Harm OCD, Living Hell
Anyone with Harm OCD ever have to be a caregiver for the person you have the urges and obsessions about? I'm not going to survive this.
I’m so sorry. This is very difficult, and I sympathise. But you ARE able to survive this. These obsessions reflect your fears, not your desires.
Yea my daughter. You will get through it I promise
Yes! My sons and it is like hell on earth. Exactly what the others said, it attacks who/what you care for most and your biggest fears. There were months I felt I couldn’t survive either but then you get breaks of being yourself again where you can regain strength and train yourself to see the thoughts for just being thoughts. I’ve had days where I thought I was 100% going to act on the thoughts and days where the thoughts sounded absolutely ridiculous. You’re going to be okay
hey, i can only imagine how incredibly tough and scary this situation must feel for you, dealing with harm ocd while being a caregiver. it sounds like you're carrying a lot on your shoulders right now. you're incredibly strong for managing this far. 💪 by the way, have you heard about this new ai-powered ocd therapy tool called "unstuck?" when i was going through a rough patch with my ocd, what really made a difference 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 provides personalized, step-by-step support for exactly these kinds of intense situations. it's like having an ocd therapist in your pocket, guiding you through the tough moments without judgment. 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
My Harm OCD is out of control. I’m trying so hard to keep living my life, but it’s scaring me even more. It’s starting to feel more real. It’s feeling like I’m right on the edge of acting on my thoughts and that I actually want to do it. It feels like this is never going to go away and I’m now this person who is going to harm someone. I’m at work because I’m supposed to keep living my life and not do compulsions. But not doing them is terrifying me. I feel like a complete monster and I don’t know what to do.
I suffer with harm and intrusive thoughts about my children. Sometimes I'm good sometimes I feel like a crazed woman. I was trying to put my 2 year old to bed last night and I was so scared something was going to happen but I fought through and my son was being wild as always lol and jumping on my belly and I had my hand on his chest for support and then he moved and I scratched him right below his neck on accident but when I woke up this morning I felt like I did something bad. This constant worry is driving me mad. I know deep down it was an accident but my OCD brain wants me to think it was intentional. Can ANYONE RELATE/? I FEEL SO ALONE
Hi - I’m a Mom of 3 with Harm OCD. I’ve had OCD for a long time since I was a teen, prior to kids. It’s been harm/sexual orientation, etc. pretty much every theme at some point. My harm OCD got set off so badly by the Lindsay Clancy case back in January. It seemed to settle down for awhile and now is so bad again. I question if it’s even OCD at this point or if I’m actually an awful person wanting to do these things. I’m really struggling. The thoughts feel like urges and it’s all day long. I think of the case everyday wondering and trying to figure out if it was OCD that she had that turned into her losing control and feel sick to my stomach then panic that will be me. Any other Mom’s out there dealing with similar issues? Thank you.🤍
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