This has to be said..

I, like so many others, have had ocd for most of my life. I have had many themes throughout my life. I am a mom and have had harm and pocd as well. For me those have been the most difficult and most painful themes. I have seen many people post on this app and they have had some pretty horrible and disturbing intrusive thoughts or false memories and real events ect. much worse than mine and I have never judged anyone because I know how bad ocd and intrusive thoughts can get. I had someone comment on a post I made recently asking me if I even have ocd insinuating it’s not ocd and i’m a actually just a pedo. That upset me so much because anyone who has experienced pocd knows how horrific and disturbing the intrusive thoughts can get and how opposite of who we really are ocd is. Our ocd already makes us doubt ourselves so to have a fellow sufferer of ocd say something like that can be so damaging. So many people are afraid to seek help or post on apps like this out of fear of being judged so we have to be mindful of what we comment. This person, after reading their bio has never experienced that theme and so they have no idea what it’s like or how bad it can get. I am writing this post because I think we need to be more understanding of those who suffer with themes we haven’t and not be judgmental especially if we don’t know them or their ocd story and what they have been through. I beat my ocd and for years I was ocd free until a recent stressful situation in my life and it came back and has been relentless and worse than ever before. I have had so many kind people give me great support on this app and I give support as much as I can when I see posts of others going through similar things as me. Be kind and think before you comment.

Username: Zoë_84Zoë_84

Date posted: 5w ago

I'm sorry you had to experience this and thank you for making that post, you are absolutely right. I think the best approach for everyone on here, who wonder about an OCD theme, that's unfamiliar to them, is to read about it. NOCD has great articles on their website. I have to work on myself in that regard though, as some posts on here really annoy me and I have to try to always stay compassionate.

Username: SpecklesSpeckles

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5w ago

Yes... they are the most difficult themes.....I agree

Username: LillyXLillyX

Date posted: 5w ago

that’s terrible!! I think a lot of the problem (from my experience) is that ocd is so miss understood that a lot of people are misdiagnosing themselves with it and joining support groups because they enjoy being organised or like to have their space neat and tidy…and I’m afraid that’s not what ocd is. When they find out what ocd actually entails (POCD, HOCD, FMOCD) and how terrible it can actually be they start attacking you because they simply don’t understand.. (Btw I understand obviously ocd can form in contamination but even that is more severe than just being ‘neat and organised’)

Username: ImGonnaGetThrough14ImGonnaGetTh...

Date posted: 5w ago

I really needed this thank you I’ve been going through an episode for about 2 weeks now and it’s slowly getting better but the thoughts just keep trying to come through harder.

Username: hopefulxmesshopefulxmess

Date posted: 5w ago

That persons comment really messed me up because of course my ocd immediately latched right onto it telling me that this person is right and I really am a bad person and recently i’ve had a bad flare up of constant intrusive thoughts that feel so real and feel like my own thoughts even though I know I don’t think or feel that way at all. Ocd can truly cause very upsetting and disturbing thoughts and make you question if it’s you or the ocd and we don’t need anyone adding to that by making judgmental comments. We are here to seek and give support and advice to help each other. I’ve seen some really disturbing things posted on this app and have to remind myself that yes ocd can cause very dark disturbing thoughts and these people just need support.

Username: 0Aqi0

Date posted: 5y ago

**tw; mentions of pocd and harm ocd** Sorry in advance for the long post. I feel as if I should address pocd, because talking about it to people who understand seems to help me a lot. I’ve always had OCD, however, I didn’t get this particular theme until I was 17 (I’m 19 now) and a senior in high school. Pedophilia was briefly mentioned in my psych course, and my brain went absolutely nuts telling me “what if I’m capable of being that.” Similar things have happened in my past; OCD tricked me into believing I was a murderer when I was around 7 because of crime segments on the news, and OCD later tricked me into thinking I could be a serial killer, but pocd arguably is the worst theme to have and all of you that have it are literally the strongest people alive. On top of that, I’ve only ever been attracted to older adults, yet this theme still persists. I just want to go back to the version of me that I was before I got this theme. If I had a do over in life I would have never taken that course, it straight up ruined my life. I will literally take any other theme over pocd at this point honestly. Thank you for reading if you’ve gotten this far, you’re a very patient person lmao bless.

Username: anony_

Date posted: 30w ago

POCD

hi everyone, i’m new to this app and it’s taken me a lot of courage to even post this or publicly say anything regarding my OCD because i feel so much shame and guilt and distress because of my POCD intrusive thoughts. it’s one of the most draining, most anxiety filled things ive ever been through. i’ve had OCD since i was little. i’ve had different themes ranging from my sexuality to health ( i still struggle with health OCD ) from awful morbid thoughts about my mother and now i’m having thoughts about children. i’ve been struggling with POCD for maybe almost 2 years and even though i know it’s OCD, im still constantly being mentally reminded it is a reflection of me. i keep getting to a point where i feel as if im starting to get better and even though i keep having a strong urge to compulse, i don’t proceed to and it’s been helping a lot. but then i get into a state where i start questioning “ what if i really don’t have OCD and these thoughts are genuinely who i am “ then i give into compulsions to check if im really an awful person. so it feels as if im back to square one. i really need advice and help and i want to know if anyone is experiencing the same thing and how you deal with it. thank you for taking the time to read this :)

Username: Taffylee04

Date posted: 25w ago

Not knowing how to cope.

Hey I’m new to this, I’m a 20 yo female, and I’m pretty sure I’ve had ocd since my childhood, but it’s gotten worse has I’ve gotten older. I never really understood my intrusive thoughts and always felt so sick and uncomfortable when I’d have them. They took a turn many months ago when they became more often and more intense. And I started doing some research on them and came across ocd (which I always thought was just when people don’t like to be unorganized and are like perfectionists or something) but as I was reading different websites and seeing how many types of ocd there was I noticed that I related to most of what I was reading. I still haven’t been officially diagnosed or found a therapist yet but I’m working on it. The past year has been the hardest with my intrusive thoughts. I’m mainly bothered by my pocd and I feel sick to my stomach whenever I get an intrusive thought about a child. I absolutely love kids and would never do anything to hurt them it physically makes me ill when I think about it. (If anyone has any tips to deal with this please reply😭) I think I have an idea to why I have those thoughts. I didn’t have the best childhood I was sa’d at 4&9 by 2 different people that were supposed to take care of me, and I have this horrible fear that i could be like them and it makes me feel so incredibly sick. I was also way too exposed to s3xual things as a child, my family was way too open about s3x growing up like I’m talking adults in my life thought it was okay to openly talk about it to me when I was 6/7 like it was normal. I wish I could explain more but this is already way too long. I’ve only opened up to a select few people about this so this was extremely hard for me, I’m literally fighting for my life… Thank you to anyone who cared enough to read this all the way through I appreciate it so much.🤍

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