I hope you know how brave you are. Not just for battling OCD but for sharing this story. Your story is honest and real, and it will make people suffering with POCD feel less alone. Thank you!

I love this video, I can relate to it so much. POCD really made me feel like a monster that didn’t deserve forgiveness or even a minute of joy in life.

I relate to what you said so much. Thanks for this

Yes! Love this Sam, you're explanation and struggle is crucial for others to hear.

Been suffering for a year now, thank you for sharing!

Dealt with this since 2010 at 18 know it manifests as not worrying about myself but about the opinion of others. Today on a training course when outside I’m pretty sure I heard a stranger say that man looks like a …. I looked at them and they looked guilty this has happened before so I let it go. After having a cigarette with two older men I met on a training course today as I walked away they spoke it hushed tones and I thought I heard paedophile and the other say that other word. The thing is I believe in the power of the mind to manifest things but also know I’m paranoid and a lot of the time it’s imagined but sometimes you can’t doubt what I hear. People also have said that seriously to me and I feel like I haven’t absorbed it but because of this obsession it’s given them this impression. Any advice greatly appreciated

This video helped alot! Im only a few days into POCD journey, i also believe i have other subtypes too. Im regularly racked with guilt, worry, stess, anxiousness etc. I live near a park and school, im not totally avoiding being near them places but i try and avoid eye contact etc. Everyone is different of course and will go through different stages at different times. But i do realte a lot to this video and the experiences that have occurred

13:37 thank you for sharing your experiences. Can you speak to ways you worked on not having expectations for events, situations, outings etc?

Please can we talk. 25 years here.. everything you said is exactly true. Never heard it so close to me

very interesting video I recognize myself well. I think I may have pocd, but have not had it confirmed by a psychologist/doctor if I have a diagnosis of ocd. I'm waiting for an appointment. I am very excited to receive an answer

Thank you for this. If you could recommend one book, what would it be?

Can you do this for SO-OCD?

I’ve been trying to message u to find out where did u get treatment in Bristol please ? I’m currently in Bristol and struggling I’m paying an absolute fortune on nocd and can’t afford it anymore

For 6 years I suffered from HOCD, but now I'm developing another theme that I'm not even sure if it's even OCD, I think I might have POCD, I started to be afraid that I might be attracted to little children, I look at pictures of little girls on the internet to see what I feel, I have intrusive thoughts but not as often as with HOCD and I think they are not as bothersome, I feel the urge to want to do something with them, but it doesn't seem forced , it's like I really want this, I then start to sound and feel my body get hotter, I can't tell if I'm really attracted to kids or if it's just POCD, I don't want to be a monster and I want to be attracted to girls my age, help!

My pocd makes me obsess about past conversations on apps, I don’t remember how one went and I know I felt gross when they told me they weren’t the age that should have been on this app. It only resurfaced recently due to rumination, if anything happened, I’m sure I would of ruminated years ago about it from the gecko cause I always felt that fear I ruminate on when in the conversation did they say or send certain things prior or after they disclosed their real age I would have remembered this situation, as my ocd around this theme, was activated prior to this specific person who I talked to who shouldn’t of been on an adult app. I never thought of this other person till like 6 years later, now... why :(

Thanks so much for your video, I'm having EMDR while waiting for ERP therapy will EMDR help

Hello, my question is, how did you finally got rid of the POCD and how did you finally got OUT of these intrusive POCD-thoughts? What I mean is, we all know that once we got in this OCD-cycle, but HOW to get OUT of this shit again?

A couple of months ago I have this ugly dream,in wich my son put his fingers in my vagina(Disgusting I know)I never had intrusive thoughts until that day.(at least I think they are intrusive thoughts)Now,almost every day I see that image in my head.Then anxiety starts with questions like What if I like that?what if I am a pedofile and thats the reason that image keep comming in my head?Why this image is still there?What if I do something?Then when I see other kids again I start asking those questions and that image keep runing thru my head😔😔Then I start cry,and feel shame,and its hard even to tell someone because I am scared of their reaction.I just dont know how to handle it.I love my son more than anything in this world,I am a great Mother I know that,and this really scares me 😔please can someone just tell me what is wrong with me?Since that dream my thoughts sometimes are just worse,and I dont know how to handle it,I feel like Im the only person with this.I just dont know what to do.😔Sometimes Im scared to just look at my son or other kids because Im scared that I will get thoughts.This is so scary.Please Sam can you help me how to get rid of this because Im so sick to feel this way.I just want to enjoy with my son and my daughter,and it's so hard with this thoughts sometimes.😢😢