Can anyone relate to my OCD?

Hi, I'm 30 years old and I have different types of OCD since 10 years. Now thoughts come to my mind about others having sex. These are usually stories or experiences my friends told when we sit in a group and discuss things. The issue is, these things are extra marital affairs or partners cheating. I don't want to think about that but I get these thoughts often. Also I feel aroused to the thoughts. And I feel bad. I'm single and I can't even masturbate because I think I am aroused by these illegal affairs. It's so distressing and I can't live normal. Can anyone relate? Does anyone have any suggestion? Thank you.

Hello and welcome!

Is it that you find yourself unable to think any other sexual thoughts? What fear is there attached to these thoughts? Do they make you afraid of something, such as being like that?

It's not that I can not think any other sexual thoughts. Whenever I think anything about sex, these unwanted thoughts come to my mind. Then I feel it's bad to move on with sexual desire.

You feel it's bad because you consider the behaviour you're thinking about to be immoral, then? I can sympathise with that. To an extent, however, thoughts are just thoughts, and for me I'd place fantasies about cheating partners to be pretty low on my list of things to be worried about. Now, I could understand if you think that because you're fascinated with it, that it will cause you to be unfaithful in a future relationship. That would definitely be the kind of thing someone with OCD would latch onto and obsessively worry over.