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what’s going on?
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I’ve been ruminating everyday since I had and urge to check/m word to the thought of my child I feel disgusting and horrible. The whole time I was trying to think of normal things but Intrusive thought kept popping in my head and I had to keep testing myself.. when I initially got the urge/groinal response/intrusive thought it felt like I was going to m word to enjoy it but while doing it I hated it I wanted to cry and scream because of how uncomfortable it made me.. I feel like I can’t even look at my baby or be the same because I feel so guilty that I had this disgusting urge it makes me sick..
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@OneDayAtATime💭 i am so sorry that you have to go through this. i am not a mother, but i know this is probably really difficult and very sad to go through. i am an aunt of 3 nephews and sometimes when they hug me or get really close to me, i have thoughts that i am going to do something inappropriate. it sucks and it’s so painful because it makes me become very distant with them. even though you have thoughts and urges, just you by telling me how stressed and uncomfortable you feel, i can tell you won’t act on it. i don’t want to give you reassurance, but if you really wanted to do whatever you are fearful, you wouldn’t feel this much guilt and shame. i can tell right away that you are a wonderful mom and you don’t want to do these things. this theme is so common within moms and i’ve become scared to become a mother because i think i will do horrible things. OCD is so cruel and loves to attack what we love the most. you are an amazing mom and keep fighting these thoughts. they aren’t your character. best of luck to you. 💗
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@luna ✨ Thank you so much you are so kind🥺 best of luck to you as well hun praying we all get through this and can become happy once again☀️
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Are you seeing a therapist? ERP?
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I was, but I couldn’t afford trying to switch insurances so I can be seen by one soon 🙏🏼
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You got this!!
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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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Nobody responded to my post I feel like the worst person ever I don’t want to eat or do nothing you have no idea how in pain I am right now I feel worse than a P or a r
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I feel so horrible and guilty, I've been pretty depressed lately and I don't know if i'm doing something wrong or not but my mom keeps getting mad at me, and I keep getting snappy with her. The other day she tried to take a selfie with me and I kinda got mad at her because it was in front of everyone and I didn't want to get anyone uncomfortable if they were accidently in the background so I told her stop in a kind of mean way. She stopped talking to me for the rest of the night and she keeps bringing up how disrespectful I am. I tried to explain to her I didn't mean anything mean by it?? It's triggering my OCD so bad and tonight i'm going to see a band I really wanted to see, and i'm super afraid shes gonna start bringing up how mean i've been lately. I've been really depressed and upset because of school and how much work their giving me, and I've been in my room for mostly more than 10 hours a day doing nothing but watching TV because I can't bring myself out of it, I don't know what to do anymore and the guilt of me possibly being a mean and aggressive person is haunting me.
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