Feel guilty about the post I made

17f Basically I made a post about POCD, saying that one phrase people often say as a reassurance is not true and it never helps me because I know it's not true. At the beginning of the post I made a warning, saying that this will be triggering for those with POCD. So I warned. And then in the comments someone started seeking reassurance and freaking out. And she said stuff that are not true again, at first I argued a bit cause well... I made a post and I wanted to defend my position, so I defended what I said. Like what I needed to do? Lie to her? Now i think that I should've just ignored that user But then after we talked she said that because of my post she now thinks she is a pedophile and will off herself and then spammed me with comments asking for reassurance At first I was trying to calm her down, saying that if her psychiatrist said that she has POCD then she is not a P and stuff, but then I just realized I can't do anything so I just replied to every one of her comments "I'm not a therapist. I can't help you. You need to seek professional help and shouldn't rely on the opinion of the strangers on the internet" Now I feel so guilty. I mean she was the one to start asking questions, and sometimes when I argue I feel too passionate to defend my position in the argument and forget about people's feelings so I said a very harsh truth to her after she started arguing with me and I made it worse for her Even though I knew how suicidal you can feel because of POCD I still argued

sunbear28

Date posted: 10w

“Im not a therapist. I cant help you. You need to seek professional help and shouldn’t rely on the opinion of the strangers on the internet” That was the best response. I understand how distressing it is to have someone spiral in your comment section, But not your fault or responsibility that that was her takeaway from your post. What she did wasn’t okay. Suicide baiting is absolutely not okay anywhere on this app. Forcing you to reassure her and talk her down from harming herself is something that is reportable. I understand that you feel guilty and you apologized for your actions and words spoken. I also understand the need to argue as that is usually an initial reaction. You are aware of what you did wrong and i assume will not make those mistakes again. Try not to beat yourself over this. theres not much else to do but take that as a learning experience for the future.

Jabre7

Date posted: 10w

Do you know her username? I'll be praying for her, but can you help me understand what's going on here?

emma345

Date posted: 10w

Idk if it's right to disclose someones username? But I apologized and said that I was too harsh, and she said that she is not a danger to herself now. I still feel guilty cause I was cruel though. What do you mean by helping young understand what's going on here? I explained in the post

Jabre7

Date posted: 10w

@emma345 I thought it might be much worse than it actually was, my apologies. I thought I might have needed more info and forgive me if needing a username was asking too much still(I can, admittedly, get irrationally anxious over people's wellbeing, it's something I still have to work on.) Do you have anything you're still concerned about?

emma345

Date posted: 10w

@Jabre7 Yeah I thought too because she seemed genuinely suicidal and said that she is gonna kill herself, but I think she calmed down now and said that she is not suicidal. So well, I think she is safe but I still feel so guilty. Like I still think I was right, like my take itself. But I needed to stop arguing and pushing when i saw how scared she was, and I didn't, I wanted to prove my point so bad I ignored it I feel so guilty... especially when I KNOW how it feels. How terrifying POCD is. Like I almost attempted once myself because of it. How could I be so cruel to someone.

Givenup

Date posted: 17w

Pocd and anxiety

I hope someone can respond... Im genuinely so triggered and so anxious... Dr disrespect was accused of inappropriately messaging and sending explicit images to a minor, and trying to meet up with them at twitchcon... my POCD is saying that my situation with me venting about 18+ explicit HOCD stuff to people in the PM's on an OCD groupchat I found from NOCD, including the minors, when I was 19, means that I am just as bad as they are... or worse... I pm'ed them from the support group and vented to them in private (including the minors) about my 18+ explicit HOCD struggles... one was uncomfortable by it so i stopped venting to her after she told me she was uncomfortable by it twice... the other gave me reassurance so i kept asking her for reassurance for my 18+ hocd struggles... I dont ever want to ever be attracted to minors in any way... I dont ever want to ever engage in any inappropriate relations with minors in any way... i dont ever want to EVER be a MAP, a P, or a gro*mer in any way... I dont ever want to be what my pocd says about me... im so scared... someone said that I need help, that I need to turn myself in, and that im hiding behind a diagnosis because of this situation... i genuinely feel so hopeless... I dont ever want to ever be a monster...

Givenup

Date posted: 16w

Pocd and triggered

I hope someone can respond... Im genuinely so triggered and so anxious... This actor was accused of grooming, giving and receiving explicit videos of underage women, and harassing women... my POCD is saying that my situation with me venting about 18+ explicit HOCD stuff to people in the PM's on an OCD groupchat I found from NOCD, including the minors, when I was 19, means that I am just as bad as they are... or worse... I pm'ed them from the support group and vented to them in private (including the minors) about my 18+ explicit HOCD struggles... one was uncomfortable by it so i stopped venting to her after she told me she was uncomfortable by it twice... the other gave me reassurance so i kept asking her for reassurance for my 18+ hocd struggles... I dont have any feelings towards minors in any way... the most i ever did was ask the 17 year old "what you bouta do about it 😂😂" when she told me to stop putting myself down when i was 19... i didnt pursue anything with her because of my age... im 23 now... i dont ever want to ever be with minors in any way...I dont ever want to ever be attracted to minors in any way... I dont ever want to ever engage in any inappropriate relations with minors in any way... i dont ever want to EVER be a MAP, a P, or a gro*mer in any way... I dont ever want to be what my pocd says about me... im so scared... plus now its saying that I called the second minor "cute" when i have no recollection of ever doing so... im also scared that I will get cancelled or being misunderstood because of this... someone said that I need help, that I need to turn myself in, and that im hiding behind a diagnosis because of this situation... i genuinely feel so hopeless...

isharemycigs

Date posted: 15w

What do I do

when I was 15 soon to turn 16, I met this girl in a IG group chat made by our mutual friends. We started talking and eventually we started flirting and talking sexual towards each other, though eventually we stopped talking because she was being really weird. A couple months later In July of 2024 my friend found out that she was actually 13 and that she lied to me about her age. It's been 10 months since l've found out and I still feel so disgusted in myself. I had my suspicions at the time but I let them go since she said she was 16 turning 17. I was completely oblivious trusting someone I only knew online especially since i've never seen their face either. i'm struggling on what to do since i've been suffering with POCD since I was 15. Till this day I still feel weird and disgusted in myself because of that. But it feels ironic since i'm sexualizing someone that's 2 years younger than me and I waited to confirm she was around my age range to sexualize her. I feel so weird and guilty about it idk what to do

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