I was having a good couple of days then my harm ocd came back. But it was more of self harm instead this time đ it feels real, I donât want it to be but Iâve been doing erp and the anxiety is down with it and I almost donât have that panic anxiety about it just kind of a deep bothersome feeling when I have the those thoughts. Is this OCD? Or is it normal whatâs the next steps?
Yes it can definitely come back and be different when it does! My ocd switches between harm ocd and self harm ocd a lot. Once I get used to one of them, it switches to the other lol. OCD likes to cling to anything that bothers you, your next steps would be to train your brain to accept the thoughts so that you become less bothered about it. You might have to fake having an âuncaringâ attitude when the thoughts come in your head at first, but just keep doing it over and over and it will become habit eventually.
@7Eraser So in other words fake it til we make it? Lol
@Kids4Christ Lol yes! It is a strategy that works wonders! Just donât push away the thoughts, you got to let them linger for a second in order to get used to them :)
@7Eraser Whatâs a good way to practice erp with harm ocd about yourself? What thoughts do you have if you donât mind sharing?
This has been my main one for the last week or so and itâs morphed from being uncomfortable around pills in my medicine cabinet, to now thinking Iâm clinically depressed because itâs upsetting, and then that must mean I will want to do something about it, or that it has implicit meaning. A) combat it by recognizing theyâre just thoughts and not indicative of character/behavior B) Allow the thought to happen, as distressing as it is, and use the âmay or may notâ script of âI may or may not harm myself or someone I loveâ and then tell it to go fuck itself. I find myself almost groaning and saying, âUgh whateverrrrrr,â when it creeps in
Mine is like that, it started as a s*** joke thought and it triggered it since then it had changed from self harm, harm to loved ones, Lukemia fear, hitting pedestrians and even thinking I had hiv and that my fam couldnât drink off my cup cuz they might get it. This bitch is funny sometimes (ocd)
This was me earlier @ work I was telling ocd how fucking stupid it was & I kept with the script maybe I will & maybe I wonât and itâs been a lot better.
What if the harm ocd never ever goes away and i have to live with this FEELING. like even when im not having an intrusive thought i still have this feeling of the thought. Is this normal LIKE I DO NOT WANT TO ACT ON AN intrusive thought AT ALL but im so full of panic because im having intruisve thoughts like âwhat if i didâ âwhat if i just do it and dont careâ âwhat if i dont careâ âwhat if it doesnât matter if i were to act out on the thoughtsâ Is this normal because im so scared because this feeling in my head and chest im just scared. Anyone who relates how long did u have this for / the feeling/ thoughts. Pls help! Im so scared because sometimes it even comes into existential like âWhy does it matter if i did thatâ Please
Iâve been dealing with this harm theme for almost four months now, and well obviously life hasnât been the best for me, the thoughts really circulate on hurting others, why couldnât they just been about me instead? (I apologize to those currently suffering from self harm ocd) itâs gotten to the point where I donât know if my thoughts are really intrusive now, and it doesnât help that I get urges to act on these thoughts. Why have I been cursed with such vile thoughts why me why now. The only good news so far is that Iâm finally going to see if this is ocd or not and get diagnosed by a psychiatrist once I start college here in a few weeks(Thank gatos for my college has mental health resources) but honestly it just doesnât really feel like ocd. I donât know if I feel anxiety because itâs not the typical anxiety I feel. While my compulsions are mental itâs just wierd. Like Iâm worried that ERP wouldnât work for me. Sometimes I get thoughts like, how do people live without these thoughts? And how do they occupy their time? I know I used to be like other people, yk where I wasnât worried or concerned because of these thoughts, like yeah Iâve had intrusive thoughts before in the past and they absolutely scared me, but I was just able to get over them. So why now does it feel like i canât shake them off? Why do they have to show up everyday? And why have I become so apathetic? Like my empathy and sympathy feel like theyâve disappeared? And itâs so bad that sometimes I feel like if someone close to me just passed away I would feel nothing. Like when I heard my abuelo had skin cancer I just felt nothing and I was obsessing over the fact that I didnât. Has anyone ever felt this way? Is it just ocd or something worse?
Hello, I think itâs fairly obvious at the moment I am struggling with terrible harm related intrusive thoughts / harm ocd. I feel so distressed and anxious about these horrendous thoughts its to the point Iâm crying out of panic or avoiding anything that may cause harm, but the thing is i have this horrible like âintrusive feelingâ throughout my body that feels really strong despite my distress to the thoughts I just have this feeling of what if i snap throughout my body. I also feel whats severely effecting me is that if i did it like âWhat if I actually did itâ âNo but what if i didâ âAnyone is capable of itâ and then the feeling gets worse and stronger and it makes me even more anxious. I know it is Harm OCD but i feel so distressed so anxious even to the point im waking up in the middle of the night with horrid thoughts that distress me and i find it hard to sleep due to the feeling / thoughts. If anyone can relate to this I really hope you can reply, offering advice or sharing your experience because the worst part of Ocd is feeling abnormal and alone and this is what I am feeling and its hurting me so badly. I feel low , exhausted. đ
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