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Yes, I have heard of that.

I actually read about this issue on a similar question someone else had asked. According to what I read, it is possible to get a sexual response to an unwanted sexual thought. It 's just a natural reaction of the brain, and sometimes when we think we don't want something to happen, figuring it will prove to us that we're not actually into that sexual thought, our body functions as it normally would when we think of something arousing. Pretty much to sum what I just said up, it's nothing to worry about.

well the reason i ask is cause that is my main obsession is sexual thoughts... and i feel as though i experience this "groinal response" often.. sometimes even when i'mm not even having a thought.. idk if that makes sense... but thats whats so scary cause not only is the thought horrible.. you have a sensation and a feelin that makes it SO REAL.

so it makes me feel even more like a horrible person...

Get your hormones checked. You sound like you have a whole lot of testostrone in your system. Probably more then you should.
Tell your OBGYN.

well what puts testosterone in your system??.. pregnancy couldn't possibly cause that.. could it??.. ughh that scares me even more.

I found an article that throughly discusses this issue here is the link
www.ocfoundation.org/UserFiles/Fil...
I hope you can access it I will find it again and post the author if this address doesn't work. Check it out!

I have also had groinal responses and i found this info atocfoundation.org, hope it helps God bless
Thinking Bad Thoughts
By Deborah Osgood-Hynes, Psy.D.
Director of Psychological Services and Training
MGH/McLean OCD Institute,
Belmont, MA
Associated physiological reactions
Maybe 40% of people describing their sexual obsessions to me also report some level of
accompanying physiological arousal reactions in response to the sexual thoughts. This figure
may be higher as people tend not to report these reactions due to embarrassment and fears
about what they may mean. Physiological reactions can include increased heart rate, a feeling of
being “turned on,” increased lubrication, an erection and at times orgasm. Needless to say, when
you’re haying unwanted intrusive sexual thoughts, the last thing most people want to be
experiencing is sexual arousal of some form at the same time as these thoughts. This response
typically generates even more confusion, anxiety, doubt, fear and uncertainty. But keep in mind
that a physiological sexual response can be a conditionedIautomatic sexual response that does
not particularly mean you desire what you are thinking. All your brain knows is that it is having
sexual thoughts. A sexual reaction means that your “hardware” is working in response to a sexual
thought. Your brain doesn’t necessarily care that these sexual thoughts happen to be thoughts
that are unwanted. All your body knows is that a sexual thought is occurring and the conditioned
sexual response goes into action. However, your thinking processes then try to make sense of
this reaction. This is where the OCD begins to tell you false hoods in an effort to make sense of
what this physiological reaction means. The OCD often says it must be indicative of desire and
intent. A false sense of meaning and importance is given to these thoughts and reactions.

I get it all the time.it is out of control

I am so happy that I found this thread! I too am having the worst unwanted sexual thoughts along with a groinal response. It makes it so hard to look past the fact that It is just the OCD thought when your body if feeling it also. I totally get what you mean when you say that you experience a groinal response when you are not even thinking about it. I too feel the same way. I believe that either the two are not linked (that the OCD and groinal response are 2 different sympotoms) but I also believe that the physiological response is due to anxiety felt with the thought. It is also strange for me because at times im not even thinking horrible thoughts and I feel the groinal response (this is partially why I feel they are not linked). My whole life my goal was (and still is) to be a 3rd grade teacher but my OCD symptoms make it SO tough! I am one of the most loving and caring individuals you'll meet, and then, in the back of my mind I feel like a moster.

I believe that OCD cannot take over our lives, and that in life everyone has choices to make. Although OCD at times will make you wonder if you are capable of such disgusting acts, our moral stregnths outweigh and outpower our OCD demons weaknesses. As humans, we are programmed to make choices and the fact that you and all of us are in this support group is already a great decision made! I hope this helps, If anyone could give me any advice on coping that would be helpful! I hope that this has helped a bit with what you are feeling.

Becoming sexually aroused when you don't intend to is NOT due to "too much testosterone." Humans are sexual beings, your mind body connection does not care if the thoughts are "socially acceptable" or not. The thing is ONLY YOU know you are having this reaction, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

There is NOTHING abnormal about a woman, pregnant or not, who has high sexual response. (That is SUCH an outdated ans sexist idea, that women should rarely feel sexual, or ONLY feel sexual with the "permission" and stimualtion of a male. Don't WORRY about it. It happens to everyone, with or w/o OCD. We simply tend to worry about it more. We worry about EVERYTHING our bodies are doing.) PLEASE don't worry about your hormone levels. According to your body, the thoughts are simply there, and perhaps arousing or not, and sometimes the arousal is similar to smiling when you feel uncomfortable. You really don't want to, but it ISN'T your fault, nor is it the fault of "hormones."