- Date posted
- 2y
My current worries
Lately I've been caught up ruminating my past...in the present day I'm a very sensitive, empathetic, non confrontational person who would like to be a good person to others. However as a child, I had moments of aggression...I was mean to my younger siblings. They annoyed the hell out of me, but I don't even know why. Now I know to some degree that's normal. But I was verbally cruel to them at times. Also sometimes physical. Same can be said with a friend or two I had. And sometimes I didn't understand where the aggression/irritability came from. I even once choked a friend as a young kid. To this day I can't remember why, but it's something I feel deep regret for. When it comes to my siblings, as I got older I began to feel less irritated and overall began to get closer to them. Once I was about 19, I feel we had established a good relationship. And now we are all very close. I had a very chaotic childhood and sometimes I wonder if my actions were just a result of that. My parent wasn't always the best, and I was exposed to situations I shouldn't have been and had been verbally and a few times physically abused. Sometimes I wonder if my irritability and behavior stemmed from that. But whatever the case, this has been fueling some Harm related OCD fears...am I a bad person? Could I enjoy being cruel to people? Have I had something wrong with me that I just learned to repress? Did I have intrusive thoughts as a kid and acted on them and that's why I choked that friend of mine when we were little? Why do these fears come with such weird mental sensations? Is it uncomfortable or comfortable? I have to not try and answer these questions. And I know in the present day I'm a very loving and gentle person despite the fears there's something inside that makes me bad. I've had OCD for a while, so I know what I need to do. I just needed to vent for a second. I know that when these aren't present I feel so content and just wanna be kind and good to the people I love and care about, strangers too! But when they are there I just feel unsure of who I am or why I was the way I was as a kid.