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Okay so they say that people with OCD have a high standard of what they “should” be saying or thinking and that’s why it becomes obsessive because we over think every little thing. The stuff you’re experiencing is completely normal and most people would hear or think those things in passing and they wouldn’t have a second thought about it. You need to reduce your fear and work on exposures and reduce your fear of children as much as you can
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I should add, I experience the same problems and you’re not alone. You’ll get through this I promise
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@Anon1294 Ok thank you. I feel so guilty like what if I actually thought she was “hot” and if that makes me a horrible monster. I’m scared but thank you for your help
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@Just Breathe ❤️ You can think she’s pretty that’s perfectly normal to observe someone looks nice! It’s just because your brain is being hyper vigilant because you’re terrified of becoming something that you’re not. Intrusive thoughts don’t mean anything about who you truly are
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@Anon1294 But what if it wasn’t an intrusive thought and an actual opinion? That’s what I’m afraid of
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@Just Breathe ❤️ That right there was ocd trying to convince you a lie because you’re so terrified of that being reality. So basically, if your mind felt “healthy” at the moment, you’d see that picture and you could be like wow she’s such a pretty girl, it’s so sad she passed. Also that whole Travis Scott thing has made people very anxious and upset for so many reasons. So you’re anxious, you’re on edge, you’re having these intrusive thoughts that never end, and your brain is literally in fight or flight mode. So you see the pretty girls picture and your brain gets a zap of fear. You think “omg I just felt something… was that attraction??” And it was just fear. But now your brains natural instinct is to PROTECT you from this fear. You start to have more intrusive thoughts to protect yourself. You start to prove it wrong by ruminating, googling, finding reassurance. And like a drug, it only lasts a little bit before it happens again. So the way to fix it is to expose yourself. Go find that picture and stare at it. Feel the anxiety it gives you until it gets less and less. Go look at pictures of children, watch videos of them on YouTube. Find the things that scare you and stare them in the face until the fear backs down. That’s how you get better
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@Anon1294 Oh ok thanks
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@Just Breathe ❤️ It takes lots of work but it’s possible to get better
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18+ TW! Involves sexual content I have learning disabilities which means im always going to be 3-5 years mentally behind from my actual age… when I was 14 I remember finding people saying they work with kids “attractive” and I remember mastu*** over a kid around 5+ but when I was 14 I was either mentally age 11 or 9. So I didn’t know it was wrong, and as soon as I realised I stopped. People say I was young and it’s okay but I remember finding people saying they even walked past a nursery “attractive” but I don’t know if this is even the right word. Maybe cute? Because I find different emotions hard to tell the difference between, so maybe it’s cute rather than attractive. I never ever had intentions to do anything to younger individuals, it was just me finding people saying they worked with them etc attractive… which my ocd now plays on, because my friend mentioned they were working with kids but idk if it was the real me or not but I genuinely felt like I found it attractive and it was giving my so many groinal responses which then made me feel genuinely aroused like I wanted to do things. This plays on my mind because my ocd will always say “but you did/do find stuff like this attractive” but this literally stops me from eating, sleeping or anything. I can’t break from my compultions because what if I do genuinely find it attractive. I don’t think it’s even attractive maybe it’s cute? Like I find it cute… but cuteness can give people feelings down there I guess. I think because if my learning disabilities I found it hard to know the difference between “attraction” and cute so I did stuff over it because it gave me that feeling down there but that could of been cuteness feeling. I just need some support on this.
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PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME IM LOSING MY MIND PLEASE Youtubers are constantly getting accused of doing p*dophilic activity and inappropriately messaging minors and its making me think my real events are as bad or as worse as them... Ive vented a lot to a lot of people in the PM's about my OCD... some of them younger (minors)... because I wanted reassurance from everyone and anyone... but this situation triggers me the most because I was venting about my 18+ HOCD situations... In an HOCD support group I was in, I vented to 2 minors in the PM's about my 18+ HOCD situations... The leader of the support group (that i vented to) was 17... I was 19 at the time... the other minor i vented to was younger (14-15)... the younger one told me she was uncomfortable when i vented to her in the PM's twice... The 14-15 year old said she was uncomfortable the first time and i tried to stop venting to her... after she said i was a bad person for supporting trump, i vented to her again because her saying i was a bad person triggered me... she said she was uncomfortable for the second time and then i blocked her... i kept asking the leader of the support group for reassurance for my 18+ HOCD situations for months because she kept giving me reassurance... i thought she was cute but didnt pursue her because of my age... i dont ever want to ever be a P or a MAP or a groomer in any way... ChatGPT just told me I inappropriately messaged minors when I dont ever want to be like those dirty disgusting youtubers who inappropriately messaged them and did P3do stuff with them at all!!!! Im so triggered please someone help me!!!
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