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- 17w
pocd need a therapist’s advice
need someone’s opinion
need someone’s opinion
Yes, compulsions can include bodily movements. Someone else was posting on here recently about a very similar instance. I know this is kind of reassurance, but what you’re describing is definitely part of the OCD experience.
@midnightsnack did you read my comments with the other person you still think i’m not a pedo
@123kate123 I have read them. And I don’t think you are. But as you know that reassurance won’t last!! So maybe for future moments when you get that intrusive thought, you can try accepting the uncertainty of the thought instead of engaging in a checking compulsion. I know it’s extremely hard though.
@midnightsnack Even if you get a therapist to reply to this, that won’t help either. Because reassurance doesn’t help!
What happened?
@Mitu_001 i’m struggling. so i’m a nanny and i had an intrusive thought to like do something bad to him so i was very upset crying saying i don’t want to do it but as i was changing him i got closer to it to see if i would actually do it. my brain told me i was lying to myself and i don’t have ocd so i like ig actually tried to do the compulsion by leaning closer then the real me got grossed out. but deep down i know i wouldnf have done anything now im feel extremely guilty i even got closer. (edited)
I am sorry that you struggle like this.Is terrible.I had intrusive thoughts abt my brother and I love him very much .I know you doubt yourself but it goes against our morals.Trust what you know..that you wouldnt do anything.
@Mitu_001 have you ever like started to do the compultion then stopped
@123kate123 like almost felt like okay fine i’ll give into this compultion and try to then the real you comes out?
I understand this compulsion scared you. I had compulsions i think years ago and honestly it scares me too.
@Mitu_001 i’m just stressing because i wanna know if im the only one who almost gave in but then couldn’t because of my real self
I think it was a compulsion.for sure.You are not alone ,okay?
@Mitu_001 have you like started to like act on something then stop????
I think so
@Mitu_001 like just to almost see if i’m lying to myself and im actually a pedo.. that’s what i was checking
@Mitu_001 does that make sense
@123kate123 Yes it does.
@Mitu_001 so do you think i am??
@123kate123 Waitt no ! I meant the compulsions
@Mitu_001 I am sorry !
@Mitu_001 the compultion makes sense but you still don’t think i am one ?
@123kate123 You are not.If you were you wouldnt care .If you were a bad person you wouldnt care .Okay?
have you ever done that like started to give into a compultion then the real you came out?. thank you.
@123kate123 It seems like you’re continuing to look for reassurance, and I don’t want to continue to provide it because it’s not actually helpful. But I wish you luck and I know you can overcome this!!!
@midnightsnack the only thing i’m just trying to figure out if im the only person who’s done that :(
@123kate123 Hi Kate, yes this is a compulsion and I have had this kind of “almost giving up” I don’t know how to explain it. It was a compulsion where I got closer to my baby’s private parts to show myself I don’t want to do nothing, but obviously didn’t help at all, I felt disgusting for weeks. With exposure therapy I felt much better.
@Ladybiggiechinanina this comment helped me so much. thank you
Anyone with pocd in the subset of teens/ fear of being attracted to teens have any advice? I never see anyone talking about it and it’s making me go a lil cray lmao
So I was never diagnosed with pocd but many ppl said that I have it and my therapist also said that I have ocd, I’ve recently been getting these thoughts and feelings of attraction towards kids, idk if it’s real attraction or not, but I worry that it’s true attraction because I don’t feel panic and anxiety towards those thoughts and feelings anymore, I used to feel that, but I also never felt shame or guilt for those thoughts and feelings. I also can’t tell if I want those thoughts and feelings or not. When I get those thoughts and feelings, I tell myself “I can’t be attracted to kids” and “being attracted to kids is bad” and “I wouldn’t like kids”. The main thing is I can tell if I am attracted to the kids or not, I feel like I want to know, but I also don’t know if I want to be attracted to kids or not, yet the attraction feeling feels so genuine, I can’t tell if it’s false or not, I try to compare my attraction towards a girl my age to the feelings I get when I see the kids. I’m also under the age of 16, and I’ve heard that people under the age of 16 are at risk of developing p#dophilia, I’m pretty sure I don’t want to become a pedo. But I can’t tell what I want anymore, I can’t tell if my feelings intrusive or not. Even though some people said that I have “textbook ocd” I still don’t believe it. These feelings and thoughts, I just don’t understand if I want and like them or not, idk if I WANT to like or want them. I also lied on 2 questions for the ocd diagnosis about liking the thoughts which I don’t know if I do or not, I said that I think I don’t when in reality I don’t know if I do or not. And the second question where I said I don’t feel aroused even though sometimes I do, idk why I get aroused for that stuff, idk if I want to be aroused or if I don’t want to be aroused. Can someone give me advice pls? ANT to like or want them. I also lied on 2 questions for the ocd diagnosis about liking the thoughts which I don’t know if I do or not, I said that I think I don’t when in reality I don’t know if I do or not. And the second question where I said I don’t feel aroused even though sometimes I do, idk why I get aroused for that stuff, idk if I want to be aroused or if I don’t want to be aroused. I also used to watch p#rn a lot, I was exposed to it at a young age cause I was a stupid ass kid once, I got addicted to it and watched it every day, when all of these feelings and thoughts started, I completely stopped watching p#rn which fixed that, but now I’m worried it was a sign of something bad because I heard that early porn exposure creates mental issues and stuff, so I don’t know if I have pocd or actual pedophilia anymore. I’m also currently tryin to get a relationship with a girl my age. Can someone give me advice on all of this pls? Idk what all of this means anymore :( (edited) I also keep getting thoughts of kids and I’m worried I’m attracted to a specific part of them, because most of the thoughts include that specific part of the kid. Im also attracted to that specific part on adults, but I’m worried that it’s a sign I’m a pedo because it manifests on the thoughts of kids
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