OCD as relating to sexual/internet/POCD

I come here in search of a new ocd forum as the one I used to post on is gone... I'm hoping this forum can help!

So as some of you may have heard there was a massive leak of naked pictures of celebrities recently, I guess from their phones.

I dont really want to debate the ethics of looking at the photos... I looked out of curiousity, felt some guilt, and have not continued to look due to that guilt.

So why POCD?

One of the celebrities who was leaked has only turned "legal" in the past year or so. So it is theoretically unknown when these nude pics where taken and if she was of age, and that is freaking me out... both on an ethical level (am I a pedo) but also on the level of, if the particular picture was taken at what time and when and who knows htat I looked at it.... etc. etc....

Of course in the past couple days probably millions of people have seen this picture.

FWIW the celeb in question said the pics were fake, but others in the leak have said theirs are real so I really don't know.

Any words of advice? Just doomeD?

Hello,

I'm not a trained professional in anyway. But I do suffer from OCD and have Sexual, Aggressive, Violent and Repugnant thoughts. So I can relate to what you're going through. I've been in treatment for it for sometime and can offer some information on what I know. But again I am not a trained professional.

First off, the fact that you are concerned and on this forum leads to the notion that you are not a Pedofile. POCD, from what I read, is a concern for someone because it goes completely against their morals and beliefs. Which is why it becomes such a concern for someone with OCD.

I'm new to this site, the links to the web-sites I am directing you to may get blocked. I'll include some excerpts from them. If the links get blocked, maybe you can Google the excerpts and the article will show up in the search results.

I would highly recommend that you read this article and would like to kindly ask the moderators of this site to allow it to be posted. It is extremely helpful and informative.
Risk assessment and management in obsessive–compulsive disorder
http://apt.rcpsych.org/content/15/5/332.full

Below is another site with some excerpts that may be helpful as well.

http://www.thehousepartnership.co.uk/th ... t-article/

"As the name would suggest, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy consists of techniques to help us to develop more adaptive and healthy cognitions and behaviours with a recognition that what we think and what we do are deeply connected. An important component of CBT for OCD is ‘cognitive conceptualisation’, which focuses on tackling the feelings of shame and guilt that are common to those struggling with this problem and which can lead to delays of years and even decades before they seek help in the first place."

"thoughts are common to approximately 80% of the population. These thoughts are not necessarily a reflection on our character and are not a Freudian manifestation of the deep-seated desires of our ‘unconscious mind’(!), rather they are a merely a reflection of the firing of neurons in our brain."

A lot of people, including myself, are embarrassed by these thoughts and it can take decades for someone to seek help. Support groups are a great way to seek advice and I would recommend looking at some in your area.

You are not doomed.

Read this: obsessive-compulsive/topic103176.html
and this: obsessive-compulsive/topic144944.html

Also, get "Brain Lock" by Jeffrey M. Schwartz.