How many of you have harm ocd?

Hey I’m sorry your going through this I have harm ocd as well as other themes and can agree that harm is the hardest I’ve been through all of them are harm but this was more stand out I guess. It’s good that your doing erp! It’s hard but it helps sitting with discomfort. I have my hard days still but just keep looking foward one thing that has helped my is knowing that a thought is just a thought it feel real and scary and like it will happen but it won’t you are okay! I also realized even though when I was suffering pretty badly RHE more I thought about it and ruminated and obsessed the more thoughts came and they came more intense. You got this! ❤️

hi! i’m not offering reassurance but as far as i know, the idaho murderer doesn’t actually seem to be diagnosed with ocd. his eating habits (he was very extreme vegan) were described as ocd-like, which is just another unfortunate case of people using our condition as an adjective. hope you’re doing well!

Hey! I also suffer from harm OCD along with other themes. Honestly today has been hard. That’s awesome you did that ERP exposure! You got this, let ocd say whatever it wants to

Yeah, I'd gladly take my health OCD back. Feels like I can't even hang out with friends or date and it really really sucks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it's just largely latched onto my seasonal depression but it scares the shit out of me

I have in the past, yes

Thank you for sharing this. You are definitely not alone. I think we all have to remember that OCD will attach to the very things that bother you the most, the things you value and care about- OCD is ego-dystonic which means that the thoughts go against the nature of the person- against what they value and their goals- that's why they bother you so much. As far as the Idaho murderer- I have read some things and found it very upsetting that they have been throwing around the word OCD- I have no idea if that man meets the criteria for OCD or not- but what I do know is that OCD doesn't cause anyone to kill. What I do know is that of the hundreds of people I have treated over the last decade or so people with OCD tend to be the most conscientious, thoughtful, and most caring people I have ever met. As far as I am concerned that is just a fact based on my experience. From a ERP standpoint I would say that you have to allow yourself to sit in the emotions that are so difficult- the idea that could someone with OCD kill someone, yes they could- and just because they could, just because it is a possibility, doesn't equal probability. I know I am being a little reassurancy right now but the truth is that everything I have read on the Idaho murder suspect points to lack of empathy, lack of consciense- things that are not in alignment with OCD. Remember OCD likes to take anything that there is even a .0001% chance of happening and making it seem like it will happen or it is true- so allow the thoughts to be there and if and when you ever make a choice to brutally murder people, well then I guess that's when you can figure it out (note that this day will likely never come but OCD will make you never feel sure enough).

I have Harm OCD too and it feels like everything is real and that there is no escape from the puzzle you create in your mind. If you ever need to talk my Instagram is evareid_

I had a similar experience, except mine are based off of when the dahmer series came out and the pictures and stuff were popular. In my biomed class people asked me if I’d seen the pictures and I looked it up out of curiosity and traumatized myself. This is when my ocd really showed. Most of my harm thoughts are of doing what he did. It’s honestly so scary. Your brave for doing exposure I haven’t yet but idk.

Harm ocd is like being trapped in a nightmare to me.