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i am so terrified i might hurt somebody. i have harm ocd, and lately, the things i do to make myself feel better (my compulsions) aren’t helping anymore and i don’t know what to do. i’m scared i have the urge to hurt somebody, specifically my family. i hate being in the same house as them out of fear i might want to one day grab something and kill them. i don’t. i would never dream of it. but i’m so terrified. i keep on posting about the same things, and i’m sorry, i just don’t know what else to do to make myself feel better. i know i’m supposed to sit with uncertainty, but it’s just so hard 🙁

Username: kaio16kaio16

Date posted: 1y ago

i'm going trough the same thing right now, my compulsions are not working and every day i feel like i am what i fear

Username: kaio16kaio16

Date posted: 1y ago

hands get cold, tight chest, sometimes a urge feel so real i cant tell between normal urges and ocd urges, im feeling horrible

Username: overocdxoxooverocdxoxo

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

that's scary and sad and i've been there but in my experience and what i've learn is the fact that ur terrible of the thought is proof its ocd and also u aren't in control on ur thoughts only ur actions and u just said u would never dream of that also u have this one thought that u attached meaning to you could turn around and say hey this thought mean " xyz" thoughts aren't facts they actually don't really have any meaning unless attach meaning to them . it's going to get better i promise u

Username: kaio16kaio16

Date posted: 1y ago

you still got the urges or nah?

Username: overocdxoxooverocdxoxo

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

@kaio16 sometimes it comes up but it's not urges it's anxiety and maybe it's uncomfortable when it's happening but i almost now have a understanding of what's happening in the beginning i thought it was " urge " i now know it is in fact not

Username: kaio16kaio16

Date posted: 1y ago

@overocdxoxo how do you cope with it? sometimes mine feels too real

Username: Lisa LeeLou Lisa LeeLou

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 1y ago

@lea I’m sorry to hear you are struggling. I am glad you are reaching out and posting about it. OCD loves to cause as much angst as possible and to attach to things that are important to us. It is the doubting disease. As @over said we can’t control our thoughts; only actions. I know the thoughts are scary, but as you said you “wouldn’t dream” of it. ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy is a treatment method for OCD. It’s helped me gain tools to deal with my OCD. Are you in therapy with a trained OCD therapist or NOCD? If not in therapy, please consider reaching out to the NOCD care team for a free consultation.

Username: Phubbard33 Phubbard33

Date posted: 1y ago

I don't have any compulsions so I just sit in my room scrolling through TikTok desperately trying to ignore the urges to stab myself or my husband

Username: overocdxoxooverocdxoxo

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

well in the moment it can be hard but i have to take a second and say ok your having this feeling and feelings aren't facts the fact that the thought in producing alarming " feelings " is proof that i do not want to act on these thoughts. because if i did i would not be disturbed. so let me allow this shit feeling to continue and i'll remind my self I can control my actions i can't control the mkndless trash that can walk into my mind on occasion

Username: KS24

Date posted: 40w ago

Harm OCD urges

Does anyone have any recommendations for distressing harm related thoughts and urges? The last thing I’d ever want to do is hurt someone, I have so much anxiety and distress over the thoughts, the thoughts terrify me in itself. However my go-to ‘solution’ to neutralise obsessive thoughts over a number of years (not involving harm) has involved giving in to my urges as a way of getting temporary relief. My rational brain knows these are just thoughts, but I so quickly get sucked into the ocd thought spiral and my irrational brain is so convinced that I’m going to feel this way forever, until I give in and act on the urge, that this is the only way I will get some relief. I want to emphasise again that I DO NOT want to hurt anyone, but my irrational mind is convinced it’s the ‘only way out’ of these thoughts. Help???

Username: Ariyah

Date posted: 40w ago

harm ocd

ive had harm type for years. it’s focused around my mom and if i want to hurt her and i spiral and it’s terrifying. sometimes i get scared that im insane and that i don’t actually have ocd, ect. my compulsions are usually going on my phone (what im doing now, i know, im trying) to distract myself or i try to comfort myself almost like reassuring. does anyone else struggle with this? I just need to know im not alone.

Harm OCD

Username: vmc76

Date posted: 34w ago

Harm OCD thoughts

Everyday i have unwanted thoughts and images in my head of me harming my loved ones in horrible ways, also urges too. i’m not like that at all, i don’t want to be like that at all and i also have an extreme fear of becoming a bad person and harming the people i love, or snapping out of anger and harming people. These thoughts scare me a lot and im really sad that i have these thoughts at all and its taking a toll on my mental health. whenever i see something like a gun or a knife or something like that i get anxious and scared at the thought that i could hurt someone with those things and i get thought about me in a position where i hurt someone. the last thing i want is to hurt anyone. i just wanna make people happy and i wanna treat others with kindness. i don’t want to do any of that i don’t wanna be a bad person. i hate these thoughts in my head and im so anxious at the thought that im gonna commit them. can someone help me and give me some advice on what to do?

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