Username: 0045

Date posted: 1y ago

imagining loved ones dying

i don’t know if this falls under a specific theme or is even related to ocd. if someone could help me out i would really appreciate it ever since i was younger, i’ve had really upsetting thoughts about losing my loved ones and it would get to a point where i vividly imagine their death scenes play out in my head and it’s started to effect me during a day-to-day basis. sometimes i even imagine myself dying and the imagery shows me how my friends and family react to my passing usually when i think of something happy, my brain enters this cycle where i begin to think of some upsetting and distressing moment and i cant help but think about it for the rest of the day i’ve had a common fear of death for a really long time, but it’s gotten really bad now is this a form of some intrusive thought? please let me know what you think

Username: zoedoylezoedoyle

Date posted: 1y ago

omg ive been struggling with this so bad recently. I try and talk to people about it and the mental destruction it has to imagine yourself and others dying all day is very emotionally damaging and draining. I’m not sure the name of it but I know your not alone. I wish u happier thoughts!!<3

Username: 00450045

Date posted: 1y ago

@zoedoyle i really thought i was going crazy or something 😭😭 it’s the most upsetting thing ever and i often find myself frozen in fear because of what my brain makes me going through. it leaves me feeling really afraid for the rest of the day. i wish you happier thoughts too!! keep holding on

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 28w ago

Me too!! I feel afraid that if I talk about these thoughts, they’ll manifest & it will be my fault.

Username: StudybugStudybug

Date posted: 1y ago

This keeps happening to me so much lately. And then OCD tells me that these thoughts are predictions and it makes me so scared

Username: 00450045

Date posted: 1y ago

@Studybug yes exactly! i’m now doomed to thinking that my thoughts are to become an eventual reality. even though they’re super out there. well navigate this together <3

Username: MissKellyErfMissKellyErf

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 32w ago

@Studybug YES I was going to comment something like this, my brain tells me I’m predicting something or any little thing that relates to the topic that I see, I immediately get panicked like, “what does this mean”…

Username: arnuarnu

Date posted: 1y ago

You're definitely not alone! I sometimes have similar thoughts/scenes play out in my head I definitely feel you there <33 sometimes what I do is I try to remember that they're just things I'm imagining and making up in the same way that I can tell myself to randomly start imaging a frog eating a mushroom or whatever something random like that and then I do shift to imagining random things <33 I wish you more calming thoughts!

Username: 00450045

Date posted: 1y ago

@arnu thank you so much! maybe i should try this instead. i wish you better health in the future!!

Username: Drew92Drew92

Date posted: 1y ago

Yessss I absolutely get this too. I remember two years ago I almost got into a car accident and I couldn’t help but think about my loved ones being in my situation. The only way I stopped thinking about it was purposely thinking it over and over until it didn’t feel so bad anymore.

Username: 00450045

Date posted: 1y ago

@Drew92 that’s horrific to hear about. i’m glad you’re okay now!

Username: Pronged_pingPronged_ping

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

I have OCD thoughts like that as well. It always focuses on my closest family and friends. The intrusive thoughts are usually classified under Harm OCD

Username: 00450045

Date posted: 1y ago

@Pronged_ping ahh, that makes a lot of sense. thank you so much!!

Username: JenniesOCDBrainJenniesOCDBrain

Date posted: 1y ago

hey there, i just wanted to say that what you're going through sounds incredibly tough, and i'm really sorry you're dealing with those intense and distressing thoughts. i've got my own battles with pure o, and even though our obsessions might be different, i totally get how exhausting and overwhelming it can be when your mind just won't give you a break. just know that i'm here to listen and i take what you're going through seriously. 🖤 about the thoughts you're having, they definitely sound like they could be intrusive thoughts, which are a common part of ocd. i want to share something with you that my therapist recommended to me—it's a free ai ocd therapy tool called "unstuck" (www.AIOCDtool.com). i know it might sound a bit random, especially coming from someone online, and i seriously hate when people promote apps, but this isn't like that. this tool has been a lifesaver for me, and i think it could be really helpful for you too, especially since it's designed to guide you through those moments when your ocd thoughts are taking over. you just type in what's bugging you, and it helps you step-by-step, just like a real therapist would with erp strategies. if you have any questions about it or just need someone to talk to, i'm here. take care and hang in there.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 28w ago

I would really like to speak with you about this. I have been struggling with the EXACT same thing on and off for the last 4 years. It would be nice to talk, I think.

Username: M

Date posted: 4y ago

My ocd theme is currently centered around the extreme fear of my boyfriend or a loved one dying ?

Username: wannabeokay

Date posted: 4y ago

I believe I have undiagnosed OCD but was wondering if anyone else goes through this struggle. I constantly think of ways my loved ones might die. Whether that be from an event happening or a situation I am in with them and I am afraid to leave them in fear that they will die and I will be left alone. For example, I could be indoors with my family and they all go outside without me. I immediately imagine a tornado coming up, knocking over a tree and killing my family with me left to survive. Or I think of certain scenarios where a disease (especially with Covid-19 going around) could infect a loved one and my mind creates vivid images of how they could die of the disease. Does anyone else experience this? How do you cope?

Username: Lili02

Date posted: 1y ago

What type of OCD is this?

I have this irrational fear that my mom is going to ☠️(i can’t type the word because i’ll trigger myself but i hope you get what i’m trying to say) and i won’t know because i live far away from her and it literally keeps me up at night and i’ve cried so much about it. A lil context my mom is like my best friend I love her so freaking much and that’s where this fear stems from because i simply wouldn’t be able to live if she did pass away. This fear will trigger my compulsions so i literally need to check in with her almost every day and make sure im telling here to be safe and just being annoyingly over cautious with everything she does bcuz it’s like ahh!! don’t ☠️ mom!!! If i love someone a lot the thought of them dying becomes actually debilitating and feels like it’s already happened in a way even when their perfectly safe and healthy. Just death all around I obsess over, even those who I have actually lost i obsess over the fact that their watching me at every minute of everyday and i cant do anything that i wouldn’t do in front of them? if that makes sense? Is this a type of OCD?

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