What do you do? When you want to leave it all because you’re afraid you’ll hurt people
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@rosepetaltears Thank you so much kind one 🌸😊you’re very sweet, I guess I worry too much because I’ve been hurt many times and I just don’t want anyone to feel that way around me, even tho when I tell others they say I’m not living, I’m too cautious I just don’t want anyone to be affected by me :(
@rosepetaltears I’m trying, honestly and I want to be a good person but my guilts make it seem very hard for me to
I’m sorry you’re feeling overwhelmed. The truth is that no one can promise that you or I or my mother or partner, anyone, won’t hurt someone. Don’t fall for the trap that OCD sets, it wants you to prove 100% that you’re incapable of causing harm to someone. The truth is anyone of us can cause something to happen to someone, but we have choice. We can make choices that align with our values and those that we care about.
@avx I know, but honestly it scares me to death and I just don’t know what to do, I feel like the worst
@Kumiakumia I know it feels scary but ERP can teach us that just because we think something or feel something doesn’t make it true and that we can handle them and dismiss them
@avx But what if it is? It feels so real
@Kumiakumia Have you seen any of Dr. McGrath’s NOCD webinars? He describes how and why it feels real and that just because something feels real doesn’t mean it is real. I suggest watching one where he discusses that.
@avx But past guilt just makes it worse :(
@Kumiakumia I highly recommend watching this whole thing: https://www.youtube.com/live/TqC6uhQBEGE?si=9ViWC3N7yts39K8l
OCD can be an incredibly lonely experience, especially when people around you don’t understand the thoughts and fears you’re facing. But you’re not alone—others have been there too. What’s something about OCD that makes you feel isolated or alone?
Guys, does isolating yourself from society make OCD worse? Because I go out these days and I feel like my questions are illogical. Because it seems that alone, everything becomes bigger. It seems that we disregard everything. So something that you would or wouldn't do doesn't seem to have an answer because you don't consider the other. Is this real? Because for example, one question is whether I would take advantage of someone. But the question is, does that someone exist? It's not something that's in my head. In real life, we're all human and you see them that way. So your debt is answered with no. Because that's how you are, when placed in society. You would only do some harm if you didn't consider this, but that would be your values, right? So OCD asks some questions that disregard things, right?
I have this strong yearning to tell my mother all my thoughts and what I go through on a daily basis but then I get scared of what she'll think of me or that she'll worry even more and feel like it's her fault. I just want someone to understand what im going through but whenever I even begin to explain my thoughts to my therapist, she doesn't really get it and today it feels like no one ever will. like I try to make my therapist understand and bless her heart, she's super compassionate and understands how much pain it causes me but beyond that, it still feels like im not able to fully convey it. I'm sure this is something many people can relate to, but still. I feel alone.
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