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I would take any thought, with regards to self harm, and try and divert it as much as you can. Deep breaths- and maybe get in a room with someone you are comfortable with!
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It’s more like I had the thought and now I’m like panicking because I had that thought , I’m not gettin thoughts of doin it, my minds kind of like why would I think that
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With OCD, it's important to acknowledge that the only reason you are having such a thought is because you have OCD, a disorder that produces intrusive thoughts. The presence of the thought doesn't mean anything other than that. OCD will not accept this answer without putting up a fight, however, which is where the "maybe I do, maybe I don't" part comes in. By saying this, you're telling your OCD that you understand there is no way to know with 100% certainty whether the thought means something (because OCD is trying to get you to chase absolute certainty).
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And that absolute certainty that OCD wants is unattainable. There will never be an answer that will please OCD. So telling it that you can live with uncertainty is a way for you to move forward from the endless ruminations and conversations you may be having with OCD.
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Like I doubt i would actually act on them , I wouldn’t do that to everyone , I’m just so sick of this I’ve had ocd for 15 years now and I’m just so tired of gettin it back over and over , my mind is more like why would I think maybe I do want it
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Like I tell most people, this happened to me when I was 12, you’re having these anxieties because your body and mind are trying to avoid that situation, you don’t want it to happen which is good. I’d just say take life one day at a time
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Right, I get the same thing like why would i think this
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Yeah it wasn’t even that bad but bad enough to scare the hell out of me , not sure to tell my mum cos she’ll just be so upset
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Should I tell my mum
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Like it’s weird , it’s not like I’m like fuck I hate life I wanna die, it’s more like why did I have that bad thought maybe I do want it , like I have a real good life , but some reason my brain keeps going back to that thought
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I'm not previously part of this conversation but you should not tell your mum. That is a compulsion. Resist it. It sucks and it's going to hurt but you're going to be telling your brain that that thought meant nothing. Keep doing that. If you wanted to commit suicide, you would not be feeling this way.
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I highly recommend "OCD help" the podcast. I swear I'm not at all affiliated but her podcast has given me so much clarity.
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I meant just tell my mum had a thought about it
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I understand your desire to tell her but you shouldn't. This isn't a real threat. People without OCD do not understand what happens in our brains. She may take it as a real threat. It isn't one. You aren't going to hurt yourself. You don't want to. I realize I'm kind of reassuring you here which isn't great for overall recovery but you should truly look up some resources about ERP. I know it's scary from experience, but you should resist every compulsion to confess.
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She knows I have OCD and has had all sorts of types
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Like I think I should tell her because it involves self Harm
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- 22w
Sometimes I think " do I like kids?" "Would i get aroused if I saw content with kids?""What if I'm a pedo and cant accept it?" "What if I'm ok with these thoughts?" "What if I'm not distressed enough " "What if I enjoy these thoughts?" , i avoid kids as much as i can, i cant look at them bc I'm scared I'm gonna have some groin like response. I keep testing if I'd get turned on or if I'd have some groinal response to sexual scenarios with kids. Sometimes I think that if I took my life this would be over and i wouldn't have to think about this and i wish i doubted something else instead of things like this. I had similar situations just with different topics such as if i loved or found sexually appealing a guy while in a relationship and i kept asking myself those questions for months and i avoided going to school for weeks and when I went I'd cry and have anxiety attacks. I had it with past actions i obessed over and felt the need to exploit every detail and be honest because otherwise i was being a fraud. I had it for sexual things that happened when i was a child. Im not diagnosed with ocd but should i tell this to my local counselor? Can someone help? Give me advice or tell me anything?
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Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didn’t realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. I’m not 31 and I’ve been in therapy for a year and it’s helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff I’m dealing with isn’t ocd and I’m exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and I’ll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe it’s not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if I’m making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something you’re doing actually is ocd or not.
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