dealing with harm ocd

hello! so I just recently started having really bad intrusive thoughts, specifically harming myself and others, and it started after i broke up with my ex boyfriend. never once has it occurred to me that i may have OCD but now experiencing what i do now and looking back at my past, it kind of makes sense. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but i do struggle with anxiety. I’ve been questioning myself and asking myself if i am a bad person, when I know I am not, I mean i can’t even hurt a fly! i don’t understand where this is coming from or what to do to help myself because i just feel like isolating from everyone so i don’t have the intrusive thoughts or thinking about hurting someone. i feel alone and not like myself. i also have bad fomo so these thoughts aren’t helping😭

13rianna

Date posted: 1y

Something very similar happened to me, however, my boyfriend and I didn’t break up but it felt like we were going to and then the harm ocd was triggered. It may be your anxiety and not OCD, but both can be treated the same way. It’s really all about thought patterns and breaking them/ responding to them differently. I think you should definitely book a session with NOCD because my therapist has helped me tremendously and it seems like you’re experiencing almost the same thing I did. I thought I was such a bad person and constantly ruminated. In the moment it’s so hard to realize you’re just having thoughts about thoughts. They do not define who you are and thoughts are not good or bad until we give them meaning. If you have a thought try not to give it energy just let it sit there. Easier said than done but with practice it is possible. respond to the thought with “maybe I will maybe I won’t” or try to make it humorous/ give it sarcasm. You are not alone. Keep pushing through. I’ve learned a lot about it through therapy and instagram. You got this!!!

mari03

Date posted: 1y

@13rianna thank you so much! I will definitely be booking a session with them. this really helped me out. i appreciate you🫶

anonymous737...

Date posted: 23w

someone pls answer!

I have ocd, i have crazy intrusive thoughts that make me super uncomfortable, the thing is i understand that ocd goes against your morals and try’s to make you feel like a bad person but how do i avoid pushing people away while trying to treat my ocd.. i love my boyfriend so so much but when i get intrusive thoughts about hurting his feelings or doing something terrible it scares me so bad that i’m scared to be around him because in my head it’s like “why am i even thinking of this if i love him so much” and i know i would never do anything to hurt him but i just feel terrible because he’s an amazing boyfriend and i have all these bad thoughts. :(

samlovesjesus

Date posted: 23w

how do i know if i have OCD?

so this all started not too long ago, for literally no reason at all. but one day i got a random intrusive thought about harming others and it freaked me out bad. since then i’ve been non stop focusing on it and im genuinely scared that i am, or gonna end up like those sick people that have documentaries about them. i’ve never had these types of thoughts before and after me and my mom looked a lot of stuff up we think i have OCD cuz a lot of the stuff it was saying was accurate to me. to anyone in here, does this sound like OCD to you? i’ve always been a nice loving person and these thoughts freak me out so bad and make me feel like i’m a bad gross person. it got to the point i don’t even like looking at myself anymore. i just wanna go back to normal man. another thing to add, when i would explain this to my mom even though i was telling the full truth on how crappy this made me feel it felt like i was lying almost? but i know i wasn’t deep down. i’m just scared that what if i act on something or get in my head too much you know?

joshuadrennen

Date posted: 21w

struggling with harm OCD

i’m back in a cycle of having harm related OCD thoughts and feelings and urges and i get these episodes where it’s like i’m disassociating and feel like i’m about to snap and go crazy violent. does anyone else experience this? i need help

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