d0donnell
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- 5y
erin174erin174
- Date posted
- 5y
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!
mvpmvp
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- 5y
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.
erin174erin174
- Date posted
- 5y
Hi! I overcame Harm OCD with ERP therapy. I can give you more info if you want :)
d0donnelld0donnell
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- 5y
Please, thanks!
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Anonymous 25#
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- 18w
Anyone please?
Okay so I’ve dealt with harm OCD from the beginning. Started off with harming my kids, going to jail and then harming myself. The harm to myself stuck around for a long time. Then it went away and other themes picked up but it keeps coming back. This is like the third time it’s come back and every single time it comes back it feels worse. It feels like this is the time something is going to happen. Has anyone ever dealt with this? With old themes constantly coming back and feeling more real? Please any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 18w
Newbie and mama searching for help
Hey all, This is so strange to share this, and I have been judged by others and misdiagnosed many times. About a year ago I worked with an OCD therapist and it was really triggering. For me my thoughts are mainly about suicidal ocd and harm ocd centered around my children of all things. Fear that I could or would want to hurt them, then feeling so horrible that I believe I’m suicidal then I go back and forth on that. After reading a few of your posts, it makes me truly have a bit of hope that I can overcome this.
BiancaIsGrowing
- Date posted
- 9w
Having a hard time
I have to be alone with my children tomorrow and I'm scared. Harm OCD has me panicking and ruminating. I don't want to hurt my babies they mean everything to me. I keep fighting for them, I got a better job for them and I want to create a better life for them. I'm so afraid that I might hurt them so I need to be away from them but I also don't want to be away from them. The thoughts and images are so much. I'd rather die before I hurt them. Accepting the uncertainty of possibly hurting them is not something I can accept or live with. And it doesn't help having existential ocd because that says none of it matters anyway. I just want to be the old me, I hate this disorder I hate this disease I hate me for having these thoughts. I'm sorry for ranting. I just need to get it out. I hate this worry disorder!
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