- Username
- riverwaterocean
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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.
- Username
- DorbzeldgeDorbzeldge
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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.
- Username
- Stacy QuickStacy Quick
- User type
- Therapist
- Date posted
- 1y ago
This is such a uplifting story, thank you so much for sharing this!
- Username
- Freezingcold LavaFreezingcold...
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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
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- The names Adelbert The names Ad...
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Yes! I would love to hear the same.
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- ChihuahuaprincessChihuahuapri...
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I’d like to hear some too :)
- Username
- Stacy QuickStacy Quick
- User type
- Therapist
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Welcome to the NOCD community! There are some great success stories here you can read!https://www.treatmyocd.com/my-ocd-journey
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- Username
- anna banana
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Anybody have nice recovery stories? Personally I don’t believe the whole “OCD is something you manage, not cure” thing as I think it’s just the medicinal companies looking to have you popping pills your entire life. Anyways, I KNOW that recovery is possible, and I know that it’s very inspiring and motivating to hear from people that has been in OCD hell that got out on the other side. So please, if you have any stories, share! I can give you a little story; my mom got herself some bad Harm OCD when she got her first child, my big sister, and intense amounts of anxiety from the OCD and agoraphobia too. In the last 20 years, she’s had two panic attacks. She’s over it! She’s out and about and haven’t known intrusive thoughts for ages
- Username
- Kenzie Madison
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Those with Harm OCD
Hey guys. I’ve been dealing with Harm OCD for around 3 and 1/2 months now, and it’s been extremely difficult to experience. I’ve had OCD my whole life and some of my family members do as well, one of my cousins actually has the same main subtype as me, but he was diagnosed almost a year ago when I didn’t have it myself. I’ve been going to an OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center the past week and I’m really struggling with the exposures we do there, as well as the ones we do at home. I constantly feel like I’m judging myself and I genuinely feel worthless, like I’m a horrible person to have unwanted intrusive thoughts like these. I feel like it’s so difficult to stay mindful and to not judge any of the thoughts that surface. Those with Harm OCD, have any of you here gone from debilitating OCD to living fulfilling lives? If so, what was the process like for you, if you’d like to share? Thanks and I hope you’re all doing well, or are continuing to improve.
- Username
- Anonymous 25#
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Harm OCD
Hello, My name is Dana, I’m new to this app but I’ve been suffering from harm OCD for quite some time now and it’s been extremely debilitating. I’ve never experienced anything like this EVER in my life. It started at the beginning of this year, I got hit like a runaway train with intrusive thoughts and it shook me to my core. I wanted to see if anyone on here has struggled or is currently struggling with harm OCD and could maybe share their stories? It would just be nice to feel less alone and maybe share what has worked/not worked. All I want to do is overcome this! Thanks in advance to all who respond.
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