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Anyone have any further advice? I've tried ringing the OCD helplines they are all unavailable, I've tried my GP surgery and they've got nothing available even an urgent or over the phone! They wonder why A&E are overrun?

That's exactly what it was doing I hope, it just said something along the lines 'Warning' searching for certain content is illegal and directed me towards counselling websites, ironically I was trying to seek reassurance but certain key words must have been triggered. I'm just so paranoid that this warning to me that it was blocking potentially inappropriate content would flag with the police? No actual inappropriate content was being looked for nor has it ever been so

Thankyou, I very much appreciate your answers. To be honest most of my 2 years with my therapist has been regarding my PTSD, the acceptance, understanding and discussion of my feelings around what happened. However, I've come to realise that my mental state is more than just the PTSD and that this was only part of my poor mental health. My background, early childhood and family life have all contributed to my acute anxiety, panic attacks etc. I've never really gone into too much detail with my therapist about OCD, and saying that she has taught me ways to control or manage it, is probably the wrong words. I've only made her aware this past couple of weeks about my current worry over OCD and she said that going forward this is what she wants to concentrate on with me.

Hi, is there anyone else who may be able to assure me that the Google warning, was just that and not linked to the police? Thankyou

Hi, thankyou for your reply. I've been in intense therapy for about 2 years having been a victim of an armed robbery 20 years ago. I'm 43 now. My therapist is aware of OCD traits but have never been specifically treated as such, but we have spoken about my OCD and ways of controlling and managing it. I also have a lot of past family emotional issues, but none to do with any kind of physical or sexual abuse. Recently, there has been lots of what you would call, emotional upsets in my life. My wife had a cancer scare, my 2 grown children have moved out, one to another country and especially this time of the year it has made it emotionally very difficult. I just hate myself that the one thing I was try to gain reassurance for has actually made it worse. I want to make clear I wasn't looking nor have I ever been interested in children sexually at all. However, the fact that this Google warning came up is worrisome. From what I have read online Google does this apparently to stop you potentially stumbling on this kind of content in the first place. So, I've sort of answered my own question I suppose in a way. My therapist asked me in our last session, in the worst case scenario that the police did knock on my door, what would they find? My answer would be nothing. There's no history of or ever has been of child pornography, there's no or never has been images, downloads, chats, image sharing if anything remotely related to that. I hope I've given you a better understanding.

Hi, I've never quite been as paranoid and upset as I have these last few days. Quick background, I'm currently in therapy for PTSD, OCD, anxiety etc. I have always had POCD to some extent and recently while on line thought that an image looked like she could have been under 18. I clicked off of it, but ever since then I have been reassurance seeking online (like now!) and googling about indecent images, am I being tracked?, Am I being watched, in doing so I've made it worse. Obviously a combination of words in Google search threw up a warning that there could be potential child abuse imagery in these search results. There wasn't, it was just more forums about the same obsessions. However, now I am completely convinced this warning has gone on to alert the police and they will be knocking on my door. I haven't done anything wrong, but my worried search history might make them think possibly otherwise. If there's anyone with any reassurance I would be grateful, thankyou.