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Sexually-related Trauma and OCD

PeaceSeekerKitten8 November 26th, 2019

Hello everyone,

I just want to share a struggle that I'm having to perhaps get some advice.

I have developed extreme anxiety and frequent panic onslaughts, social anxiety, PTSD nightmares, and self-loathing after several incidents of sexually-related harassment and groping. I didn't have access to mental health resources until this fall, and they said that I appear to have OCD centered around the trauma.

I've been looking for books/articles to read to try to help me, but most accounts of recovery paths are centered around the more-often discussed scrupulosity OCD and not OCD related to trauma/physical vulnerability/fear of being touched or seen. Does anyone maybe have similar experiences or advice?

Thank you

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ZeppelinsOverhead December 4th, 2019

Good on you for seeking help, @PeaceSeekerKitten8. I'm around most days if you want to talk <3