Do the urges ever go away I feel like any second I'm going to cave into these intrusive urges trying to convince me I have to do these things. Does anyone have any advice or can share from there experience. 🥺
Urges are the worst because it feels like I should be doing what my urge is telling me to do but I just focus on something else or get moving , stretching for some reason helps
Hope you’re doing alright. I know it’s tough, I’ve been there plenty of times. Still have many challenges ahead of me I’m sure. Remember ocd is kind of built around guilt, the more you cling onto the thoughts the more guilty you feel and the more the thought lingers in your head. Remember it’s ocd, not you. The subtype about ocd could be anything, but mostly it latches onto your bigger fears which is why it makes life so tough. My advice, remember this is ocd not you, from there you can learn to isolate you from the ocd. And then work on building confidence in yourself, that way when the ocd does come back you can just laugh at it instead of being swept away
Yes, the urges do go away go with what you want okay? If you don’t wanna do something you don’t need to do it. Do you feel pressured? Are your thoughts telling you to do it or is someone telling you to and what are they convincing you about like what’s the situation here? And I have some advice! :D try to distract yourself and do something you like or love to do spend time with the people you trust and have some family time and start some conversations to distract you these urges start to ease when you tell yourself you don’t need to do these things or even talk to me about it! :D I have more to say but I will wait for your response just know YOU DON’T NEED TO FEEL PRESSURED ITS YOUR HEAD TELLING YOU AND CONVINCING YOU OF THESE THINGS ITS OKAY! <3
@MyalinH I feel ashamed to even say what the urges are to... 🥺 but let's just say my subtype is harm ocd towards myself or others 🥺
@nattieee aw it’s okay if your uncomfortable talking about it you truly don’t need to. so I am guessing these things you think of trigger you to do things to yourself or others and if that’s the case just know those thoughts aren’t good or healthy and it’s not good to think this way tho it’s okay to think the way your thinking at the moment don’t harm yourself or others even tho you have that trigger to try to avoid the things that trigger you luv:(
or you can even talk to the ones you trust about it :D
I have intrusive thoughts about pornography with family, friends or even strangers. I really tried to block them out but it seems they always get triggered.l feel extreme guilt and this massive pit in my stomatach that is just there 24/7 and it WONT GO AWAY! I know this may sound weird but my mum knows about this as she noticed something was wrong, but every time I get a thought I always feel the need to tell her i keep thinking that I have done something wrong and that my guilt will go away if i tell BUT IT DOESN’T It just gets worse and another thing pop in and another. ITS A NEVER ENDING CYCLE and it seems like I just can’t break free. What do I do? Anyone who has also gone through this how did you recover and get your life back?
I’ve tried living in the uncertainty today & kept myself busy but I can’t shake this feeling that I’m about to lose control & act on my thoughts. I keep feeling like I need to check in to see how I feel & keep my self safe & when I’m near my trigger it feels like I’m being pulled into doing it & feels like I want to but I’m not using compulsions. My thoughts feel like my own & feeling like I’ll be like this forever. Can someone relate or give advice 😩
Hello does anyone get such severe panic and anxiety that comes along with bad intrusive thoughts. Then the thoughts give you more panic because you feel you may act on them? Then I worry I’m going crazy, can anyone relate? Thank for reading
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