so like my intrusive thoughts are harm themed usually. today my thought is just repeatedly saying “i don’t wanna hurt anybody” and even this is giving me anxiety ? so it’s got me like what if that means i do ?? has this happened to anyone before?
Try not to answer this thought or prove it, sit with it and do other things🙏
I believe it may be a compulsion try not to use any repetitive behaviors in order to ease anxiety. Instead try and live uncertain. Are you in therapy by any chance?
@httpet yea. but i’m saying like the repetitive thought is coming but i don’t think it’s coming in response to an intrusive thought ? if that makes sense
@kodyisland Don’t try and figure it out just ignore it if u can and move on with ur day
I’ve been experiencing this with a different theme, it’s so gnarly how it manifests itself in different subtypes.
I have this issue where I can vividly imagine hurting others or animals or say things OUTLOUD that may be disruptive or disrespectful becauss I am overstimulated by soemthing someone is doing or saying. So, Over stimulation with people and animals and things they do can be a big part of it, Sometimes I will see soemthing that bothers me about someone and I just want to either fix it or hit them because they make me so overstimulated I just want to hit the problem. I never act on these things obviously but SOMETIMES it leaks out and I hit my hands together to calm the urges. I really don’t like imagining hurting others but when I get mad I obsess over what I would or could do to them or might or would’ve in a situation in the past, had it planned out differently. I keep thinking about it and thinking about it and then get upset with myself because I know it’s wrong to be thinking about hurting others and it worries me I may someday act on something impulsive and harm someone. Sometimes I cry about it because I never want to hurt people. Really I don’t. Most of these thoughts happen in milliseconds and I have a second part in my brain like a THOUGHT processor/auto corrective thinking reminding me I can’t do that because it’s morally wrong and I am too good of a person to do that and there is nothing to stress over.
does anyone else get really vivid intrusive thoughts of the person who you are talking to (or close to physically) just randomly striking you violently? i keep getting them when i’m just talking to my dad one on one in the car & i get a flash of intrusive thoughts of him grabbing my hair & shoving my face in the dashboard. it gets me so anxious :’)
Can harm ocd thoughts appear like “i want” or “im going to” someone please lmk if they experienced this 😣
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