Anyone help?

I want to start by specifying that I am not diagnosed. This feels too real, yesterday I was fine about this, I didn't feel much, I didn't think much and I felt fine, Today I woke up from dreams I had (not explicit) but I really feel like I am this, I don't know how to explain it, I feel like I sexualize everything, I feel like I like it and it makes me uncomfortable, I always feel different from everyone else, but in a bad way. I don't know how to explain it, but I really feel like this is who I am, and what happens to me is that I can't identify with OCD. I avoid everything that reminds me of this And I feel that sometimes I downplay the issue of my "OCD" as if it were not serious and it is

POCD

nyx32

Date posted: 10d

This sounds like OCD to me. Don’t worry, you’re most probably not the exception. Especially the fact that you’re avoiding. It’s a typical compulsion. Are you in therapy?

Lu06

Date posted: 10d

Yes, my therapist got sick but I'm back on Thursday. I started two weeks ago.

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 10d

Hello Anonymous, I am happy you took the first step and are seeking a diagnosis, through your therapist. I see that you are struggling with intrusive thoughts surrounding your identity and the nature of the thoughts your experience. What sets OCD and related conditions apart, is the weight given to thoughts. Thoughts are treated as real and responded to as if real things, when thoughts are nothing more than just thoughts. The key here when struggling, is to sit with uncertainty, rather than try to "figure it out". Have you tried to sit with your distress? Did it pass? Were you struggling with knowing where to start? At NOCD we are trained experts in the diagnosis and treatment of OCD and related conditions using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). ERP is the gold standard of treatment for OCD and related conditions, with the better part of the past century's research backing the efficacy of ERP. If you would like more information on OCD and ERP, please visit our website at www.treatmyocd.com. If you are seeking to begin/resume your journey of recovery, you may reach out to our member advocate team at care@nocdhelp.com. I hope this message reaches you well and know that at NOCD, we are always here to help! Take care, Ian Reeder

light💕

Date posted: 10d

Good Day Sir, can OCD be developed to the thoughts being all day long? Like it's stuck? and can it be about something originally good?

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 10d

@light💕 - Hello light💕, We can't speak to the cause of OCD at this point in the research, outside of genetic predisposition combined with environmental factors. This said, we know what maintains OCD and how to disrupt it. OCD is cycle of experiencing an intrusive thought and then attempting to reduce distress, through a compulsion. I hope this message reaches you well and know that at NOCD, we are always here to help! Take care, Ian M. Reeder

light💕

Date posted: 10d

@NOCD Therapist - Ian R. Thank You Mr. Ian💕 Hope your days are filled with joy and peace 🕊️🙏🏻

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 10d

Feeling different and uncomfortable with your thoughts is something many people with OCD can relate to, even if they haven’t been diagnosed. It’s okay to not have all the answers right now, and it’s important to be gentle with yourself. Help is here at NOCD and we can assist you in finding outside help if needed too. Also here are some helpful resources: https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/common-fears/how-to-deal-with-sexual-dreams-about-a-friend-advice-from-a-therapist https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/taking-the-power-away-from-intrusive-thoughts/

light💕

Date posted: 10d

Please my friend, fist get a diagnosis from professionalist before anything else, there are many things to ask and adress for this, even if I told You this sounds like OCD I can't tell You or have the right to say that you have it, only them can do, now that You are aware there is something not right with You is a good sign, because You can work toward fixing it. All The Best 🙏🏻💕

light💕

Date posted: 10d

@saanvi_ Hi my friend, read Therapist Ian Reeder below. It's a great help.

Anonymous

Date posted: 14w

Need help, PLEASE +18

I got diagnosed with OCD (variant POCD) about 3/4 yeats ago. Lately I've been really confused and makes me uncomfortable this ideas that I've had dreams in my sleep where I have romantic/sexual interactions with my older sibling— I know it's disgusting, and I don't know what to do. Recently I got a boyfriend after years of being without a partner, and he makes me so happy along my friends, but sometimes at random points of the day I have this episodes with minors or my sibling, and the ones with him start to go heavier when I'm at home or alone. The first thing that comes to mind for me to do is always how much I don't wanna live, harm myself or what is my purpose at this point (22fem) having this problems. I feel weirded out when I pass them over, and suddendly think about not giving them the atention because how important they are in a negativa way. I'm just anxious writing this, I need help. Is someone living the same? How do you work on it? I will always be like this from now? — thanks in avance and sorry for mistakes, english isn't my first language

Anonymous

Date posted: 14w

I feel so different from others

I feel different from others, I don’t feel as feminine and I feel like I’ve changed. I’m not sure why I feel this way. I also don’t think my ocd is ocd, it’s just something I told myself to feel better. I know! What if I am what if I’m not, I get it, but I don’t feel like i have a choice in the matter anymore. I have soocd and it’s eaten me alive for years. I woke up out of my sleep and got triggered and here I am. I don’t know what I feel anymore. I always wanted a boyfriend and now It seemed to change. I don’t want a girlfriend, it’s just that I don’t see anything for myself and I feel like I’m hiding. It’s hard to explain. Plus sometimes the way I move or speak makes me feel more masculine and it kills me. Im feeling so lost and alone right now. I know what I want deep down but I feel incapable of having those things because I won’t be able to have feeling. If that makes sense.

Sexual Orientation OCD

Sofyyya

Date posted: 10w

Advice needed pls help (TOCD)

Does anyone else here daydream maladaptively? Well, I do a lot and my OCD has latched onto that as “proof” that my fear is real due to do contents of my daydreams. To preface I’m 14 and most of my daydreams consist of boys that I like so like 85% of my day is just me daydreaming about these boys in a fantasy world that I built in my head for them. The thing is I have ADHD and I’m super hyperactive and I require a lot of movement to engage in my daydreams (and with engaging in anything in general tbh) so I’m always just randomly walking/running around the house daydreaming. Anyway sometimes I’ll make the same faces my character makes in the daydream and also do like hand movements they do. And I’ve been ruminating about this for months because I’m like “does that count as imagining myself as a boy?” due to the fact that most of the characters in my daydreaming world are male and I panic. I would never imagine myself as a boy in that sense because it makes me uncomfortable, like ever since I got this theme, whenever I walk by a mirror I get these intrusive images of the boy I like starring back at me in the mirror and I get super uncomfortable. It’s like a punch in the gut. I don’t want to look like those boys at all and I know that if I was one of them I would hate my appearance and hate looking in the mirror, no matter how attractive they are. Or when I’m doing something my OCD will imagine ME doing it as a boy like in first person and with the intent of me being a boy and that also really triggers me because that’s not what I want and it makes me real uncomfortable. What I DO want is to daydream about boys, but not about being a boy. But isn’t that what I’ve been doing this whole time without realizing? Like I’m so wrapped in my daydreams that when I’m doing anything I go “Hm I wonder what [my crush] would do in this situation” and imagine him doing it but in a completely different setting and with some changes to the activity added. That really scares me because I go “what if that means I’m a boy” and I get really distressed because I don’t wanna be a boy. I don’t view any of the boys on my daydream as me at all and like, I don’t daydream with the intent to be a boy because that’s the least of my desires, all I do is want to think about boys because boys are cute ofc and I like them. But I’m still really scared. Is my OCD possibly twisting things or am I in denial? :(

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