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Hi! Urgent!
Hey, so I have POCD. I’m a teenager and can’t get a job. I want to make money by babysitting, but I’m scared. I don’t want to hurt any children and I want to be safe.
Hey, so I have POCD. I’m a teenager and can’t get a job. I want to make money by babysitting, but I’m scared. I don’t want to hurt any children and I want to be safe.
Let me explain the goal of ocd treatment no matter what theme or topic do you have is to live in uncertainty-meaning your fear may or may come true if it does you must be okay with that cause at that time you will figure out what to do and continue living your life ,yes no one wants their ocd to come true cause it goes against our morals and values rightly so but we can never be or give ocd 100% certainty our fear won't come true
@No matric certificate I think I can live with uncertainty
Very good, now I highly recommen watching this youtube video sanitizer minds podcast, jhon greyson on ocd and the role of uncertainty it helped me understand the why living in a world where our fear can true is important in breaking ocd grip and managing ocd better, also watch iocdf YouTube channel-lunch and learn, when ERP goes wrong ,but the 1st one I recommend is very good cause he goes into detail, second one also
@No matric certificate Thank you very much!
Saniti podcast I mean
@No matric certificate Will watch!
The answer to your problem is very simple are you willing to live in a world of your fear coming true or happening?
@No matric certificate I’m sorry I don’t understand
@Annoying_OCD Yes! I know a lot about POCD, and I am happy to offer support!
@Annoying_OCD I know this post seems a bit unsure but if you have a platform you want to chat on I am open!
@Annoying_OCD Hey love, I want to remind you that what you’re experiencing is OCD, not you. OCD can trick us into believing we’re acting on urges or thoughts, even when we’re not in control of them. The fact that you weren’t even consciously thinking about the action or looking at the child shows that it’s just OCD trying to manipulate you with intrusive thoughts. You didn’t hurt anyone, and you didn’t do anything intentionally harmful. OCD thrives on guilt, shame, and fear, but none of those feelings reflect who you truly are. You are a kind, caring person, and your distress shows that you care deeply, which is a good sign. These thoughts don’t define you, and they don’t reflect your real intentions. You’re not alone in this, and your response to them is part of the healing process.
@Annoying_OCD I know it feels real, but what you’re describing is exactly what OCD does—making us feel like we’ve acted on something terrible when we haven’t. You didn’t want to hurt anyone, your brain just made you feel like you did. The fact that you’re so upset shows that you care. OCD thrives on these thoughts, but you are not your thoughts. You’re not a bad person, and this isn’t your fault. You’re safe, and this is just OCD at work.
@Annoying_OCD You need to remind yourself you didn’t intend to cause harm, and you feel guilt and panic. You deserve peace and you deserve to be gentle with yourself
@Annoying_OCD Yes!
@Annoying_OCD What’s your insta?
@Annoying_OCD Mine is
@Annoying_OCD Yes, OCD can make you feel like you’re compelled to act on intrusive thoughts, even without thinking, but that doesn’t mean you want to do those things. It’s the way OCD works—it pushes us to act out things that go against our values. You didn’t want to hurt anyone, and that’s key.
@Annoying_OCD Yes, OCD can make you feel like you have to act on those thoughts, like swinging the bag, even if it goes against your intentions.
@Annoying_OCD Added you!
Hi NOCD community, I was hoping to get some advice from fellow sufferers. In December we welcomed the first baby into the family, my beautiful niece. Since then, my POCD has been awful, which I know is probably very normal. Last week, in the middle of a very high stress day in my family, I was changing my niece and as usually happens, I got intrusive thoughts about awful things people do to babies when changing them. The thoughts were so harrowing to have as I was also changing her at the exact same time, and I felt my hands just quickly want to finish patting her dry before putting her nappy on, and for some reason, my heart dropped with that hand movement, because I was afraid that I had acted out the awful thoughts in my head, in a moment of mania because my morals, values and heart do not align with abuse of any kind, especially to children. My niece is my everything, and I know I would never want harm to come to her in any way, shape or form. I love her endlessly. I am having therapy, but have only had a couple of sessions. But, I cannot shake the 'what if'. I am tortured over trying to remember what it was I did that made my heart drop, but I can't, and its getting fuzzier and fuzzier the more I try to remember. Could anyone offer any advice on this please? Thank you.
TW! please someone comment When I was 12 or 13 I used to babysit a little girl, she had a habit of keeping her hand in her diaper and was always touching herself, there was one point I was changing her diaper and noticed she was really red. I had separated her private parts and checked the inner area for signs of infection. She was okay, just some really really bad diaper rash. I know this is what happened yet my brain is trying to convince me that I hurt her, and that I wanted to do it, I know I would never hurt a child but with all the anxiety I feel when I think about it I'm starting to wonder if I did do it because I wanted to hurt her, I don't wanna be a p, I don't wanna hurt innocent children, I used to never have these thoughts but now I do and I'm so scared to tell my therapist as she hasn't diagnosed me with ocd yet. I don't want her to think I'm a p nor do I wanna hurt kids, but my brain keeps telling me that I do and that I'm just lying to myself and everyone around me, ik I would never do something that could harm a child but I keep getting these thoughts and their inappropriate and I just want them to stop, does anyone have any tips on how to help myself? I keep turning to my boyfriend for reassurance but ik that that's just a quick fix and that ill be spiraling about it again.Please help
17f I work at the restaurant as a cleaner, pot washer and a kitchen assistant. My job already made me freak out a bunch of times because couple times while cleaning I was kinda near children and my POCD is very severe just being around children makes me anxious and later I sometimes have false memory ocd that I touched the children even though I didn't And my boss said that in July I will probably be promoted to a waitress. And I'm terrified. It's a busy family restaurant in a city center and people constantly come here with little children. It's one thing to work in the kitchen and cleaning during closing shift, I still see children sometimes but I can avoid accidental physical contact for example. But as a waitress it will be hell on earth. I will need to walk between tables outside where children are constantly running around and if I have stuff in my hands I won't be able to move so fast to avoid touching them I need this job so much and its hard to get a job as a minor here but this will fucking ruin me. I can already see how I will have a mental breakdown because I accidentally touched the child while working and convinced myself I did it on purpose.
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