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Topic Title: Reassurance
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thereallysadone said 5 years ago:
Good evening everyone.
I am writting here in panic, and seeking for reassurance.
I’m a 13 year old male (14years old in a month), and I have been getting these thoughts which are unacceptable for me for a few months. Everything started from a simple thought; What if I’m a P.
And there it goes.
I’ve started getting intrusive thoughts, images sometimes , which I did not want, and found unacceptable. Then I couldn’t look at children, and started avoiding them. I cannot look at the screen of a Tv, if there’s a child in it. I try to avoid any contact with children. My brother too. I sometimes cannot even look at him. 15 minutes ago, i had an image pop up in my head, and I thought, that it wasn’t mine; after a few seconds, while thinking of reassuring myself, images popped in my head (Which I couldn’t accept).
A few weeks ago, I was so scared about a groinal response of a thought, I cried for half an hour… One evening, I even thought of suicide so sure, If I was a P. I remember there was an image, of an African kid, in a geography book, topless, And I almost puked (Started choking).
There was a week, when it was easier, the thoughts. And I thought then, “What if I’m reacting to these thoughts normally, and I think it’s normal”. It started again.
I started to press my fingers (I dunnot know how to translate it from my language).
Any help is appreciated (It means a big to me)
jennifer1722 said 5 years ago:
Hi, I'm sorry you're having such a hard time over the last few weeks. We can't provide you with therapy over these forums but I will tell you that everyone gets intrusive thoughts sometimes but most people pay them so little attention they forget them within a few moments. Your thoughts have only stayed in your head because you've spent so much time worrying about them.
There's a treatment for OCD called Cognitive Behaviur Therapy (CBT) and it has a really good success rate. CBT will involve you identifying all the ways you react to your intrusive thoughts (compulsions) and putting a stop to those behaviours. Compulsions are things like online research, replaying past memories looking for things you did wrong, avoiding certain places/people, making mental lists of all the reasons you'd never act on your thoughts, asking for reassurance, and basically anything else that means you stop your daily life to give your intrusive thoughts attention.
It's realy hard to stop your compulsions so seeing a certified CBT therapist can be helpful if you're struggling. When you stop your compulsions, you'll allow the intrusive thoughts to fade from brain and eventually the anxiety will go with it.
I hope this helps
thereallysadone said 5 years ago:
Jennifer1722, I’m so thankful for your response. The biggest thing for the path for CBT for me is to open-up to my parents, which I find hard to, but that’s a problem of mine, that it’s hard for me to open up.
thereallysadone said 5 years ago:
Jennifer, thank you so much! I will try one of these ways of talking to my parents about OCD. Thank you so much