Struggling with OCD and fear of losing control; seeking advice.

self confusion and uncertainty

i’m trying so very hard to overcome ocd and try to live my live above it but i can’t seem to get through a single day without that annoying little voice in my head saying “you’re crazy”, “youre a bad person”, or “you’ll become a bad person”. which is probably the most terrifying thing to hear it’s like i’ve become afraid of myself a fear of becoming crazy which is making me crazy🤦🏼‍♀️ i’m not looking for reassurance, but any advice😭 i’m really struggling.

Username: AhsjdiviwajdjdjjcAhsjdiviwajd...

Date posted: 1y ago

I just want to remind you that OCD targets everything you value. Also, one therapist told me this and I’ll share it with you. OCD is like an addiction, when you are having OCD thoughts it’s your way of unintentionally avoiding reality because there’s something triggers whether it’s stress, the past, an event, etc. this is why OCD is worse at times. So when you feel triggered dig deeper and find out what’s behind the ocd, what stressors are there. Ocd subsides when you heal the underlying issues. It never goes away forever but it becomes a whole lot dormant. Speaking from experience. I’ve been in therapy 9 months healing my trauma and it has helped my ocd TREMENDOUSLY, though I am having an overwhelming week of health ocd this week bc of some stressors that occurred over the weekend. Anyways I hope this helps! A couple other things that help me are yoga, journaling, Theanine supplements, exercise, hanging out with a friend, being with family, spiritual life etc. Ocd usually makes us want to stay distracted so we don’t have to think, I encourage you to slow down and focus on those underlying causes.

Username: G456G456

Date posted: 1y ago

I totally understand what you're saying. It feels like even though we all have the same ilness, it feels like yours in particular is unique or unsolvable or different from all the other people who have ocd. Trust me when I say you are not crazy or are not going to do anything bad. I wouldn't obsess over things that haven't happened and I assure you that nothing bad is going to happen.

Username: myheal06myheal06

Date posted: 1y ago

@G456 thank you😌 this helped me more than you know🙏🏼

Username: Dee CDee C

Date posted: 1y ago

Sorry you’re going through this. & I can relate. From time to time the thought comes along saying ‘you’re thinking again!’ However I don’t go down the OCD rabbit hole of trying to figure it out why that thought came up. Rather I may respond with a yeah whatever! In other words, I’m acknowledging it but not giving it any value. It takes time & practice to acknowledge the thoughts & not react to them. All while accepting the uncertainty. Hope this helps you!!!

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 5y ago

i dont know exactly what i’m feeling. i know ocd isn’t logical and trying to get to the core of it is hard, but i think what terrifies me is that i (everyone for that matter) have the potential to do horrible things. to stop loving my parents, to hurt my little sister, to hurt myself, and that i’m just resisting the urge to do so. my ocd used to be one theme pocd and incest ocd and for some reason i’ve managed to dismiss the thoughts easier but i’m tired of being in my head all the time, i’m tired of my brain not shutting up. do you guys have any tips to help me?

"Pure" OCD

Username: Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

Can anyone relate?

Woke up this morning immediately looking for the thoughts that I’ve been having even though i don’t want to think about them. I feel like i ended up bringing them upon myself and then i had a super gruesome thought and have been worrying about it all morning. Is it possible to bring thoughts upon yourself? Is it ocd or is it just me? I’m just so scared of going “crazy” that i keep looking for thoughts deciding if it’s me or not if you know what i mean. It’s such a scary feeling When you feel like you don’t know who you are 😭 i literally am just petrified of completely losing sense of who i am and doing something bad and being locked away forever. Is it possible to just turn bad? Does anybody know what i mean by that? Like you secretly have a double ego and completely turn into somebody different? Does anyone else experience this? Is it ocd? I’m so scared i feel like i can never catch a break.

Harm OCD

Username: Taylen

Date posted: 2y ago

im scared, need advice quick.

I’ve been recently struggling so much with the intrusive thoughts and images, it was bad at first but now its worse. I cant even cry anymore. Im questioning myself. am i really crazy? am i really scared if these thoughts? what if i lose my self control? what if i am my intrusive thoughts? what if i don’t feel bad about them? im so scared my life is being taken over im not myself anymore i feel like im going through derealization as well which i’ve struggled with in the past. I haven’t been diagnosed but am almost 100% sure i have harm OCD im talking to a therapist and a doctor to get me on pills. Someone help me please or give me advice i feel so disgusted looking at myself bc i feel like im a sick human. These thoughts are against my family, especially my mom which is the person i love the most in the world. Im only 13 and miss my old self. I regret watching Dahmer so much, which is what initially caused this for the first time. What if im never gonna be the same again. I cant sleep i feel sick even eating. Am i alone on this.

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