I have really bad self harm urges that honestly consume and debilitate me, does anyone else have this and have you found a solution to it? I don’t know if medication helps. If more therapy helps. Let me know if you have been through this and have found a solution. I would love to get back to normal life
i’ve been self harm clean for about two years now and let me tell you. it’s been a ride!! whenever i get them really badly i talk to a friend. most of my friends know i’ve self harm so i simply just tell them my urges and they remind me that “this too shall pass” the feelings feel so deep and permanent but they will always be temporary. find an activity, friend, video or anything to distract yourself with. therapy helps for me and being on the right medication and keeping myself accountable has helped so much. the urges are strong but you are stronger!!
@hilovely I have yet to go back to meds but I am thinking regulating that and getting ahold of my stress factors will help thankyou so much 🥹🩵
I have this as well as harm to others. Like doing something on impulse and not really wanting to. I have to say that my ocd is worse when depressed or under extreme stress. I have had ocd almost remit for long periods of time. Almost non-existent . Through trial and error I have determined that my problem is dopamine related. Have had a hell of a three years on different ssri’s to no avail . Was recently prescribed pramipexole as an add on to Luvox. This has done more for me than anything else. Almost back to normal. In fact, those years of relative normalcy were when I was taking a dopamine agonist for mentAl acuity . Just happened to work for depression and ocd. Good luck to you!
@locutus61 Mine recently got worse and it has to be stress thankyou so much for this info I’m gonna see my doctor tomorrow and bring this up !!!! Thankyou times a million !
i'm really sorry to hear you're going through this, it sounds incredibly tough 😔. you're not alone in this struggle. you should try "unstuck," it's an ai-powered therapy tool specifically designed for ocd (just google "unstuck app for ocd"). my ncod therapist recommended it to me, and it's been super helpful this past month. it might offer you some relief too 💙.
I have horrific harm ocd towards myself and my son. I’m so sad and distressed by it. I cry often because I feel like a complete monster. The thoughts just won’t stop. I have issues with other themes as well but harm is really the main one that beats me down!!! I was doing okay. but the tragedy in TX has triggered me and I am really suffering! Does medication help? I’m trying to avoid compulsions but I believe I have mental compulsions as well. I’m just over it!!! This is not a way to live!
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.
I’m wondering if anyone could please give me some advice/tips on breaking this cycle? I have had OCD for 12+ years, however I have only recently been officially diagnosed. I’m struggling significantly with harm OCD, involving thoughts/urges of harm towards other people, particularly my loved ones. This is incredibly distressing to me, as I don’t want to harm anyone and it is constantly sending me into severe distress and panic attacks. I understand that I need to lean into the discomfort/accept my thoughts to move forwards, rather than pushing it away as this adds fuel to the fire - but every time I do, I have a panic attack. My mind constantly tells me I have to act on the urge to get relief and that it’s the ‘only way’ out/to feel better.. I’m stuck in this habitual/learnt behaviour cycle, as I’ve always acted on my urges (not involving harming others) for the past 13 years to get temporary relief and to neutralise thoughts - Every time I think that I need to act on the urge or as though I’ll snap and act on it, I feel terrified and scared, then feel very distressed or have a panic attack.
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