my ocd is being the most annoying thing in the world right now. my intrusive thoughts keep telling me to cut myself and its keeping me from falling asleep. i have to be up in 5 hours. i dont want to and im not gonna but i feel like i have to to make the thoughts go away. this is really hard :(
Just remember you are not your OCD. As of right now, you are two separate entities. You wouldn't let another person to hurt you, I presume, so you should not let your OCD hurt you. You don't WANT to hurt yourself, your OCD does because it is out of control. YOU are the BOSS. Don't give up on getting this thing under control until it becomes a useful asset in your life. Stick with your therapy, and TALK more. If you need people to talk to, I am working really hard to build a collaborative community. I'd love to have you. https://www.skool.com/the-ocd-advantage-7537/about
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i'm really sorry to hear that you're going through such a tough time with your ocd right now. dealing with intrusive thoughts, especially ones that are as distressing as what you're experiencing, can feel incredibly isolating and exhausting. it's super important that you've recognized you don't want to act on those thoughts, and that's a big step in itself. 💪 by the way, have you heard about this new ai-powered ocd therapy tool called 'unstuck?' when i was in a similar spot, what really helped me was this free ai ocd therapy tool called "unstuck" (unstuckmyocd.com/try) that my nocd therapist recommended. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it offers personalized step-by-step support for when ocd gets tough, kind of like having an ocd therapist in your pocket. it's designed to help manage exactly the kind of intrusive thoughts you're dealing with. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have qs or just want to talk more! <3
@ZeldaKorr32 thank you!!!! that sounds like a perfect tool i cannot tell you how grateful i am ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@finnsomersaults - you're welcome!!
i wanna fucking scream and cry over my intrusive thoughts. it's incredibly disturbing and won't stop. i can't stop it. i can't not perform a compulsion(every though it only makes them worse, and i can't ignore it. i hate this. i hate myself. i just want to go to sleep without thinking about this please. i feel so sick and ashamed of myself. i'm genuinely so scared i'm gonna hurt someone. idk what to do anymore. i just want help.
does anyone else feel like their compulsion is also their intrusive thought? like my brain says "if you do *intrusive thought*, you wont deal with said intrusive thought again." i really need help because it deals with harm ocd and i really dont want to do anything bad. im so scared. i know it's lying, but it doesnt feel like it and i just feel so stressed and anxious.
i have been having a really depressive couple of months and i am having an especially bad day. I have never really had suicidal thoughts until this spring, but they keep spreading like wildfire. I would never do such a thing or even plan out taking my own life. I am not one to give up that easy and there are so many things I love about my life and so many people who need me. There are so many things I have yet to live and I am excited to see!!! I think it may just be a really intense intrusive thought. It pops into my head really graphically and it immediately upsets me to a point of panic attack, because for just one moment it feels like the only path. Today it has been happening like every thirty minutes since i’ve been awake and I really just want it to stop. Is this normal for others?? How do you get it to calm down. [I think I am planning on calling a hotline tonight, i’m not going to tell them i’m actually thinking about it(because i’m not). I just really need someone to talk to. I just wish it could be someone who knows me but I don’t want to worry them. No one in my life really understands my OCD very well, they kind of just think it’s basic level cleanliness and obsessive thought OCD.]
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