I’ve been to the hospital a few times due to harm ocd, I don’t know how to control it and I’m just worried about my safety, but I don’t wanna go back to the hospital.. How do you guys think I can handle this..?
I have harm ocd I take medication zyprexa 10 mg and prizma 80 mg But in addition I try to put the thoughts aside- read, do sport, listen to music or rain sound which calms me a lot.. I geuss also the passage of time makes it better hope things will get well for you soon stay strong you are not alone ❤️
You really aren’t alone here - sometimes the harm ocd gives you these urges to hurt someone you love like you wanna do it or maybe it really is you huh? Well it’s not - I suffer this too and still have to remember “I don’t know what will happen and that’s okay - maybe I do maybe I don’t who cares?” Because our values tell us we aren’t what our brain says what we are you feel? I spent 20 years being nice to everyone, loving , never wanted to hurt a fly - a few months after 21 I contracted harm ocd and now all those years just out the window cause our brain tells us that? No. You have to fight to be better but by finding inner peace. You can’t tell yourself “no that’s not me” “no I wouldn’t EVER do that” because you know that but your brain will only feed of that. It’s a horrible illness. Inner peace can be so hard to find when it feels like this is you but it’s not. You’re here to get help, you feel horrible for your thoughts? It’s not you.
Erp helped me
Had it 4 times
Ty to all of you<3
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with intrusive thoughts&images. At first i had intrusive thoughts around my partner, now it’s centred around me & I can’t be around window ledges or medication due to a story I read online(it’s too triggering for me) . Sometimes I feel like I can’t leave my bed due to the thoughts being so overwhelming I just break down and want to sleep. I aren’t taking any medication or therapy yet. I worry that if I don’t give my thoughts a reaction that my thoughts are true and not OCD. I’ve had these thoughts 24/7 for 2 months.
Okay so I’ve dealt with harm OCD from the beginning. Started off with harming my kids, going to jail and then harming myself. The harm to myself stuck around for a long time. Then it went away and other themes picked up but it keeps coming back. This is like the third time it’s come back and every single time it comes back it feels worse. It feels like this is the time something is going to happen. Has anyone ever dealt with this? With old themes constantly coming back and feeling more real? Please any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks
There are times my harm ocd has me convinced that my feelings of self harm or suicide and harm are real and that any moment I could commit the act on myself or my family. Is there anyone who can chime in on this. I feel like all the time I want to leave run away or avoid my family because of these thoughts. Like I shouldn’t be around my children and I don’t trust myself.
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