How do I respond to these thoughts and fears
I have harm ocd and sexual ocd and my brain will make me do weird things to prove I’m not a predator or bad person. I never look up anything bad or anything that would get me in trouble but anytime someone uses my phone to look something up my brain is like what if the search bar recommends something fucked up? I know it’s weird anxiety thoughts and I acknowledge and know that I wouldn’t look up anything fucked up but I still worry anyway it’s fucking weird. Last night I saw this Instagram reel caption reading “when someone is using your phone to look something up and they search child” obviously fucked up reel trying to gain attention but of course my brain went “what if someone uses my phone to look up something relating to children and recommends csam?” Obviously not possible like I said before. But it kept bugging me so I’m like “okay I’m gonna put (child) in the search bar to prove thats not gonna happen” and I did, the search bar recommended children playgrounds,child daycare, etc (you get the idea). But instead of giving me relief I felt fear that I gave into a compulsion A FUCKING WEIRD ONE AT THAT?!? Now I feel like a weirdo and my brains convincing me I’m a predator
Posted Jun 27, 2026, 10:23 AM UTC