HELP

It's ocd.

Notice that it's an intrusive feeling, and then sit with it best you can

It feels so real though. Like why is this happening? I feel like I want to hurt my cats and that would crush me.

I experienced this as well. It also happened at once I got the thoughts under control. It’s one of the worst feelings because it feels so real. Nothing can stop the feeling, but know you’re not alone. Keep fighting!

Thank you!

i know what you mean. intrusive feelings are the worst and i don’t see them talked about as much. for awhile my ocd told me that fake feelings don’t exist, but they very very much do and they’re super horrible. i’m sorry you’re going through this too, i hope we both feel better

Thank you for responding. It really does suck because it feels more real.

what’s an intrusive feeling? how do yk what feelings are and aren’t intrusive ?

@idk1 I have a hard time discerning. But I believe it’s just like a thoight but a feeling instead.

I’m in the same situation. I find this so hard as well because sometimes the feelings make you feel like you want your thoughts. :( But try to remember: Feelings does not equal facts.

It’s hard for me right now because I’m getting the feeling like I want to cause harm, and it’s not causing the normal amount of anxiety so it’s making me have this other feeling like I need to hold myself back or something. It’s so odd.

@livefornow Exactly what I’m going through rn. It’s good to know that you are not alone

@kctg How are you coping?

@livefornow I don’t know honestly, I keep doing ERP as good as I can. But also find things to do to distract yourself, I like doing big puzzles lol so I’m doing that. And of course knowing that it’s JUST a thought or JUST a feeling

@kctg Thank you!

@livefornow But most important is to not analyze every single feeling you get. I know it’s hard but sometimes it’s not more complicated than that it’s just a feeling, and it will pass eventually

@kctg I need to remember this. I analyze every thought, urge or feeling. And I try not to but it feels like I need to do it.

@livefornow Me too

I know. I’m gonna post a screenshot of what someone wrote in a different post the other week, that helped me so much to not analyze every single thing I feel

Ok looks like you can’t post screenshots lol but she/he wrote “I guess the more we think about feeling weird, the more we feel weird. That’s typically how things work! I can totally freak myself out about feeling “off” so I guess it’s better to accept the feeling instead of trying to understand them and push them away”

@kctg That is so true! We get stuck in that feeling. But it’s a great way to look at it. As soon as we lean into the rabbit hole, we fall in and keep falling.

@kctg Wow!!!