![]() Fantasies are things that you enjoy thinking about (and every part of you enjoys it there is not one part that feels anxious or thinks it is wrong). Just having these thoughts pop into your mind does not mean that you want them there and that you like to think about them. The important thing here to remember is that these thoughts are intrusive, meaning they come into your mind without intending them, and they are unwanted, meaning they are not fantasies or desired outcomes. You may have even found yourself judging either yourself or others for having these thoughts. Reading this list may have made you uncomfortable. “What if I somehow ran someone over with my car and didn’t notice?”. ![]() “What if I somehow accidentally poisoned my child?”.“Am I wrong about being gay and am actually heterosexual?”.“Am I gay but haven’t realized it yet?”.An image of or urge to throwing oneself into oncoming traffic.An image of throwing one’s baby out of the window.“What if I murder my spouse or partner?”.An image of Jesus Christ with an erection.“What if I said that prayer incorrectly?”.An image of a spider crawling into one’s vagina.An image of stabbing oneself, a loved one, or a stranger.An image of stabbing one’s eye into the corner of a desk.“If I swallow my saliva during Ramadan, am I not fasting?”.An image of having sexual relations with.An image of having sexual relations with one’s sibling.An image of having sexual relations with one’s father or mother.An image of driving one’s car off the road and into a lake.An image of pushing someone down the stairs.To further the cause of normalizing unacceptable intrusive thoughts, let me share some thoughts (in the form of either words or images) that I have had or have heard from others: The same goes for dreams: Having a dream about something does not mean it is something you want to happen. But this simply isn’t true! The fact is, we cannot control what thoughts come into our heads, and sometimes the thoughts are taboo and uncomfortable, and that is ok. People with OCD often think that having the thoughts must mean that they are terrible, awful people. When most people experience unacceptable intrusive thoughts, they brush them off and recognize them as random and meaningless. In other words, they interpret the thoughts differently. ![]() The difference is that people with OCD place an enormous amount of meaning on and responsibility for these thoughts. So, wait, if so many people have intrusive thoughts, why do only some people have OCD? Thank you for asking That is an excellent question. It is extremely common People just don’t talk about it because it is so taboo and uncomfortable. That’s almost everyone! Almost every single person has intrusive thoughts from time to time. However, research has shown that about 94% of people experience intrusive thoughts. Many people with OCD have these unwanted, intrusive thoughts and think they are the only ones. These obsessions involve very taboo thoughts that are hard to talk about, even with people who we are closest to. What does “unacceptable thoughts” mean? This type of OCD involves sexual, aggressive, and religious/moral obsessions. This type of OCD can cause an immense amount of shame and fear, and I believe we need to discuss it more openly to decrease the shame and give less power to these thoughts. One of these symptom types is the fear of unacceptable thoughts or repugnant obsessions, which feel incredibly scary and threatening to people with OCD. While these are valid and common presentations of OCD, there are other types of symptoms that are less often discussed. When most people think about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), they think of the stereotypical symptoms: needing everything to be perfectly organized or “just right” and fear of contamination. ![]()
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