- Username
- d0donnell
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Make a hierarchy from one to ten of exposures that would make you the least to most anxious. For example: watching a movie where someone uses a knife might be a 1, using a knife near a family member might be a 10. Then slowly work your way up the hierarchy. If you need some good shows/movies for exposure, I used the following: End of the Fucking World, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Act, Dead to Me, and Bones. You’ve got this, dude!
I struggle with this one at times, you aren’t alone, but it’s awful. ERP and ACT have really helped me, but I still find my Harm OCD waxes and wanes. When it “returns” I start to question my sanity and feel terrified that I am going to lose control, but I try to talk back to it. Kind of like, “yeah, OCD, I hear you, I may or may not go crazy today, but for right now I’m going grocery shopping and you can come along for the ride.” I find when I approach it that way, rather than “oh no, there is that thought again” it helps diminish its power.
Hi! I overcame Harm OCD with ERP therapy. I can give you more info if you want :)
Please, thanks!
So I am new to this. I’ve always been diagnosed with GAD, depression, panic disorder, and am in recovery from SUD for 5 years. But about 6 months ago I started having thoughts during rumination of being a horrible mom. During that time, I couldn’t stop the thoughts. Then I started thinking, “what if something horrible happens to her?” And from there it went “what if I do something horrible to her?” I was terrified by that thought and now anytime my panic picks up my mind goes back to that thought. I’ve done a lot of reading and even talked to my doctor about this. I started back on my SSRI medication & it is managed more now. But every now and then this thought comes back and scares me as much as it did the first time, and when it does I obsess over it. “Why do I think like this? I must be a horrible person, etc.”
Hi all, I’m new to the app. I have OCD and anxiety. I am pretty new to my diagnosis- just 3-4 months- but knowing that there’s a label to how I feel is relieving. I also have dermatillomania (skin picking) which is one of my compulsions. I got put on medication- Zoloft- almost immediately after my diagnosis (I’m up to 200mg/day now). Something that has been coming up more frequently is my obsession that something bad is happening to my family. I won’t get into the details but I vividly imagine my parents, siblings, or friends being injured or dying. Can anyone who has experience in these areas give some tips? I feel pretty alone right now I’m how I feel and sometimes I feel like there’s something wrong with me.
I just had my first apt with my therapist. This came on very suddenly, almost overnight, for me and it’s causing me so much distress. I have been reading and I know that the brain sends thoughts the more you try to resist them. But I’m scared. I’m 46 and I never knew I had OCD tendencies and this literally happened overnight and now the harm thoughts are constant, all day, every day, and I feel like I’m going crazy. My life has been turned upside down. Does anyone else have the harm thoughts that are constant and involve many things/people?
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