Harm ocd

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You have to treat it like any other OCD theme: mindfulness and ERP therapy.

Having the same thing actually and trying to let it just be there but then it’s like what if you really mean those thoughts

What I have been doing lately which has been helping me a ton. Is when I get a scary thought whether it’s about harming myself or hurting someone, which is the last thing I’d ever want to do.. I simply say to myself ‘right let’s discuss this matter’ and what I do is go through what would happen if I did kill myself, I know this is scary at first but trust me sit with it for 5-10 minutes, you’ll get lots of scary thoughts in this time and anxiety will be high but eventually the anxiety will fade. When I’m battling the thought, I tend to imagine what would happen if I did? How awful it would be, how much pain it would cause to others this can be really challenging to think to do at first but really going head on with your intrusive thoughts is honestly the best thing I’ve done. Treat is as if you’re offering your ocd a boxing match in your head and say ‘bring it on’ if you give me a scary thought, let’s analyse that thought and sit with it for as long as you can, eventually your ocd will stop bugging you as much as you’re not giving it the time and effort it wants you to have. Sorry if this didn’t make too much sense but I hope it did😂. There is a book available on audible or a paper book called ‘overcoming harm ocd’ which explains this concept I said in a lot greater and better detail, in the self harm chapter. Hope this helps, and remember they’re just thoughts and they’re not real! Each day you’ll learn better coping mechanisms