is it possible to fully recover from harm ocd? And do a lot of people do it. Feeling hopeless 😞

Yes

Hello! Yes, it is totally possible! I swear I was in your exact position, thinking I would never recover. I thought I wasn’t strong enough or maybe I was an exception. Well that’s just an OCD lie. You can and you will recover! You just need to put in the work. Use this as motivation to keep pushing yourself. Self pity won’t get you anywhere but standing up to these thoughts and ignoring the thoughts will get you on the road to recovery. Tons of people have recovered. Some use meds (like me) and ERP to battle OCD. Reach out to local sources for help. Do research on OCD. Arm yourself for the battle! A great resource is Ali Greymond on YouTube. You got this!

I am sorry that you are feeling discouraged and hopeless. OCD is a cruel disease, and it is relentless in its pursuit of trying to keep you in the loop of compulsions and the very question you ask is also ocd related, so to answer it would provide reassurance and feeding any compulsion will only make the ocd stronger. I would recommend continuing ERP, practice daily, and do not measure your progress over someone else’s progress. When the question comes up, or OCD says you will never recover, you acknowledge the thought, and perhaps say maybe I will or maybe I won’t but I can’t solve this because ocd is unsolvable. I hope this helps.