Harm

I struggle with the acceptance part too. One thing lately I have tried is accepting who I am verses who my brain tells me to be scared of being. I am going to accept that I am a good person who makes good choices and I’m going to accept that and focus on that when my brain tells me otherwise. Maybe you could try this.

Come closer and understand how you can do the acceptance part.. Its called HARM OCD. Acceptence is not just accepting..look we have "O" Obsession. This are triggers, intrusive thoughts or unwanted thoughts..or thoughts or harming your loved one..you can't do anything to stop obsessions..they will hit as many times as they can and its Ok. Now the only way to break it is to eliminate COMPULSIONS..Compulsions are the things engage in to so that to avoid fear eg.avoiding your loved ones thinking your protecting your self from harming them..hiding all sharp objects..making sure that your not near anything that you may use to harm your loved ones..all these are compulsion.. You eliminate compulsions but training your mind to accept being around all these compulsions even if triggers come.. When you get a tigger of hurting your girl when your near a knife.. you dont hide the knife . instead you let it be there .this trains your mind to learn you to be near such things which eventually your mind learns that actually there is no threat ... Thats what we call acceptance.. In general, the thoughts about harm should be taken seriously which makes symptoms of harm OCD frightening..but make no mistake pipe with harm OCD are not more likely to harm themselves or others like any other person in the world. Rather they view their intrusive thoughts, or wanted thoughts as an indication of a desire to act which fuel their anxiety and makes them to engage in compulsions.. Eliminate compulsions please.. ' how by worrying can you add a single hour or minute to your life..acept and stop worrying..