- Date posted
- 2y
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- 2y
So sorry you experience these thoughts and feelings. But it' s very common among people with OCD. It's very good that you have an appt soon, I hope you will get help, OCD is so hard, but there is treatment and you can learn that these thoughts just are noise in your brain. Use the time until the appt to learn as much as possible about OCD. If we try to suppress the thoughts (which is a natural response) they grow stronger, the key is to learn to not engage with them at all, its difficult at first but you'll learn if you do therapy work. Even if the thoughts are scary I will tell you don't be afraid. They are "just thoughts."
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I’m glad you found this app and have an appointment soon! I noticed your title says “I want to” but then at the end of your paragraph you say “ik really scared”. Do you think someone who really wanted to hurt someone else would be on here and be scared of the thoughts and avoid going to their moms? If you actually wanted to hurt her you would be at her house right now and never signed up for this app and you wouldn’t be scared of the thoughts. You will learn in therapy that we must face our thoughts and just let our thoughts say whatever we want. By not going to your moms that is considered avoidance which is an OCD compulsion. I used to avoid a lot of things when my OCD was really bad. Like Estrid said I would encourage you to read up on OCD.
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@Greg2 A good podcast you can listen to on YouTube is Ali Greymond
- Date posted
- 2y
Well said Greg
- Date posted
- 2y
I wonder if anyone has explained this to your understanding yet, if not I will try! So having thoughts about hurting your mom (harm ocd) does not equal you wanting or intending to hurt her. It is called an intrusive thought that goes against what we really want. (To not hurt her) anger can make intrusive harm thoughts feel more real. Intrusive thoughts are ones that we don’t like that make us anxious and uncomfortable make us confused and usually mad at ourself. I hope you find solace knowing that harm ocd means you are afraid of hurting your mom, instead of you want to hurt your mom. It’s quite tricky at first but if you have any questions you can ask here the community has tons of experience with harm ocd. :)
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- 22w
I feel like one of the worst things about ocd are the disturbing images or the ‘little movies’ that replay in your head over and over again. I have the worst sexual images with one of my family members that actually so bad that I can’t even look in the mirror. And it’s even worse that I have a lovely boyfriend and I’m so disgusted of myself that I feel like I don’t deserve him and I feel like I can’t be with him because of these thoughts, even he is the most precious thing in my life. These sexual images are so horrible and what makes it even worse that in these pictures I always see myself as someone who enjoys it. I know how to deal with this anymore. My mind is trying to convince me that that I actually like these images and thoughts and this is the hardest part, that I’m doubting myself. These images pop up in my head so naturally that I always question myself if I actually don’t like it why it comes so naturally or how can my brain picture things like this if I don’t like it. It’s getting worse day by day. It’s in my head 24/7, can’t concentrate on anything else, I can’t eat because I’m constantly throwing up. And my mom has to sleep with me every night because I’m so disturbed by my own mind. My parents know that there’s something wrong with me, they think I’m depressed but sadly It’s not something I can talk openly about with them. I’m seeing a therapist next week but I’m genuinely scared to open up about these thoughts that I’m having.
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- 17w
Someone please help me I’m having intrusive thoughts of hurting my pets and I’m really scared of myself and I want these thoughts to go away. Can someone please help me I’m scared and I don’t know if I’m a monster
- Date posted
- 17w
Hey so a couple months ago (7-8) I remember being upset at my family member. Like she was talking too much while I was annoyed and remember wanting her to be quiet. I got an intrusive thought like a really bad image of doing something really bad to her, and my hand twitched to the side a little? Like it felt like I was about to?! And I remembered thinking "if I do this, I'll get in trouble". I got up and left to the bathroom and felt horrified! I was thinking "did I want to act out? Did the only reason I didn't act out was because of getting in trouble? If there was no consequences, would have I done it?! Does this mean this whole time I've been using OCD as an excuse?" I remember I couldn't sleep for 3 nights because of how bad the anxiety was, I was crying and I felt very guilty like I should turn myself in to a mental hospital. I couldn't eat for many days or be near her because of that thought and twitch I had! I'm worried it was an impulse or I actually wanted to hurt her. And even to this day I still ruminanate about this. Like last night I couldn't sleep well I kept waking up every two hours and asking myself "am I capable?" I couldn't eat last night. Sometimes I move on from it like I forget that happened but when I remember, I feel distressed about it! I don't want to be an evil person or do bad actions towards anyone! I'm even scared to be angry because of this because I'm scared I have more "chance" of acting out due to anger. Like was it an impulse and I held back? Is this even OCD? Please help, I'm really scared!
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