Anonymous
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- 3y
Parents with ocd?
Any parents out there where your ocd themes are focused around your children?
anonymous3606 anonymous3606
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Yes, my OCD attacks my daughter 95% of the time. I have POCD and Harm OCD. It was triggered from postpartum, and I feel like it has taken away so much from me.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@jessica1342 I know exactly what you’re going through
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Anonymous What is it like for you? It’s been awful for me
anonymous3606 anonymous3606
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@Anonymous It’s been horrible for me too, some days there good and others their horrible and I want to avoid my daughter at all cost. I feel like my OCD tells me I don’t really love my daughter and I am a bad parent that can’t protect her.
Mau NLMau NL
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- 3y
Oh yeah, my ocd focuses in my 2 sons in several subthemes. I see it as a form of r ocd, where ocd attacks what is actually most important to you and what would devastate you if real harm were done, or accidents would take place. For me the most intense were intrusive images of my kids being blooded and dead, with the feeling i did that. I actually developed anxiety to get into a psychosis. Thankfully, thats away now.
Mau NLMau NL
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- 3y
O, and images which i labelled incest-ocd for myself.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@MAUNL if you don't mind me asking what are some of the rocd thoughts does your brain throw at you?
Mau NLMau NL
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(What if) you are not there for them enough They are better of without you. If you could leave you would do so You do not love them enough
AnonymousAnonymous
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Thank you Mau Nl. My mind does the same. My mind just throws so much doubt and negative thoughts. My kids and my wife has been a dream and priority of mine since I was a kid and as they say ocd attacks what you love the most. I can't stand the games your mind plays with you and the doubt it continues to make you feel about everything.
Britt LynneBritt Lynne
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- 3y
Ugh thank u for sharing! I’m a new mom and had a beautiful pregnancy and a happy healthy boy. 3 months postpartum I developed what I now know is severe postpartum OCD, and for me, it’s been mental torture, and so sad at a joyous time in my life. I was “fine” before the three months and question “what changed?”. I was misdiagnosed quite a few times before finally joining a support group through PSI and learning there was a name for it; OCD. I’m now in erp through NOCD and thankful to not feel alone and be getting help.
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Anonymous
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- 18w
Harm ocd
Anybody else struggling with harm OCD?? Father here, mainly goes for my wife and son. It’s been very debilitating. Just started with nocd, anybody going through the same thing or has gotten better??
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