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This… this notification on the screen… seeing this hurts… so so much… someone commenting on a post you’ve made and then blocking you… for anyone who does this… I genuinely don’t understand… what did I do?

• Option 1: YOU ❌ • Option 2: OCD ✅ * And you are NOT your ocd

Maybe we should all spend more time in the public eye after all 😂

I can’t get diagnosed because I’m 16. I feel left in the dark. Not asking anyone to diagnose me. Just If they see a hocd cycle that could indicate I possibly suffer from it. Please When I was 14 nearly 15 I had a random thought ‘am I gay’ and I immediately had discomfort. The next day I asked myself again and this time (I believe I had real event ocd) the event came through as almost ‘proof’ and that’s the beginning. I started taking quizzes to see whether I was gay. I asked friends and family to tell me if they thought I was gay. The idea of being gay worried me and I searched up how I felt and that’s how I found Hocd. I related to some of the symptoms but I didn’t have many compulsions. At the age of 15 it was really bad and I still hated the idea of being gay. A few months later I tried a relationship with someone of the opposite gender and I fell in love. My thoughts of being gay were pretty much gone. I was obsessed with this boy. However I became obsessed with needing reassurance that this boy loved me. Every. Single. Day. When I was 16 It became too much for him and we split up. 4 months after obsessing over the breakup and questioning if I was abusive, if I ever SA him, if I was toxic or a bad girlfriend…I had the ‘am I gay’ thought and that’s how it came Back. The thoughts are constant. I get these: ‘Am I gay’ ‘do you like her’ ‘remember when … that must mean your gay’ *gets groinals* (even after seeing just a girl in a skirt) *head tries to convince me I like my friends* *lost all attraction to the opposite gender. I don’t feel anything whatsoever* ‘is this really hocd because you’re not diagnosed. You just found it’ ‘You don’t do physical compulsions like others. So it’s all real’ I don’t have many compulsions but here’s what I do: * when I have a thought I ask other hocd suffers if they have the same and if they tell me yes I feel happy and completely normal for at least an hour. Then it’s back * If I get a thought sometimes I’ll try and distract myself or possibly even pinch myself to make sure I’m focused on the pinch not the thought. * If I get a groinal I’ll sometimes check to see if it’s a real response * Checking porn to see if I react to lesbian stuff (I have done and I had a meltdown) All of this happens every day. And everyday I manage to find something that gives me that temporary relief. But then it comes back after.

Can anyone share some advice on mental compulsions? I feel like I’m doing them before I notice I’m doing them (comparing, mental reviewing, reassurance, ruminating). I’m just starting ERP but I don’t know how I’m ever gonna get better if I keep doing them before I realize it ughhh help

im really scared that im a narcissist or a bad person or borderline idk after watching this video about narcissism ive been ruminating about all these things like recently i met this guy and i normally avoid dating because of my ocd themes and also being ashamed of being a virgin still and worried no guy would be willing to be patient with me and go slow but also that what if after i have sex i realize im asexual or a lesbian (one of my ocd themes) and then that makes me a bad person for leading him on if hes really into me and ive got this all going on in my head and thats not fair to him hes better off being with someone who isnt me but the thing is its been a while since a guy liked me this much and texted me every day good morning and good night and was excited to go on a date with me we met while i was on a trip out of town and he kissed me on the cheek twice and i kissed him on the cheek once and we danced together for a few minutes and he bought me my drinks and later he got me falafel and normally guys dont take care of me and arent nice to me the way he was in a long time at least and especially not a guy as attractive as him and the text was kind of stale and his sense of humor is different than mine and we dont have a lot in common and i found his jokes corny and weird and not funny and he kept making the same jokes over and over again in text like 3 times and by the third day of a joke like that (even though weve been texting for over a week) i called his jokes corny and that i think hes cracking himself up more than me and i think i bruised his ego and i was honestly just not wanting to be fake because he kept telling me come on its funny laugh and its like im not gonna fake laugh just to make u feel better (which i didnt say but i just didnt want to be fake so i said theyre corny is all and that its okay im corny too) and now i think hes lost interest and doesnt text me anymore but i miss the texts i miss him asking me how i am but im not sure if i just miss the attention or miss his attention specifically the thing is he was so nice to me that night and ive been so lonely and so deprived of affection i kept thinking even though he lives 8 hours away from me maybe we could meet up and see where things go and maybe i could finally lose my virginity and i was gonna send him a text explaining that i really like him and think hes very nice and very attractive but that i just cant do long distance right now and my life is kind of a mess and if i lived in the same town as you id have gone on another date with you but i just dont know how this can logistically work and im clearly a bad texter and im sorry but i never got to send the message because he sent me those jokes and then i said what i said and now he hasnt texted me anything for a day and half after always texting me gm and gn and part of me wants to apologize for calling him corny and then tell him how i feel but then im worried he might try to convince me to go on a date regardless of the distance when im very sure it cant go anywhere but i still didnt want to end things badly or awkwardly or with him not liking me i keep wondering if i self sabatoged this entire thing because im scared or if we just arent compatable and thats okay too or if im a narcissist because i read this thing that said narcissists put down peoples jokes or something and i just feel bad and i wish i didnt give him a hard time over text and got a chance to send that message but i also wish i had the nerve to go on a date with him but im scared hell want sex if he drives 8 hours for a date which he said he would do after only 2 days of texting which i thought was a bit much too fast and im scared im not ready and hell get mad im just scared of everything and im tired of always being scared and avoiding life or hiding away or pushing people away i keep saying to myself whats wrong with me whats wrong with me and i went on the dating apps and felt guilty about that i just hate that im this girl i wish i was a girl who knew how to date knew what she wanted was brave knew what she was doing knew how to set boundaries didnt ruminate didnt feel guilty about shit all the time and had sex and had a man to hold me at night and to feel loved and wanted and i want that so bad but im also so scared to have it but i also think im projecting all of that on this one guy like i really dont know if im just ruminating and making this into a bigger deal than it is i think i am but why am i so sad that hes lost interest? does that mean i like him more than i thought? or is it because it was nice being liked and thought of? or am i sad that i ended things with him by rejecting his jokes and comments the other night causing him to lose interest in me so i didnt have to send the message of how i feel? am i a bad person? i hate my brain and i hate being alone i want love and connection but what if ill never have that? what if im my own worst enemy? but also i mean me and this guy arent that compatable in so many ways and maybe i just am tired of being a virgin and he seems really keen and like he might be nice about it and sweet and i am worried i threw my only chance away of exploring all that for the first time with someone who wouldnt make me feel uncomfortable or embarassed but now ill never know... but also i have no clue if hell be nice all these things are assumptions and me trying predict the future and then making decisions based off an imagined future that scares me and then avoiding it or going towards it this has got to be ocd with all the what ifs ugh anyway i hope no one reads this its embarassing but i had to put it out there

My chest is really heavy. Basically my mind gave me the intrusive memory of when I got a weird feeling in my chest about a female friend when I was like 9. My heads telling me it’s because I liked her. I liked spending time with her and we practiced kissing as experimentation (part of kids games) and my head keeps reminding me of it. It was very intrusive because it came randomly while watching a program. It just popped into my head. I’m so scared And I have a lot of anxiety right now I told myself maybe, maybe not. But it’s made my anxiety worse. I can’t stay uncertain with this atm. I’m so scared. Please help if you can

My OCD and intrusive thoughts always seem to be worse when I have nothing to do all day. When I graduated college I didn’t have an easy time finding work (mainly because I didn’t know what I even wanted to do or how to even find a job). I ended up taking a job in a career I wasn’t even interested in but I enjoyed it because it made me feel so much better just to have SOMETHING and contribute to society. For 2 years at this job I was so happy with my life. Never experienced an OCD episode and lost 50 pounds and felt so good. I ended up leaving that job to chase the money and it was the worst decision I ever made. I switched to a job that basically told me from the beginning they didn’t want me and spent a year being miserable. I gained all my weight back and HATED the work I was doing. I almost switched jobs to another company but it would have been the same work I was doing so I didn’t take it and in turn experienced another OCD episode where I was obsessing over the fact that I may have made the wrong decision. Eventually I got fired and am now once again home doing nothing all day with no idea where my life is going to take me. My Obsessions have now turned towards not being able to raise a family because I can’t figure my mental health/life out. Does anyone have any experience where their OCD tends to be worse when they have extended free time and will the things I worry about now seem insignificant once I have my professional confidence back and feel like I am valuable?

How do I differentiate between giving into a compulsion versus doing erp? My trigger is thinking about and seeing my son’s exposed skin, particularly any marks that appear on him (eg bruise, scar, freckle, dry patch, birthmarks, pigmentation variations). I also feel compelled to look at other children’s skin (for comparison to see what’s common or normal). It all began after reading about a condition called NF1 leading me to fear that my son might have it. A symptom of this includes specific looking birthmarks all over the body. I stare and stare at him and eventually, I start to see shapes on his body that resemble the birthmarks in question. Tricky thing is I’m exposed to my triggers all day every day - changing nappies, bathtime, changing his clothes, seeing him in shorts. I feel like I’m cheating and avoiding my triggers if I don’t look at his skin (instead, I do things like dimming the lights or hyperfocusing on the nappy or article of clothing). I also can’t help but think that I should be checking each time to make sure everything is ok, and that not checking is unsafe in case he does have the condition and a mark is forming. Sometimes, when the distress is not too high, I will do my calming strategies while doing the above activities (my strategy involves me thinking out loud to identify my thoughts and feelings, affirm that I will not get entangled, ground myself by doing deep breathing, and then focus on finishing the task at hand, as well as engaging with my son to fulfil his desires/needs.. in other words distracting myself.. ). I don’t even know if the above strategy is actually erp. When I’m alone at night, I try to do erp by purposely thinking about his skin or a mark on his skin.. using the nocd app as a tool to facilitate that. My question is how do I do the erp?? In everyday settings as I’m carrying out my responsibilities and tasks as a parent, I feel I’m actually giving in to my compulsions rather than doing an exercise for my recovery. Another question is, I’m in Australia - is it possible for me to access a therapist on this app? I hope the above makes sense. Appreciate the advice!

my anxiety has been so bad the past couple of days, ive been disassociating several times a day. Its so hard to be alone because of the intrusive thoughts. I barely can even look at my family without vivid images coming in my head. Im so scared i keep asking myself “what if i wanna do it?” “what if i rlly am crazy” “maybe i am my thoughts” “would i ever do this” “what if i just lose control one day”. I dont know anymore im so lost and depressed i just wanna crawl out of my own skin. Someone please give advice because nothing is working. Keep in mind im undiagnosed and i feel so alone and i know i have harm ocd but the doctors and therapist in my state dont care to listen. They wont even give me anything for anxiety, my life is being ruined and im only 13. I just want it to go away, im trying to keep faith in god but i just wish he would help me faster.

My Understanding of OCD If you are struggling with OCD in any form, you have brainwashed yourself into believing the rituals you follow are necessary. OCD is curable, and you will not suffer for eternity. My name is Kyle, and I struggled with clinically defined OCD. OCD, as it’s clinically defined, is nothing more than habits and addictions occurring in your mind – usually attached to certain thoughts. Luckily, both habits and addictions stem from decision making weather you think you have control over it or not. The fact that eliminated my OCD, may not work for you. Everyone’s case of OCD is extremely unique. If the fact I presented below doesn’t work for you, don’t worry. I have something else in mind. Another fact, yes - but this one will physically make you feel the difference. One important thing to note, is the difference between habits and addictions. A habit is an action that occurs automatically without necessarily being aware you’ve made the decision to make that action occur. Habits can be more difficult to deal with because you often think you’re unaware they’re happening. The reality is, you can stop habits by becoming more aware of when they occur and what they are when you recognize the feelings you have that seem to influence and provoke their occurrence. Then, they turn into addictions, which are differentiated because they’re a choice or decision one makes to give into a feeling or impulse. These, require the will and commitment to say “no, I will not give into that decision.” Please note: you can turn a habit or addiction into nothing more than a “bad decision” as quickly as you want or are capable of. You may realize you’re dealing with a bad habit and after a few times of noticing it, you can define it as nothing more than a bad decision. We all know what a bad decision is. It can be the act of performing an action that we feel regretful of at a later time. It’s important not to gaslight yourself into thinking that things must take a certain amount of time to get better. No, it can happen instantaneously. It did for me. Now I’m OCD free. My story with OCD I had a clinically defined case of OCD for at least one year (probably more off and on in my life). I was convinced at the time to follow specific steps or rituals to reach an idea of perfection I had in my mind. For instance, if I made a mistake in my thinking, I would repeat a long list of ideas to regain placement in the correct "mindset." There were many other symptoms and examples of my OCD, but this "perfect mindset" was one of the worst. But everything changed for me the instant I had a realization- a realization that is, of fact, not mere Pseudoscience. To many, it may seem like common sense. But the instant I made this realization, my OCD disappeared forever. I now no longer deem it possible for me to have OCD ever again. It simply isn't possible unless the knowledge or understanding is retracted from my brain somehow. The Fact that Eliminated my OCD forever. Within every living thing upon this earth, an innate presence exists, allowing all things to live and thrive. Just as Newton's law of gravitational pull is observed physically when a ball is released from a hand and falls to the ground, this law of all things to have the ability to live and thrive is observed physically in all living things (organisms and cells included) very existence on this Earth. The moment I had this realization, everything changed. I no longer felt convinced or convicted to follow any of the rituals I had brainwashed myself into believing must be performed. This idea may not work for everyone, so I offer another alternative, perhaps something more relatable. FACT #2 – this may change everything for you if the above did not. Take a moment for yourself where no distractions exist. This may be easier with some meditation music at a low listening level. Now, sit and do absolutely nothing. Think about nothing and do nothing more than nearly exist. Stay there. What your experiencing is the cognitive state everyone experiences fresh out of their mother’s womb. Yep, you’re experiencing the same cognitive state you had when you saw light for the very first time. Nothingness is occurring in your mind, and you’re simply existing. Your mind is like a computer. It runs your thoughts the same as a computer runs programs and opens up windows. When you open thoughts in your mind, they can often lead to other thoughts and sooner than later, you feel like you’ve mentally spiraled out of control. Remember, thoughts can influence feelings and feelings can influence your behavior if you allow them to. But you have full control. Let go of attaining absolute perfection. Absolute perfection is literally impossible. There’s nothing wrong with striving for perfection or towards being your best, but stay reasonable. Sometimes you may experience unwanted and intrusive thoughts. Don’t give into them. Just override them if it makes sense to. Also remember that you can define anything and everything as you want to. But so can everyone else. So living up to your own expectations and desires is up to you. So, here’s the reality. All that “clinically defined” OCD you’ve been experiencing, is nothing more than decisions you’ve been making. OCD is literally nothing more than bad habits and addictive thoughts occurring at an high – extreme level (which often evidently influences behavior). The problem that comes as a result of thinking, is the door opening scenario. When you open one thought, it leads to another, and each thought just keeps multiplying into more. Then you start performing these habits or addictions Just like a computer or engine idles when it’s turned on, your brain does the same thing when you’re in this state. It’s doing nothing more than existing. So knowing that, you should now be able to be more selective with your thoughts and also choose for yourself, what’s most worth your time and what makes you feel good, bad, sad etc… And remember, you can define anything the way you want to. Reality is nothing more than what is occurring and existing. Coming Back from OCD Somewhere along the way of life in our natural and healthy mindset, you and I somehow found ourselves convinced that all of our "OCD" rituals were necessary. We literally brainwashed ourselves into believing these rituals are essential. So, this information reminds us of this innate fact that can't be changed, even if we are unaware of it or somehow forget about it. It always has and will remain. You might come to the point where you realize that OCD is also a decision you can opt to have for yourself if you so choose. I choose not to. So the greatest piece of advice I can give coming back from OCD, is to take some time as soon as your done reading this and find somewhere relaxing to sit. Next, settle into your comfy chair, and let go of all your thoughts. Embrace the silence and natural peace you’re feeling for a few minutes (this may be easier with relaxing sounds or meditation music… strongly encouraged). This is your natural state of mind and being. This is your natural baseline. What is natural, is healthy. Note that everything happening in your head has no effect on the physical world. In only has an affect when you allow whatever is happening in your head, to influence your actions in the physical world.

I work in the ER and was through all of Covid…. I have gotten sick several times in the last couple months and each time I’m given antibiotics and I go absolutely crazy.. uncontrollable anxiety, tremors, high heart rate, bad thoughts. It literally takes me weeks to get back to normal. I’m currently going through an episode.. I’m absolutely terrified tonight.. I’m obsessively checking my pulse ox and heart rate to the point where I’m scared to go to sleep because I’m terrified I’m going to die… I just would like someone to let me know I’m not alone.. each time this happens it gets scarier and scarier.. I have OCD, severe health anxiety, GAD… and trauma that I feel is turning into PTSD.. I feel so alone at this current moment..

Hello everyone, new user here. I think I may have Somatic OCD. Just a week ago, after having trouble breathing while lying flat, I began to be aware of my breathing. Right now, it's on and off, but I spend the majority of my days consciously breathing, which makes me feel awful. I really could use some help. I have experienced manual breathing in the past, but each time it was short-lived and I got over it quickly. Now I'm thinking about it every day, and even if I do get over it for a moment, the thoughts eventually circle back and I become aware of my breathing again. I match up with four of the compulsions described in the NOCD blog explaining Somatic OCD: distraction, excessive research, self-reassurance, and reassurance seeking. I was hoping these wouldn't be listed, but since they are, I'm starting to feel hopeless. Does it mean that my relieving thoughts are irrational? Will I have to live with this all my life? I don't have a fear of forgetting to breathe or not breathing. I am fully aware that breathing is always automatic, I just hate the feeling of conscious breathing. I'm constantly uncomfortable. I see a lot of people saying that they've lived with it for years, and have gotten used to it over time, but I don't want that. I want to get over it. I want this to eventually pass so I can go back to living normally again. Some say it doesn't matter if the awareness is there permanently, as long as it doesn't make them anxious, but I'm not anxious, at least I don't think I am. I'm just uncomfortable and tired. I've always minor issues with breathing. My breathing has always been loud and I've always had sinus issues. Actually, just a day ago I went to a clinic and found out my left nostril is slightly closed up. But it's never caused prolonged awareness of my breathing. In fact, my breathing has even been pointed out by others many times, and this would never happen. I'm 15 years old. My father is going on a trip soon and says he can't schedule therapy for me until December. I just want things to go back to normal. I'm in tears as I write this. I'm so emotional because this is so frustrating and difficult to get over. I really hope I can get help here.

Honestly the things my brain will throw up at me. Many years ago, like years ago when I was younger I made an account for an adult website (pornh*b) just to save videos or comment or something. I don’t know why, I was young and silly. I made it on some old throwaway email. I remember the email randomly (but don’t remember the password) and now I’m wondering what sort of notification would be on that email. It’s really stressing me out. I almost want to log back in and check but I don’t want to trigger myself :(

I am terrified of cheating on my boyfriend. I was going up a flight of stairs, which led to a narrow passage. A man I find attractive was stood on one side, so there wasn't much space to get past. This stressed me out on the way up. However, when I got to the top, it's like something changed and all of a sudden something in my mind switched. I remember saying just one word, "attractive", in my head as I got near him (which makes no sense, nobody talks to themselves like that?) and then I got a thought that goes against everything I stand for - to walk innapropriately close. I don't know if it was just because there wasn't really any space, but this did end up happening, and I freaked out as I walked past and had a panic attack afterwards and tried to confess to my boyfriend (who said it was okay, but I am doubting that I explained it properly). I'm scared I acted on an intrusive thought, was innapropriate towards someone, and have also cheated on my boyfriend (which makes no sense, as I have extreme phobias of doing both of these things). I also experienced a groinal response, but I'm pretty well equipped to deal with these now.

I’m 16 and this thing started at 14/ nearly 15. I feel like I’m ‘too young’ to have this. People tell me I’m the age age of questioning and to just accept who I am. I believe I had another theme of ocd at 11-14 (real event ocd) but I feel like it’s impossible for me to have hocd. That scares me because if I don’t have hocd then it means my worst fears are true.

im trYINGGGG im just 14 i feel so stressful everyday i dont wanna live unhappy all my life

I just can’t help it. And you would think I’d be able to stop considering how much worse it makes me feel. I have Pains that come and go in my head. They are not stabbing that are just there. Sometimes they last all days sometimes they last 1 second and come and go throughout the day. The last few days oven been scared of brain tumors. So i looked it up again. And it says less than 1% of population develop cancerous tumors. However then i got reading about aneurysms. And it says that most people die within the first 25 minutes after a ruptured aneurysm. What the heck?!! What if i secretly have one? It says that aneurysm headaches are stabbing worst pain you could ever feel which my headaches are not. But what if i secretly have an aneurysm. It says they are caused by High blood pressure. Which i tend to have every time i go to Doctors ( i thought it was nerves, anxiety, being obese). What if i just wake up i. The middle of a night with a headache that brings me to my knees and it’s a ruptured aneurysm?? I’m more scared about this than a brain tumor. What am i doing to myself? Please help 😭😭😭

I need some advice please ! Me and my fiancée have been together for a while now , i know I really love him that’s not the issue. But I don’t feel a strong chemistry , i used to see this as a big deal, it doesn’t bother me so much now cause we’re very attached to each other and have formed a deep bond. Pretty much 90% of advice I read online says to end the relationship if you have doubts or if the chemistry is not there. I don’t know how to feel about these comments , they really trigger me. I haven’t felt butterflies or the ‘spark’ that I have felt with some past people but I do feel more In love with him than I have with anyone else. It’s really bothering me because on Quora pretty much every comment is basically saying the relationship will fail ?:(

People have blocked me on here… I feel alone on the app… I feel isolated… I’m just tired of it all… What if you did something extremely horrible as a child that you didn’t know how horrible the events were that your POCD and real events OCD targets? Does it make the intrusive thoughts true? I'm getting anxious from my POCD and real event OCD based on real events (3 times) from when I was 13…… I don't ever want to ever be a P at all… I don't ever want to ever be a Chomo at all... i don’t ever want to ever be a rapist at all… I was 13 when these real events happened and now I'm 20... I've asked my mom about this so many times and every time she tells me that it's not serious anymore, that the person is okay, and that I'm not a rapist or a P or a chomo...  I didn’t realize how horrible the real events actually were… I was 13 at the time… now I’m 20… my POCD and real event OCD call me a P or a chomo because of the real events… while my mom reassures me all the time that it’s all over, that it’s not serious anymore, that the person is okay, and that I’m not a P or a rapist or a chomo, but when I was doing compulsive research, I remember when I saw a post on a non OCD forum about someone’s similar situation to mine and two people said to the person that they m*lested and that they needed  to turn themselves in… I don’t ever want to ever be a P or a chomo in any way shape or form… i didn’t know how horrible the real events were when I was 13… I really didn’t… and after the real events I never did anything like that ever again, and I never once ever thought (before, and after) about doing stuff with kids in any way shape or form... I never once fantasized about kids or wanted to do anything with kids… I was 13 and didn’t realize how horrible the actions were at the time and I never did it ever again… I never once fantasized about kids before or after the real event… I don't ever want to ever harm a child in any way shape or form... I seriously don't ever want to do that to any child in any way shape or form and I seriously don't ever want to do anything like that to any kid now or in the future… I never have had any fantasies about kids and I don't ever want to... I don't ever want to ever be a P or a chomo in any way shape or form... I was 13….. and after the real events I never did anything like that ever again, and I never once ever thought (before, and after) about doing stuff with kids in any way shape or form... I never once fantasized about kids or wanted to do anything with kids…  I was 13 and didn’t realize how horrible the actions were at the time and I never did it ever again… I never once fantasized about kids before or after the real event… And it’s comparing me to actual P’s and chomo’s who did stuff from 12-15… and making me think I’m a P and a Chomo because of it… I don’t ever want to ever be a P or a chomo in any way… 😭😭😭 and I get intrusive thoughts of people calling me a P and a chomo and me getting arrested… I don’t ever want to ever be a P or a chomo… the real events happened only 3 times and I really didn’t know how horrible it was… I don’t ever want to ever be a P or a chomo in any way… I don’t want to ever be attracted to or harm kids in any way… 😭😭😭  It’s making me feel like I know I’m a P or a chomo when I don't ever want to ever be those things… I perform avoidance compulsions all the time and I don’t want to be anywhere around kids… even accidentally standing next to one makes me feel incredibly uncomfortable and anxious… it’s making me feel like that I know I’m what my POCD and real events OCD are telling me even when a former ocd psychiatrist has told me that the real events don’t make me a P or a chomo… In addition it’s making me feel like I’m what my ocd tells me that I am… I didn’t know how horrible the real events were at the time when I was 13… I really didn’t… my POCD and real events OCD keeps calling me a P and a Chomo for what happened when I was 13 when I didn’t know what any of that stuff was… I truly didn’t know how horrible the real events were when I was 13… I really didn’t…  It’s making me think I am a rapist because of the real events too… my POCD just keeps telling me that I’m a P or a chomo or in worst case a child r*pist when I don’t ever want to ever be those things in any way 😭😭😭 it’s giving me intrusive thoughts about more details of the real events and this feeling in my head that hurts…  I don’t ever want to ever be a p or a chomo in any way… I don’t ever want to harm anyone, especially children… I don’t ever want to ever be anything my intrusive thoughts tell me I am…