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I've had a problem with sex for years now. I've been addicted to pornography and masturbating and I'm very ashamed and guilty of it. Even still, I end up relapsing and thinking of sexual topics with and without intrusive thoughts. I just can't seem to help it and I don't know what to do.

I also have a very very bad time with sleep. It feels like a challenge every night. There's been nights where ...

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Sorry for being here again, but i just feel so sad, so guilty. I can't continue.
But yeah, hello! I have a question. I am having a hard time now noticing what compulsions I have, I want to know so I can not do them. I have also been crying almost every day because of something that happened, they are similar situations. When I mstrbte, thoughts always come to my mind, they are of my ...

Hello all,

I am back after 5 years of being off this forum. Some of you might remember me (if you are still here). For context back in 2017-2018 when I was very active, I had HOCD. Laast year I dealt with harm OCD, but that's long gone. So now, I am dealing with sexual orientation OCD again. Started in January when I got an astrology reading for fun and the astrologer told me I ...

Ive been having ocd for some time now (especially pocd and contamination ocd) and like sth it keeps sticking on to is this:
When I was younger I would rub my genital with my plushies. Didn’t know it was wrong, continued until was 15.
Now I keep remembering it and feeling terrible. At first I had the fear it was some fetish even though I never had anything for it specifically (I still sometimes question ...

I really feel very bad, the only thing I want and think about is to die. Every time I see a car or train passing in front of me I just want to jump out and end this once and for all. How can I go on living after all this. I am a bad, bad, bad person. I don't deserve the people I love to help me. How could they help someone like this. ...

This post is probably going to be all over the place so I apologize in advance.

Anyway, I've been talking to a girl for a little while now and I think I like her, but I'm also really worried and feel like I don't and I'm just faking it due to compulsory heterosexuality. It really sucks because I don't want to try and go forward with anything if I'm not really straight because I don't ...

Right now I’m freaking out. I remember about a few years ago I read a Hentai manga on Reddit, and at the end they mentioned one of the character’s ages as 16. I don’t know why but I read it again at some other point like a week later, but I was bothered by the age, so I never went back. Never downloaded it or anything. I just remember being aroused by it, and now ...

Hello,

I'm mc1, I'm a 36 year old male that's had OCD since roughly age 8 and HOCD since May 2006 at age 19. I've made some major progress over the past year or so and the obsessive thoughts regarding my orientation have significantly diminished. It sucks I spent 17 years obsessing over this, however, I'm thankful this obsession is minor background noise. You can overcome these obsessions. It will take time and effort, but ...

Hey all,

After reading a lot on this forum about HOCD (I know it's better to leave it), I took the step to make my own topic to tell about my situation because I'm literally losing it.

I'm 25 years old and this is my story: I'm addicted to gambling, now in recovery for 4,5 months with professional help. For around 8 years I gambled. After 2 months in recovery, out of nowhere there came ...