so badly they make me so happy never want to see them hurting always want them to just be happy.. that’s why I’m trying to get back to myself as hard as I can not only for me but for them they deserve the mom I was not the mom that’s always in her head, not the mom that’s afraid of cuddling with them because I feel like I’m doing something wrong.. I know who I am but I loose myself for weeks at a time sometimes and it breaks my heart
- Date posted
- 3y
you are doing everything right! continue reaching out to the community & advocating for yourself. it’s okay to need extra support. i would definitely reccomend therapy if you can, too! just remember, you might fall down sometimes & feel like you can’t do things (cuddle, etc.) don’t beat yourself up when struggling! show yourself compassion & remember how hard you are fighting. you can do it!
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- 22w
Am I the P I was always scared to be? Or am I still the amazing mom I once was? I need support. I just need someone to be up front with me. Tell me the truth. I want to get past it all. My mind is telling me I'm the only one who is dealing with something like this. Idk why I did my biggest BIGGEST fear. I was put on a new medication when this happened which caused me to spiral, my thoughts to be more often, and have insomnia. I have been diagnosed with POCD as well. I woke up in the middle of the night when my child was laying completely cross my chest. I was breathing and having groinal sensations. My mind told me that I assaulted her by this, and I was going to prison for it. My thoughts started going like this, "you're already bad might as well do something else", "no sense in stopping now" "you can finally do what you've always wanted", "what would you do if you could do anything to cause harm" So I had to think of what to do in the moment. The only thing I could think to do was move my elbow towards my child's groin. In the moment it felt like I really wanted to do this. I proceeded to do so, and my elbow touched her groin. I immediately told my child to move off me. I then went back to sleep. When I woke up, I began panicking, confessing to a family member what happened, and crying immensely. I feel like I failed as a mother. I'm in such distress since I started sleeping on the floor to avoid it from happening again, and I got off the medication. I'm so much better OCD wise since I got off the meds. I was the BEST mom months ago before this happened. The thoughts have always bothered me, and I was always scared I would give in and act on them. I'm living my worst nightmare. I feel alone. Felt so wanted in the moment and SO real. Ugh. Could someone just give me some support?
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- 21w
TW So I haven’t been diagnosed with pocd, but many ppl said that I have it. I was in bed when I remembered this time when I first started experiencing what I hope is false attraction not actual pedophilia, I’m looking back on it rn n I’m worried it wasn’t false attraction, I remember feeling a sense of attraction when I saw that kid, I was about14 at the time and the kid was 11 or 12. I remember constantly searching to see if it was normal for a 14 year old to like a 12 or 11 year old, I was worried when I was doing that i think, I also kept walking pass her to look at her i think to check if i was attracted or not, but it makes me worried that I was attracted to her because im worried that i did it bc i was actually attracted. now looking back on it rn, I don’t feel panic, worry, shame, or guilt, I originally only felt panic and worry, never shame or guilt. Now I don’t feel any of it, not feeling panic and worry now makes me think that I am a p, I don’t want to be a p. I hope im not a p, Ive talked to a therapist and they’ve said that it’s pocd, but it wasn’t a official diagnosis, I’m worried it was a false diagnosis because I lied on one or two of the questions. I also constantly get senses of what I hope is false attraction when I see some kids, and I keep trying to figure out if it is real or false attraction. Also some other time today I was feeling aroused and I wanted to m#sturbate, but then thoughts of kids started popping up, I think that I didn’t like them, I’m not sure any more, but while I was finishing the thoughts kept comigg by, idk what it means but it felt like I enjoyed it, which made me worried, but after I finished the thoughts disappeared a lot more, idk why that happened idk what it means, could someone give me some advice pls?? I don’t wanna be a pedo. All of that happening makes me feel like I am one, can someone give me advice on what’s happening and what I am??
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- 19w
My mind is telling me I'm the only one who is dealing with something like this. Idk why I did my biggest BIGGEST fear. I was put on a new medication when this happened which caused me to spiral, my thoughts to be more often, and have insomnia. I have been diagnosed with POCD as well. I woke up in the middle of the night when my child was laying completely cross my chest. I was breathing and having groinal sensations. My mind told me that I assaulted her by this, and I was going to prison for it. My thoughts started going like this, "you're already bad might as well do something else", "no sense in stopping now" "you can finally do what you've always wanted", "what would you do if you could do anything to cause harm" So I had to think of what to do in the moment. The only thing I could think to do was move my elbow towards my child's groin. In the moment it felt like I really wanted to do this. I proceeded to do so, and my elbow touched her groin. I immediately told my child to move off me. I then went back to sleep. When I woke up, I began panicking, confessing to a family member what happened, and crying immensely. I feel like I failed as a mother. I'm in such distress since I started sleeping on the floor to avoid it from happening again, and I got off the medication. I'm so much better OCD wise since I got off the meds. I was the BEST mom months ago before this happened. The thoughts have always bothered me, and I was always scared I would give in and act on them. I'm living my worst nightmare. I feel alone. Felt so so wanted in the moment and SO real. Which I don't understand. Ugh. Could someone just give me some support?
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