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Oct 24, 2013, 07:58 AM
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since summer i have had intrusive thoughts about a serial killer. they have gotten really better and now i barely have them. the problem is whenever i mastrubate the image of the serial killer appears in my head. i can not get it out no matter how much i try. it is not very severe as yes i can mastrubate but when during the end when i am about to finish i can not do it because the killers image is in my head. i really want to remove this image no matter how hard i try. i could never live with myself if i was attracted to a serial killer. how can i overcome this? this is not a troll i promise you all.
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Nov 02, 2013, 11:08 PM
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I've had the same issues with visualizing unpleasant things while I.... you know. The trick for me was, well, I stopped caring. I just let it happen. After that, it kind of dissipated. I could shrug off all the inappropriate thoughts and get back to thinking about all the stuff I was thinking about before.
I don't know if that will work for you. It sounds like a typical OCD symptom.
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Nov 03, 2013, 02:32 PM
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Something like that is very common with OCD and I've had similar thoughts myself. I do "obsession time" where I do nothing but think about what's freaking me out for ten minutes at a time to try to become desensitized to my thoughts. It's......horrendously awful, to be honest, but if you make it through a few of those you may start becoming more at peace with your head. I was terrified to stop and really think about my thoughts because I was scared that I supported it/that it aroused me/that I was a bad person, but remember you are here because this causes you so much distress and that stuff like this is all about what OCD is and how it works.
Also, the only real way of combating obsessions/images in my experience was to think about them (dive into the deep end, so to speak) which is completely terrifying and awful, no getting around that, but remember (1.) Your thoughts don't make things happen, (2.) This is what OCD does, and (3.) If you were a bad person you wouldn't be in so much distress over it. |
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