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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’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
Hello everybody I just am looking for someone to talk to about my harm ocd / false memory/ sexual intrusiveness. Anyone who has healed or found ways to deal with the illness. Feels like I’m losing hope more and more everyday. I want to be okay but it’s hard living with uncertainty and unwanted urges of doing something terrible. Thanks god bless.
About 2 months ago, I sliced my arm so deep in an attempt to make this all go away.. as there was blood spurting like everywhere my life flashed before my eyes and I could hear my parents laughing in the room beside me. I started screaming for help as my eyes flooded with tears. How could their little girl do that to herself?? I was able to get to the ER and have my arm stitched up.. making my attempt a fail. But I’m so scared. I don’t want to do something like that again. I’ve never seen my parents cry except for then. The fear in their eyes haunts me up to this day. But that’s the only thing that relieves my pain. Can someone help or relate to this ???
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