I'm struggling with suicidal ocd & depression and I'm wondering how to push through and stay strong when the ocd is trying to convince you that it's an option. I know I don't want to commit suicide because I'm terrified and I have reassurance compulsions and checking. I want to know how to do ERP for this theme?
What gas worked for me is the 'Teflon Sheet' approach. Basically let the suicidal thought slide off the sleek sheet in your mind. Give it NO ATTENTION let it slide. Giving the thought any attention allows it to grow bigger and powerful. Allowing it to slide is the method that has been working for me so far. You will able to defeat this obstacle. I trust you will discover a great technique.. you are brilliant and OCD knows you are kind and peaceful. It is using your greatest gifts to give u the opposite. To torture you. You are a good, good person!!
Sorry you’re going through this. I can relate. From time to time I catch myself going down the Suicidal OCD rabbit hole. When I do, I give myself some compassion and accept the uncertainty (maybe I will, maybe not). I choose not to engage with the OCD thoughts and instead move on to the things I value. In my journey I’ve learned that I cannot control what thoughts pops up in my mind but I can control whether I should react. Please consider getting help from someone specially trained in OCD therapy or reach out to the NOCD Care Team available through this app. Hoping this helps you!!!
I recommend Shala niceleys shoulders back technique. Still a work in progress however
I am sorry that you are experiencing this. You are definitely not alone. Have you done any ERP with a specialist in OCD? That would be my recommendation if, at all possible, that could really help you to identify and plan out the right ERP at a level that is tolerable and gradually face these fears. I wish you all the best. Just please know it gets easier with time and treatment.
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Hi everyone. I've struggled mostly with just order & symmetry OCD, but lately feel like I might be developing suicidal OCD. I find myself often worrying about becoming depressed and that it will cause me to commit suicide, even though when I think about it I really don't want to die. And I feel like worrying about getting depressed and committing suicide is making it more real, and making me depressed and have suicidal thoughts even more. Does anyone else struggle with this? How do you cope / do ERP for it?
Tw: Anyone out there go through Suicidal ocd ERP? Mind mentioning some of your erp that you did with an ocd therapist ?! Anyone out there who has suicidal ocd have tips for dealing with intrusive thoughts ?
Hey everyone. I have been struggling with this theme this week. I had a panic attack at the beginning of the week and I got hit with a bunch of suicide intrusive thoughts. That is the last thing on earth I want to do and it hurts me because my mind makes me believe I want to. I get in a really sad dark alone place and sometimes I think about it but also I feel like it is intrusive because I have told myself no matter how bad it gets, no matter how shitty it feels I will not do anything to take my own life. It brings me so much sadness and guilt when I think about those kinds of things. It’s been hard because I have been trying to mindfully redirect and stay in the present moment but the thoughts come back and it makes it so hard to move on or when I’m in a happy moment that feels good my intrusive thoughts just come flooding back. I have tried to accept that those thoughts are there and I need to do things towards my goals and values but it’s been so difficult to accept this feeling and notice those thoughts when they are so against everything I love and it’s so hard when it’s one of my biggest fears. I cry and cry because I’m just so scared of those thoughts and it makes me think I actually want to do it. Anyway has anyone else experienced this? I feel so guilty and sometimes get thoughts that this feeling will never go away even thought I know for a fact I can get past it. Any advice? Or does anyone relate?
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