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Charlie Brown:

This article was awesome... thank you so much for sharing! I actually feel some major relief since reading the article and just realizing how many others suffer from these thoughts is comforting. I think this article really helped bring me a new perspective, so thank you!

lovebug,

You're welcome. It looked to be a very detailed and informative article.

This is so interesting to hear someone like me explaining their thoughts. I too have the same thoughts and it makes it extremely difficult to even be around my 4 nephews and my niece. I have become a master at avoidance, even though I love them so so much. I can tell you and you could tell me that our thoughts are not reality. But why won't we listen to ourselves?! I have been on numerous meds and 3 different psychologists and I know for sure what works the best is exposure-response therapy and cognitive behavior therapy.
I found the article on wikipedia very helpful too. This is a part of OCD that no one wants to talk about so we are left thinking that we are alone, therefore we think its not really ocd but that we are sick twisted people and it just spirals downward. Keep fighting! Don't get in the habit of avoiding activities with you daughter because it will just get worse.

I found the article on wikipedia very helpful too.

Great!

This is a part of OCD that no one wants to talk about so we are left thinking that we are alone, therefore we think its not really ocd but that we are sick twisted people and it just spirals downward.

Exactly. Unless you realize the difference between scary obsessive thoughts and being genuinely twisted, you're afraid to discuss it.

Really, this article has been the biggest help, really! This is the first time I've felt relief and it just isn't "bothering" me anymore. Before, I literally obsessed about it! Now I can actually watch Ellen again, whew. I mean this is kind of big deal for me. Just me knowing that she was gay gave me anxiety... so weird how this all really works. I hope this brings as much relief to everyone else and if it doesn't keep searching for the help that stikes a chord within you... never give up! It just feels so good to know that I am not the only one that suffered with these thoughts.

Glad you're doing better. I've had issues with sexual thoughts in the past and it can be very painful.

Originally posted by lovebug:
Really, this article has been the biggest help, really! This is the first time I've felt relief and it just isn't "bothering" me anymore. Before, I literally obsessed about it! Now I can actually watch Ellen again, whew. I mean this is kind of big deal for me. Just me knowing that she was gay gave me anxiety... so weird how this all really works. I hope this brings as much relief to everyone else and if it doesn't keep searching for the help that stikes a chord within you... never give up! It just feels so good to know that I am not the only one that suffered with these thoughts.

Good for you.

I understand your anxiety, I would wake up with images in my mind and quickly try to diffuse them. Usually some kind of phrase, the first one was" I am not a freak" They slowly changed over the years to words like pedophile, child molester. I am not sure why the words played after the image, some kind of defusing I think. Now it is just the words that barrage me and come at me like a thousand arrows. The theme is still the same, the more crazy the words the more anxious the reaction. They don't stop. Every morning there they are. I react with avoidance and they feed on this. When I make something out of them they stay, this is ocd. This is really something to live with on a daily basis, I have to keep on truckin, or sink in the mud.

hello i went through the same thing youre going through two years ago when i was 16. i know those thoughts are scary and they seem totally real but there not. like others already said it is just ocd and it can be treated with your doctor and this program. remember to breathe when you start to panic. inhale slowly and exhale. try to calm yourself down. i wish you the best in your journey.

sincerely,
kevin

As someone else mentioned, if you were acting upon these thoughts because they aroused you or were instride with your true being...then there'd be a problem. You are not sick or crazy. I suspect you are a very loving mother. I get random scary thoughts too. Sometimes the images or just words will go through my mind. It's tough, I know. All will be well.

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