NEED HELP!!!

I’ve been dealing with what I believe to be harm ocd for a while and it goes away for long periods of time and comes back worse and I can’t stop thinking about doing awful things to people and I visualize it and think about consequences and stuff and it scares me because I want it to stop, but idk how to get violent thoughts about hurting people to stop I haven’t been diagnosed but I’m just scared for me and others, someone please help, I just want to go back to a clear mind

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

I’ve experienced harm OCD. First of all, it’s amazing that you are able to share this, that’s the first step to getting better! Have you tried ERP? Exposure response prevention

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous I haven’t got any help because I’m waiting on my insurance to get re approved through the state

Wolfram

Date posted: 1y

I may have more niche tips but go over all this for now

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Invalid I’ll try this thanks man

Wolfram

Date posted: 1y

I had this for years in the form of voices. Audible hallucinations. It's terrifying and I'm sorry you're going through it. If I can provide any tips or tricks I will. Stay strong

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Invalid Yeah man anything helps do u have Snapchat or something I could use some people to relate to to help me get through this

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Invalid Voices? See I tell myself like I want to kill people or I need to kill or hurt people but I don’t want to idk if telling myself and voices is the same idk it’s driving me wilddddd

Wolfram

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous Yeh, mine would say the same but it felt like something else was saying it. I'll reply later after work with any tricks I have. May be a long post. If you have any more info as to what happens with your ocd, compulsions etc let me know. I don't need to know the content of the thoughts but I definitely can relate to them. As for my contact details, I don't hand them out as I like to keep healthy boundaries.

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Invalid Understood but yeah it’s mainly just idk if it’s me telling myself or a voice but it’s always I need to kill someone to make it stop or hurt or stab but I always think I could relieve it by stabbing the mess out of a cutting board or a box or something idk it’s weird, but i don’t know what to do since I don’t have a therapist yet

Wolfram

Date posted: 1y

@Anonymous I'll post later. It won't go away if you give in, had a friend in school who decided to give into his and attempted to burn the school down. Wasn't successful on either front and got him in a bit of trouble 😅

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

@Invalid I mean I don’t do anything but normal day go to work and come home watch tv I don’t stab anything or do anything so idk why it’s still here

Wolfram

Date posted: 1y

So, I'd suggest looking up videos or articles on ironic process theory. The content of the thoughts doesn't really matter as rude as it may sound. Intrusive is intrusive with your brain. There was a white bear experiment which also explains ironic process theory. You don't fight the thoughts, the intensity of them won't go away that way. You beat them by starving them of attention. You acknowledge they're there and then shift your attention. There is a YouTube channel called ocdandanxiety, there's lots of little info bits on it. To deal with the initial thought, acknowledge, don't agree or disagree, or literally exaggerate the thought to a ridiculously funny point then change your attention to something else. This reconditions the brain to treat that thought like a normal one. It'll take time and you'll slip up sometimes but keep it up and you'll get there

lu22

Date posted: 23w

I really need advice harm ocd

I know we’re not meant to ask for reassurance but I’m currently not in therapy and I need help, it feels scarily real and I feel like I’m not anxious or worried over the thoughts. I had stabbing thoughts about someone I care about and I started deliberately imagining them to test myself to see if I hate it or not but instead it felt like I knew how it feels to stab someone and like the feeling of doing that physical action and I swear it is the worst thing I have ever experienced as well I had moments where it felt like It was about to happen or I keep getting this really sick ‘happy’ feeling that I want to do that and I don’t know what that is but it feels incredibly real almost like I was getting a happy feeling or wanted to do that thing and jsut wasn’t giving into it and now I’m thinking I’m actually evil and it feels like I get a pleasurable feeling over the thought of doing that and would want to do it?? Because I ‘like’ the feeling of doing it or it would ‘feel’ good I swear I really don’t know what to do it feels incredibly real I feel like I can’t even say that I’m worried or scared because I feel like I’m lying and actually want it and have evil desires I’m really concerned, I have never done anything bad in my life, I feel like what if through experimenting and imagining the thoughts to test myself I have suddenly discovered I like it because it feels extremely real that I would ‘enjoy’ or like Doing that evil thing and it’s really concerning, i don’t understand I was fine a few days ago and suddenly I’m experiencing this? Is it possible to suddenly become evil i don’t want to be evil, but what if i like it and my desire to not be evil isn’t as strong as this ‘happy feeling’ i wish I can be normal I don’t want any of this please but I swear I feel like there is something wrong with me, I think this is the worst I’ve ever felt, like it feels like I want it and would enjoy it and it’s making me feel really worried but at the same time I don’t even know if I’m worried please help I need advice

samlovesjesus

Date posted: 22w

how do i know if i have OCD?

so this all started not too long ago, for literally no reason at all. but one day i got a random intrusive thought about harming others and it freaked me out bad. since then i’ve been non stop focusing on it and im genuinely scared that i am, or gonna end up like those sick people that have documentaries about them. i’ve never had these types of thoughts before and after me and my mom looked a lot of stuff up we think i have OCD cuz a lot of the stuff it was saying was accurate to me. to anyone in here, does this sound like OCD to you? i’ve always been a nice loving person and these thoughts freak me out so bad and make me feel like i’m a bad gross person. it got to the point i don’t even like looking at myself anymore. i just wanna go back to normal man. another thing to add, when i would explain this to my mom even though i was telling the full truth on how crappy this made me feel it felt like i was lying almost? but i know i wasn’t deep down. i’m just scared that what if i act on something or get in my head too much you know?

Astjtoju13!

Date posted: 22w

Harm ocd

Someone please help me I’m having intrusive thoughts of hurting my pets and I’m really scared of myself and I want these thoughts to go away. Can someone please help me I’m scared and I don’t know if I’m a monster

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