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I am dealing with unwanted thoughts of killing my bird, I don't want to do it, but the thoughts won't go away. These thoughts have been persistent since either February or March. I cannot tell whether I enjoy them or not, but I know I don't want to harm my bird. I cannot keep my mind off these thoughts because they won't begone.

I don't know what to do anymore, these thoughts are at ...

I'm obsessing over pets.

I lost my dog in November. He was a beautiful golden retriever boy named Chip. He lived with my parents, but I visited often and I considered him my dog. He was loved by everyone and he had a good life. I keep thinking about Chip and how much I miss him. I'm angry that my parents aren't getting another dog for a while. I would totally get one of my ...

I suffer from (what I hope is just) POCD. That is, OCD centered around pedophilia. As you can probably imagine, it's basically a living hell with the intrusive thoughts and often feeling like I really am the monster I fear I am because it just feels so damn real... It's made me very depressed and scared, even after seeing a counselor for several months now.

So, because I tend to worry I'm a pedophile, I ...

So I’m struggling. OCD for a long time as well as GAD.

The first 10-15 years were dominated by fears of dying or of having terrible illness. Lately (last 3 years or so) I have been more obsessed with going to prison. For example, I once searched the possibility of buying pills to control my drinking which I was self medicating with, and worried that those were illegal and I’d go to jail for trying ...

I always seem to ruminate over every intrusive thought or anything else that bothers me. I carefully analyze my feelings when I have these thoughts, and I always wonder why: Why do I feel this way? Why did I have that thought? etc. After torturing myself like this, I realized that my compulsion (ruminating) was always making my anxiety worse. My reason for ruminating is to find the "deeper" reason for me thinking, acting or ...

Hello all,
I hope you don't mind me posting this here. My Therapist questioned if I had ever been screened for OCD, I am starting to think I have it as well.

I am feeling guilty, I obsessively question my parent's motives in the past. Most of my life I have has a worry or anxiety of some sorts. Recently I have been questioning why my Mum and Dad did certain things when I was ...

Hi everyone,

I've been debating whether or not to post on here again for a couple of days, but it's been a bit rough, so I figured, I'd give it a shot.

A couple days ago, I was masturbating. Now, personally, which I know it's very common for a lot of individuals, I like creating story lines in my head about what I'm masturbating to. Whether it's a husband cheating on a wife with a ...

Like if you're eating a balanced diet, you will feel better? Is it needed for your OCD to get out?

Hello,
I am a 19 year old girl and my family has an history of OCD. I have inherited of a form of OCD known as POCD. "Pedophilia OCD, or POCD, is a subset of OCD in which a sufferer has unwanted harmful or sexual thoughts about children. This subtype often results in panic, anguish, shame and depression. People living with POCD have no desire to harm a child, yet they’re tormented by thoughts of ...

I've (23m) been having this strong crush on a girl (24f) I used to work, and we've been talking a lot. But I was on the phone today (not the first time) and it felt super awkward for the first 15-20 minutes or so and now I'm getting some doubts all of a sudden. This always happens, with even the slightest thing. It already happened (to a lighter extent) with this girl, but the doubts ...