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Harm OCD success stories
Hello there! I'm new here can y'all share success stories of harm OCD? It could be from podcast or blogs Thank you so much and I wish you a speedy recovery and inner peace.
Hello there! I'm new here can y'all share success stories of harm OCD? It could be from podcast or blogs Thank you so much and I wish you a speedy recovery and inner peace.
I have a success story. When I was a young adult, still living with my family, we adopted two adorable little kittens. While playing with them, I suddenly started to have very upsetting thoughts about hurting them. I went to my bedroom and felt horrible for a few hours. I think this was before my OCD diagnosis, but I had read about harm OCD before, so I guess I suspected something like that might be going on. The kittens were so cute and I loved them so much, I decided I couldn't stand to avoid them, so the only thing I could do was to go cuddle with them and just trust myself not to hurt them. It worked! I held the kittens, nothing bad happened, and the thoughts faded. Of course, my OCD soon found other themes to focus on -- health fears in particular -- and those other obsessions eventually caused a major crisis for me. But one of those cats became my best buddy and helped me through that crisis. Then I took her with me when I moved out to live on my own. She was such a great little cat! I'm so glad I was able to take that leap of faith.
This is such a uplifting story, thank you so much for sharing this!
I got one for ya, I'm dealing with harm OCD. I get thoughts that what If I killed someone with my car and I don't remember or what if I cause a fatal fire. Started doing ERP and it's helping tremendously. Living with uncertainty is terrifying but it gets better but you have to put in the work. This journey will be long and you will fail sometimes and that is okay. Iv had OCD since I was 10, and I just found out about it at 24, and I'm now 25. It's taken enough from me. I plan on getting my sweet revenge and I got a BIG sweet tooth. You got this friend. You got this
Yes! I would love to hear the same.
I’d like to hear some too :)
Welcome to the NOCD community! There are some great success stories here you can read!https://www.treatmyocd.com/my-ocd-journey
Hi guys. Hope everyone is okay I just wanted to ask for some ppl to share how they overcame harm ocd completely so that I can get an idea of how to work towards healing. Thank you :)
Hello everybody I just am looking for someone to talk to about my harm ocd / false memory/ sexual intrusiveness. Anyone who has healed or found ways to deal with the illness. Feels like I’m losing hope more and more everyday. I want to be okay but it’s hard living with uncertainty and unwanted urges of doing something terrible. Thanks god bless.
Good morning to my fellow community members ☕️ I hope everyone reading this is having an enjoyable summer to the best of their abilities 🌞 After responding to a post of mine from three years ago that someone just commented on; I wanted to take the time to put myself out there and share a brief update on where I’m at in both my recovery and remission status. Overall, I’m in a night and day different place with my OCD from three years ago and I’m thankful, grateful and blessed for that 🙏 Many factors have come into play in order for me to be where I’m at today and able to write this very post 💯 However, I have been met with trials and tribulations along the way and it’s been a very challenging process, but I’ve done my best along the way to take each year on with both stride and grace ☮️ And so, I wanted to speak on as of very recently; not going over my entire journey over the past few years. Hence, the title of this post being “Harm OCD Spike” and it’s exactly that. For me, it’s minimal, but it might be major for someone else who is experiencing Harm OCD and so I wanted to share it with you all and let everyone know that no matter where we’re at in our OCD journeys; unfortunately, it’s never going to be 100% perfect because as we all know; nothing in life is ever 100% perfect and that’s just the reality and that’s entirely okay ✅ It’s a tough pill to swallow in general, but especially for someone like me who has been challenged by the subtype of Perfectionism since my teenage years as well. And so, yes; as of late I have noticed a very-slight increase of random Harm OCD thoughts. Very similar and very comparable to others from throughout my past dealing with Harm OCD. That said, I’m aware of them; I don’t at all like the fact that they’ve sporadically presented themselves, but I’m not at all going to beat myself up about them the way I once did and let’s use “Three years ago” for example (referencing the intro to this post) and that in it and of itself is a win 💪 I’ve acknowledged these few random thoughts that have presented themselves based upon now known triggers. And as we all know; anyone, anything, anytime and at any place can trigger us and that also entirely okay because OCD is not specific when it comes to subtypes nor triggers 📢 No one nor anything is off limits when it comes to OCD and as unfortunate as that may be; it’s the factual reality that we all have to acknowledge, accept and embrace 📶 And again, entirely okay 👍 In conclusion, regardless of your random harm thought, the anxiety that comes to follow, the rumination after that, the want to perform compulsions; whether they’re mental and/or physical that we all experience and/or the assurance seeking that we all feel that we both want and need both in that moment and sometimes even after the fact; the fact of the matter is that no matter where we’re at in our journeys, this is ultimately what happens when having to live with this mental disorder/illness and that’s also entirely okay 🫶 I wish, hope and pray each and every single day since formally being diagnosed years ago that one day a 100% cure will be either discovered or made for us, but until if/when that day comes and God willing it does; we all have each other and our entire community with resources like the life changing/saving NOCD, etc. And THAT’S, what needs to be highlighted and focused in on 💛 Not the overall amount of time that OCD either attempts and/or does steal from us 💔 Why? Because we’re stronger than that! We deserve better than that! And we will continue to fight ourselves and our lives because we all owe it to, ourselves 💗 Sending love, compassion and support to all those suffering from the monster and battling the beast that is OCD 💌
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