I suffer harm ocd mostly, but it's been switching

Is it normal my ocd's been switching so aggressively last week Like almost every day it switches I accept a thought and learn to cope with it and a new more horrific one appears I for the first time in twelve years decided to go see a psychiatrist to treat my ocd since it first manifested Do you think this is normal?? It was usually pretty moderate, only switching around 2 themes and wasn't so aggressive since I managed to keep it quiet ir ignored it for almost all my life But it feels like just as I decided to treat it it got a lot worse Also intrusive thoughts feel much more repulsive now, like they are now more scary to me and they're triggered by almost anything This is hell

Harm OCD

Username: CgreenoosCgreenoos

Date posted: 39w ago

I will say first hand I've had to deal with something similar where I would be fine for multiple weeks months on end and then all the sudden I have a really distressing intrusive thought and it sends me into a spiral now it might be now it might be aligning with my other theme or it could be a brand new intrusive thought regarding a different one I've always felt like I've maintained mine fairly well so I can relate in the fact that when you all the sudden get a horrible intrusive thought pertaining to something different it feels 10 times worse than before

Username: Garrett MaguireGarrett Maguire

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 39w ago

When you start treating OCD with ERP, in my experience, OCD will not give up easily. It will attack from a different angle and often try to fool you, into thinking this is different.......this you need to figure out....it will try everything to get you back ruminating.....as you make progress you have to be vigilant to new OCD themes/ attempts to get you back to doing compulsions.

Username: hannie

Date posted: 5y ago

My OCD theme just switched so fast. I was freaking out about having schizophrenia now my religious theme is starting. I’m having a lot of anxiety. Is that normal? Can your theme just change. Can you have more then one at a time? I feel like I’m losing it. It’s also so intense that I started feeling hopeless. I hope this passes?.

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Overwhelmed Harm OCD

I just had my first apt with my therapist. This came on very suddenly, almost overnight, for me and it’s causing me so much distress. I have been reading and I know that the brain sends thoughts the more you try to resist them. But I’m scared. I’m 46 and I never knew I had OCD tendencies and this literally happened overnight and now the harm thoughts are constant, all day, every day, and I feel like I’m going crazy. My life has been turned upside down. Does anyone else have the harm thoughts that are constant and involve many things/people?

Harm OCD

Username: malFan2670

Date posted: 47w ago

OCD switching between two specific themes

I was just wondering can OCD switch between two specific themes. Recently my theme had changed from false memories (reassurance) to obsessing over news(Russia and the potential draft) and now it has switched back to my original theme while the new one is still subtext in my mind. Is this common and does anyone have any advice (I’m seeking out NHS talk therapies as don’t have the money for anything else)

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