Can OCD thoughts be literally about anything? What about intrusive urges like of wanting to act on said intrusive thought and you can feel that urge in your hand and it's terrifying, I'd also like to know if anyone suffers from intrusive thoughts about things online like online intrusive urges
Such a cute puppy :) I once heard an OCD therapist say OCD thoughts are only limited by our own brains, which is why we can't out smart or out think our OCD, our minds will always come up with something else. The important thing to remember, though, is the harder we try to relieve our distress and uncertainty, the more things our brain will throw at us. The best thing to do is to decide we are just not going to know for sure. Take care.
Awh, thank you! He's my dog, his name is Jack! I've recently been avoiding my online friends out of fear that I'll unfriend them and I even receive an intrusive urge to want to act on that thought, so I get too scared to stop thinking about it out of fear that I'll end up acting on that thought or that I'll be stuck like this forever. I know it's OCD, but I don't know why it's so hard for my brain to process that this is a disorder and not me. I hate it so much, I wanna cry
I know how hard it is when the fear is so strong. Here is something that really helped me. When my fears were overpowering and I was terrified I would do something, or forget something, or miss something my therapist told me to pick one thing that I really valued and even though I was terrified, do that thing. Even if its playing with Jack :). Then build on it from there. You value your friends, maybe do one nice thing for one of them, even it its just saying hi. My therapist explained that doing comes before feeling. That you had to do a behavior (even if you felt afraid) because if you waited to feel not afraid you never would. So, doing comes before feeling.
Yep, it can be about anything. It’s very imaginative.
What about intrusive urges?
@Anonymous I get intrusive urges as well. Like usually small things though. Some large intrusive urges like : veer into oncoming traffic. I try to ignore them so they don’t get stronger. Usually the intrusive thoughts and urges are a little silly.
@AnonymousAngel I find it so hard to ignore it, because it's surrounded something I value, and that's my friends
@Anonymous I have intrusive thoughts about accidentally calling my friends a slur/vulgar word. I remove myself from the situation til I feel better. I try to distract myself with things that don’t remind me of the situation
@AnonymousAngel My intrusive thought is probably super specific, but I have intrusive thoughts about what if I unfriended a online friend even though I didn't want to and I even got a urge in my fingers to act on it, and it's terrifying
@Anonymous I have worries about losing online friends in the same way. I’m not sure how to get rid of them, but I try to make it so I’m not in the app that would delete them. Or ask for their numbers
@AnonymousAngel Oh my god! I have that same compulsion! How do you manage this?
Harm ocd urges Does anyone else have such strong harm ocd urges regarding your obsession that it literally feels like you’re holding back from doing it? I understand that harm ocd does indeed include urges, but can they rlly feel THAT real? Like at any time I could just “decide” to do it?
I am struggling right now with intrusive harm urges. They feel real and it feels like I am going to act any second. It feels like I have to hold myself back, which is a scary thoughts. I am trying so hard not to compulse, but does anyone have tips on what they do in these situations?
Can harm ocd thoughts appear like “i want” or “im going to” someone please lmk if they experienced this 😣
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