- Username
- Hope8
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I honestly think most people understand because most people have intrusive violent thoughts. I’m not trying to reassure you, but whenever I tell someone about my Harm OCD they’re always like “omg girl me too!” about the intrusive thoughts.
I’m so sorry you feel worried and anxious but as the person above said , I think people understand intrusive thoughts like that because everyone gets them at some point , just nowhere near the same level as you. Besides , if worst came to worst , all they would have to do is look it up and see that it is definitely a real condition , and I think they’d understand that anyone who posts about it is being genuine in what they say.
This was a good ERP though!!!
No future employer or school is going to look at a post like that and automatically assume you are bad and or violent. Especially if you attached OCD into the plot of the message. This was so strong and you absolutely should be proud that you are so strong. I also have harm OCD, I started struggling with it when I was 11, and I’m 21 now and have only told a few people I am close with. People like you who have the strength to go out onto social media and be real and honest are the same people that literally saved my life. You have the ability to help and change lives in one single post. I know I can’t change the destruction in your mind with what’s been moving around in there but I hope that I can make you feel a little more confident in your decision.
I see where you’re coming from. When I told my roommate about my intrusive thoughts regarding pedophilia and incest, she thought that I wanted it but I didn’t. My other friend also heard me and although she understood, she kinda described it as a “quirk” of mine ?
Good job tho. Like I wish I could have that bravery to post about my intrusive thoughts
I know this is such a typical OCD thought, but I really feel mine is. Without going into too much detail feel like I basically SA'd my ex without meaning to and got away with it. I feel like I need to confess to everyone, including ny current gf, but I'm worried people will never look at me the same again. I'm trying so hard with ERP but I feel like I'm just using it to avoid confronting what I've done. I feel like I'm going to get cancelled or thrown in jail and my life is going to fall apart. I feel so guilty and sorry. I want to be a good person.
I just read a horror story about someone with POCD revealing their thoughts to people and getting shunned and now im getting anxious😭. I had wanted to tell a few of my loved ones about it in a very careful way, but now am not sure if it is a good idea (one works in mental health and another does have severe mental illness). I genuinely wonder if me doing this would be exposure or be compulsive or if it’s a bad idea overall
Was watching a YouTube video and the person talked about school shootings & how people are crazy. I immediately got distressed thinking “what if i’m crazy, what if I do something as horrible as that” and got so many scary intrusive thoughts after. I feel so ashamed and i feel like a terrible person for these thoughts and some days I want to burst out crying but no tears come out, just a lot of panic & worry. I feel so shameful. And to make matters worse, later that day I saw this funny news for a video game and I didn’t remember how to spell it correctly and when I pressed search, I saw a photo of a bullet & that made me feel so damn scared. Like what if I intentionally searched for it even though I was expecting a video game. Then I started thinking about how on the news they always claim the mass shooters would be obsessed with firearms and It just made my OCD that much worse. Then my OCD goes into my past to find “evidence” that could prove I’m a horrible person that would do something like that. I can’t get these intrusive thoughts and images out and I hate it. I hate violence. I’ve talked to my therapist over and over about how I feel like this horrible person and I give her a list of all the things that I’ve done wrong and to her, she knows that it’s OCD. I would never intentionally physically harm anyone. The only time I would get into a physical confrontation is to defend myself or loved ones. I just feel like I’m going crazy
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