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I don’t have harm ocd but the intrusive thoughts that you say no to in your head is something I am also currently experiencing. It is tough but I know that I don’t mean these intrusive thoughts and don’t want them. Even after reminding myself this it is difficult to stop having these thoughts. If you don’t want the thoughts, you probably aren’t having them on purpose. I have experienced that as well. Thoughts are just thoughts and they will pass and it will get better. You aren’t alone.
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I think I have self-harm/harm OCD, have my first assessment appointment next week. But I wanted to say I feel the same way sometimes, like there are two parts of my brain fighting it out. But the self harm thoughts don't feel like "a voice in my head" it's my own thoughts, and THAT is what's so scary because it makes you feel like you actually might do the things you're so scared you'll do. And about getting help, the thing is people can't read your mind, if you need help, want help, you have to ask for it. I don't want to sound non-sympathetic, it's just the truth. It's hard, I had a really scary episode, told one friend about it and swore to myself I'd start therapy. That was 5 months ago. I got nervous about where to go and whether they'd understand, and eventually I got comfortable because things were ok and I was avoiding the situation that stressed me out. But I finally decided last week enough is enough. But the first step is reaching out, no one is gonna know what's going on in your head, unless it gets REALLY bad, and even then they probably won't understand.
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Don't feel bad everybody's giving up on me. Heh.
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I was trained to outreach SRS training and nobody could give a fuck about actual recovery.
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I'm taking it at least 8 years of outreach training honestly nobody really cares about outreach training. If they did they would understand what I'm trying to do now. People would have came and talked to me things would be better than they should be.
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Seems like a waste of time to me if the people are getting help but nobody really cares.
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If people are helping, more than likely they do care. It isn’t a waste of time and getting help is tough but I’m guessing that those helping are actually caring.
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I have all kinds of thoughts that aren’t me it feels like someone is talking to me telling me evil things about people or to do evil things 😞😞😞😞 I can’t do this anymore
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It’s like my brain is doing everything in its power to convince myself and also justify an attraction to teenagers. I hate myself. I don’t want to be this person, but what if I don’t have a choice. How do I get these thoughts out of my head permanently. I feel like my life will never be the same if they don’t leave forever. I can’t tell what is a real desire and what OCD is trying to convince me is a real desire. I can’t do this every day for the rest of my life. I don’t want to hurt anyone, or I don’t think I do but how do I even tell anymore. This might not even be OCD at this point, I can’t separate my thoughts from OCD thoughts I think because I’ve had OCD for so long so it all just feels like me. Maybe it is me. TMI but I haven’t pleasured myself in like a week because my libido is so low now, I don’t want to do it with these thoughts.
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Hi - just for some context, I have OCD and ADHD. I hate bringing this up, but with these diagnoses, when intertwined, there is ALWAYS a thought. I never stop thinking. This is really hard, especially because I feel like I always need to be talking to someone. Whether it’s my friends or family, talking to people brings me down to earth from certain kinds of thought spirals. However, when I’m alone it is the hardest. When my friends don’t reply I have this compulsion to text again or I need to constantly check my notifications so that I have none left to check. But then to them or new people I talk to, this behavior probably comes across as overwhelming or too much. I’m trying to control it and use erp, but also, I have my moments where I’m just vunerable and give into the compulsion. It’s genuinely so embarassing and maybe not as big a deal as I’m making it out to be but, how do I manage? And how do I relax?
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