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When I had Harm OCD I used to have urges about stabbing people, pushing people in front of trains, hitting them over the head with sticks. I’m still a good person, and so are you. OCD messes with you so much, and Harm OCD is especially brutal. The only way to overcome it is through exposure. I started by watch End of The Fucking World on Netflix. It’s about a boy who thinks he’s a psychopath and wants to kill his first person. It freaked me out but afterwards my Harm OCD was mostly gone, and it was also just a really good show! If you’re not ready for that though, maybe try listening to songs that mention murder. Songs are shorter so they’re usually easier to handle. You’ve got this!
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For a real life exposure, you may want to try sitting down near some people and just doing small movements with your toes and eventually feet as they walk by. Right now you’re afraid you’re going to act out of control. If you can face the fear and do it with control again and again, your brain will eventually stop getting so anxious about it and lose interest. If you have a trusted friend or family member, you could even ask them to walk back and forth in front of you for 5 min and then log the exposure in the app.
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I’ve been exactly where you are. It feels so real and that’s how it gets you! What helps me is just fully accepting the weird urges and thoughts. So being like “yep I’m totally gonna do that”. At first your anxiety will spike, but when you don’t actually do it time after time, your brain will realize that there’s no real threat and the thoughts and urges should get less intense
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Thanks all of you so much for the advice and support. Did I mention I'm supposed to be on vacation...lol. OCD sucks sometimes!! I will definitely try out your suggestions.
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Recently ive been getting very scared to even be angry (i try to avoid even being angry if i can!) bc of the horrible thoughts I have and it feels even more real when I'm angry or even annoyed. I've been hyperfocusing on my bodily reactions (mainly my hands or how I'm feeling like did I just enjoy that? Was I considering? Did it just move? Why is it tingly? Why did it twitch?) And I've noticed the small twitches whenever I'm mad or annoyed and it's scaring me so bad! Like do I want to act out? Am I holding back? Is this an indication i was about to do something or will in the future? I used to not even twitch at all when mad and I felt 100% sure I'll never act out but now it feels like I don't even know anymore bc of these twitches. Im so afraid! What I do know is I don't want to ever act out (idea is distressing not appealing) but it's so scary like why did i twitch or was i about to act out? Im scared these are real urges and i research for many many hours to make sure they arent real urges or impulses and i also tend to ask ai or here if the anxiety gets so bad. Like how do I know of this is actually a serious concern and I should be very worried???
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Earlier I had what felt like an urge but I’m not sure. I’ve had urges before but this felt different as the object was in front of me (not intentional btw) , I’ve been quite stressed lately and my OCD is latching on to that. I had an urge to harm and within that I had like 2/3 intrusive images that came to mind, I couldn’t rationalise with it, I felt “stuck” when I came out of it I felt scared immediately was trying to work out why I’d even think of doing that & was very upset. A while after I keep getting thoughts like “say your goodbyes it won’t be long until you act out” I cried to my boyfriend and told him everything. How do I know if this was intent vs intrusive urge?
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Hey, I suffer from harm ocd and I feel as if it’s non stop everything I do everyday I believe I killed someone I believe it’s harm ocd and false memory but like today I went to the store and saw a older lady and my head thinks of images of me pushing them or killing then and right after that thought I feel as if I done it then the rest of the day I ruminate replaying everything. I know erp and I should just accept the thought and let it go but it’s not easy and I feel as if i really hurt or killed someone and I don’t want to go to jail for something I don’t want to do . Any tips would be appreciated I don’t know how to accept and move on when it feels so real that I did something!
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