Hello all! I have harm ocd, anxiety, and depression. I feel I know exactly how to get through most thoughts because I’ve probably had exactly what you are thinking myself. So, if you have any questions or any problems that needs solved please comment and if I don’t have an answer maybe someone else who is reading this does!
Hey! My harm ocd has gotten really bad the last 9 months cause I feel like I have higher anxiety. I’ve had a pretty good stretch the last while but today was absolutely terrible, how do get through bad days?
@Mitch4 Bad days and good days all run together for me I have had the ability to be able to care for others who are of older age and when you understand the things they have gone through you’d be so grateful to be able to have bad days and good days because they didn’t have the opportunity. It’s your mindset of what a bad day is that makes the day bad. Did you die? Did someone else die? Is everything actually ok? Mentality is what makes a day good or bad. Did you wake up this morning? Where you able to get out of bed this morning? Did you eat today? All you have to do is ignore the bad and focus on the good. For example: did you have a bad day at work? Yes, well look on the bright side the day is over and now you get to go home and later you will get paid for it, maybe even buy yourself something nice for the hard work you’ve done. Another example: Did you have a bad harm OCD day? Yes, well you got through it without harming yourself or others so it’s been a good day.
@Mitch4 PS: Sorry for the late response I forgot to turn on notifications but I hope this helps!
something weird has been happening with my harm thoughts where when i watch tv shows but also irl when someone gets upset at someone else i have a thought like “why don’t you kill them” and like it gives me anxiety but it also feels like it happens on purpose sometimes. any ideas?
@kodyisland This is normal. It feels scary at the time and maybe it feels like it’s on purpose but I can assure you it’s not! Although reassurance is something you are supposed to avoid to help heal I will tell you that if you where to ask someone what they think when they are mad at someone it’s to hurt them or harm them or sometimes go the extra mile and kill them. The whole idea of ocd and the difference between us and the people who don’t have it is we get so upset and obsessive over the thoughts that we do have when other people think “well that just happened” and move on. We stay on and question every bit of why who what when where and whatever else we can to drive ourselves crazy and convince ourselves that something is wrong with us when in fact it is PERFECTLY NORMAL!
@kodyisland PS: Sorry for the late response I forgot to turn on notifications but I hope this helps!
@kfarley23 thanks. something else i’ve been struggling with is like some thoughts being absolutely horrifying like unimaginable. or like even images and urges. how do you prevent responding to those?
@kodyisland There is not way to prevent these thought or urges what helps me is to sit in the thought (don’t ignore it or it’ll come back worse) just think we’ll that just happened and move on watch tv silence makes it worse but those thought images and urges are normal as well just remember if you feel bad or guilty or anxious for thinking about those thought it’s because you don’t want to do it
@kfarley23 but are those really f’d up ones normal for ocd? like i’m talking about 60 minutes crazy type of stuff like i couldn’t even tell anyone about
@kfarley23 and then my ocd has me questioning if i do want those things
@kodyisland Personally mine are quick thought that just linger so I M wondering what you mean by 60 minutes crazy type? Could you maybe explain a little
@kodyisland Mine does that too
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Hey. I’m not a therapist or anything, but I love helping people. I was diagnosed with OCD about 10 years ago and I have been through many therapists and exposures since. I’d like to think that I know a lot about treating OCD and that my knowledge or experiences could help other people. Please comment below if you need any advice. I have lots of experience with HOCD and compulsions in general. I know that OCD can be hard because I have it, but it’s made me a stronger person and it’s taught me a lot that I’d love to share.
Hey guys. I’ve been dealing with Harm OCD for around 3 and 1/2 months now, and it’s been extremely difficult to experience. I’ve had OCD my whole life and some of my family members do as well, one of my cousins actually has the same main subtype as me, but he was diagnosed almost a year ago when I didn’t have it myself. I’ve been going to an OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center the past week and I’m really struggling with the exposures we do there, as well as the ones we do at home. I constantly feel like I’m judging myself and I genuinely feel worthless, like I’m a horrible person to have unwanted intrusive thoughts like these. I feel like it’s so difficult to stay mindful and to not judge any of the thoughts that surface. Those with Harm OCD, have any of you here gone from debilitating OCD to living fulfilling lives? If so, what was the process like for you, if you’d like to share? Thanks and I hope you’re all doing well, or are continuing to improve.
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