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Harm OCD
Anyone else with harm OCD extremely triggered by the Lindsay Clancy case? I’m struggling realllllly badly right now.
Anyone else with harm OCD extremely triggered by the Lindsay Clancy case? I’m struggling realllllly badly right now.
It sent me into a really bad spiral. I didn’t know the woman’s name and looked it up to see who you were talking about and got a wave of anxiety over my body lol. I could feel the blood leave my face. You’re not alone. I have a daughter and this scares me really bad.
I just posted this too!!!! I’m very triggered by it. I had a really good run before this happened and it’s being talked about everywhere , at my work, friends, I can’t escape it!
Same here,I was doing so well. This brought me alllll the way back :( hugs to you
Me. 100%. I just commented on another thread as well. I have a friend who was friends with her and worked with her so it is hitting so close to home. It’s all anyone is talking about as we live near by. I have cried looking at my kids recently worried that somehow that could be me.
Yes. I've been so triggered by this. I have harm ocd surrounding my child and one of my biggest fears is going crazy and causing harm etc...I tried reading about this as an exposure and when I read all of the details(I don't know why they would include the details of the scene) I freaked out with overwhelming anxiety and I can't get out of this cycle now of anxiety ruminating all if that. Thinking this will be or could be me someday makes me feel so sick to my stomach and depressed... I feel guilty that I have made this tragedy personal with my ocd.. does anyone else feel the same? How are you dealing? My therapist says not to compare..it is so triggering it's overwhelming
I just posted about this. I have two beautiful children. It was very triggering. I kept having anxiety attacks thinking that could be me. How do we not compare ourselves to this?
My heart goes out to all the Mama’s struggling over this story.🤍
It was so devastating. The hardest part of all of it (aside from the obvious devastation for their family) was the shame that’s followed for moms that have dealt/are dealing with anything postpartum related from uneducated, insensitive people. We have zero idea right now what she was truly going through. So many have jumped on this bandwagon of PP shame and it’s very scary as a mother to read. I’ve read horrible, horrible comments that have been so triggering as a mom struggling with OCD. Do I believe Tik Tok is a lion’s den and broadcasting to those that have zero understanding is wise? No. I think platforms like this where we all can understand each other is much healthier. I’ve had to disengage from all of it. It’s much too triggering for me.
At this point only god knows why it happened. Maybe this will push psychiatry to further research and trial for ppd or ppp. I’ve exhausted myself trying to figure it out. Mental Illness is the worst. I’m nervous around my babies. My compulsion is I just keep praying.
i’m back in a cycle of having harm related OCD thoughts and feelings and urges and i get these episodes where it’s like i’m disassociating and feel like i’m about to snap and go crazy violent. does anyone else experience this? i need help
I had blood work done for a test I was having a couple weeks ago. The phlebotomist hit my vein weird, my arm bled a lot, but eventually stopped. My arm is still sore several days later. The following week I had my bronchoscopy. The nurse used the same arm that was already sore to put in the IV for the meds. My arm started hurting, swelling and burning. I told her it hurt really bad but she ignored me; then I was out. It’s been a week and my arm still hurts, and my veins are tight and hard. Couple that with the white stuff all over my face, that nobody from the care team bothered to wipe off- which I didn’t know about until my husband asked me what it was, I got harm from my OCD! At first I chalked it up to the white stuff on my face was bad bedside manners. Now, I keep thinking that my doctors and everyone associated with the clinics are trying to harm me. This morning I had an incident with the fryer oven while toasting my bagel. I asked my husband about it and he says he didn’t notice anything. I was down to the last few bites of my bagel, and suddenly started feeling loopy. I spit it out and threw the rest away. After sitting awhile thinking of the doctors and phlebotomist etc… it dawned on me that it was my OCD telling me people were trying to harm me. I don’t know how to get over the fact that my arm hurts really bad and my doctor completely ignores my health concerns. I’ve been nauseous for the past two weeks or so - there is definitely something wrong! I think when they find out that you have OCD and/or Anxiety, they treat you differently, as if you’re making up the symptoms. I most certainly haven’t felt heard! My husband always says, what’s wrong now? It’s such a horrible feeling to hear him say that. Is this what you call Harm? Or is it associated with Harm? I’m not sure if this is triggering or not. I hope not.
Guys for the past couple of hours ive been spiraling! I wad researching and came across this harm ocd article question that has been worrying me. The title was "im scared of hurting someone when I'm mad. Can i trust myself?" And I was thinking "hey that's what ive been worried about for the past several months!" I even AVOID being angry. Im scared of it bc I get a lot of thoughts and I'm hyperaware of my hands and feel them tingly! Last time i tensed so hard to stay still as possible bc I was so so nervous from my thoughts and my hand twitched which made me SPIRAL. I never want to cause harm! And i always start crying after an argument bc the thoughts are so so scary! Anyway I got afraid bc the article said "research has shown that people with ocd don't struggle with impulse control- so if you find yourself intensely worried you could do harm based on the intrusive thoughts or urges you have, it's likely something else is going on." THAT SENTENCE HAS LEFT ME WITH A TON OF ANXIETY! Its so bad, my appetite is gone! I'm scared does this mean I don't have ocd and should be seriously concerned?!
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