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I have obsessive fear of a robber or murderer breaking into my house. I don’t see this theme talked about often, does it even have a name?
I have obsessive fear of a robber or murderer breaking into my house. I don’t see this theme talked about often, does it even have a name?
Themes don't always have names because theres not actually sub catagories for OCD. Its just easier when you're talking to someone who specializes in it so they can pin it down. Just because yours doesnt have a specific title though doesn't mean the treatment is going to be any more difficult. You can do this! You have to stop doing your compulsions and sit in the uncertainty. Maybe if you don't, say, lock your windows, someone will break in. But maybe they won't. You have to take those steps to stop being scared of your thoughts. That's how ERP works. You've got this! We're all fighting the same demon and we're all fighting together! Try therapy through NOCD, it genuinly helps.
I have multible themes and they change often, many of them not talked about. The thing is that it doesnt matter, what matters is to find out what kind of safety behaviours you are doing. What kind of things are you doing to protect yourself? Ruminating? Analyzing? Googling statistics? Checking? X-tra locks? Treatment is about breaking with those rituals and then your fear will calm down with time.
@Estrid Yep, same. I had this one for a while but I have lots of themes. You have to fight them all the same way. I went weeks with barely any sleep, put up cameras, learned how to shoot my husband’s gun because he travels a ton. Eventually I got tired of being so afraid and just sat with it. It’s easier said than done and when you get in that fear spiral, you can’t rationalize with yourself.
@OCDMM Well done! So true.
Thank you everyone 🙂
Not sure , have you talked to a therapist?
I think Scelerophobia would fit in this idk. Scelerophobia is the fear and avoidance of criminals, robbers and burglars.
Any one who has/had the fear of becoming schizophrenic? I rarely find people with this theme :(
Is there a particular word for the theme of being scared of everything paranormal and fear of being posessed, other than maybe religious ocd, which it doesn’t apply in my case. I feel like there’s nobody on this app besides me who had this obsession. And I want to do research on how to recover when I have this specific theme but I have difficulty finding information because it looks like nobody with ocd has this obsession.
Question - so I see lot of different themes on here.. my theme has been worried about being stalked.. I did put my self In a situation where it could have happened years and years ago.. with most themes on here I don’t see really a single person who has put there self in harms way of their theme.. does that still make mine ocd even if I put myself in a situation where it could’ve happened?
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