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From my understanding it’s because of the adrenaline rush that our bodies produce when we get that anxious. Which is why it feels so real. 🫶🏻❤️ you are not your thoughts
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@Kitten32 Yes, agreed. It will pass. The reason it feels so distressing is because it goes against who you are. Rest assured friend. It will pass. To answer your question, I have experienced that many, many, times, and still do from time to time. It’s pretty common with OCD lol. You got this!
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This is very common dear, and please know you’re not alone and these thoughts don’t define you. As someone else already said these are biological reactions in the form of a the amygdala firing off a danger signal due to perceived danger. It does that when under stress even when there is no actual danger. This is extremely common and very typical. I’ve been through exactly what you’re talking about and so has every other ocd sufferer who had this harm ocd… it’s all part of the trick ocd plays. My suggestion coming from a place of love and respect: please relax. Getting all worked up is the natural response but it further aggravates the amygdala, causing it to perpetuate its danger signals. Instead if you practice some healthy diversion and relaxation, and wait for the anxiety to ride out, it will have no choice but to go away or at least calm down. One other thing, notice how I never addressed your thought because that’s not the issue… the issue is the obsessive nature behind it. Everyone has these thoughts… the difference is that in ocd we overvalue them and get fixated on them. Stand strong against ocd and declare your truth, you’re stronger than you think and a force for good. Also, please make sure you discuss this with your therapist! Take care! ❤️
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I felt this way when my insomnia was at its worst and I could not think straight. I didn’t act on my intrusive thoughts but I felt like it was entirely possible and like I was only seconds away from doing it. It was terrifying and I’m sorry you’re experiencing that. That was four years ago and I’ve had more good days than bad since then where I haven’t been fearful of acting on my intrusive thoughts. Talking to specialists about my thoughts helped me and so did journaling to get my thoughts out of my head. I hope you’re feeling better soon.
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I'm like this too, yesterday I thought that I had become a bad person and what was even stranger was that this felt real, and what's more scary was that I felt that when I smiled at that time, its feel this was the smile of a bad person but I kept denying it, it felt terrible😣
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@Rahmaa I agree, I had something similar. Wishing you the best🙏🫶🏻
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Recently ive been getting very scared to even be angry bc of the horrible thoughts I have and it feels even more real when I'm angry or even annoyed. Rn I was not even super annoyed at my neice but I felt a twinge of annoyance since she went up to my face and was yelling at me while I was resting on the bed and I got this image of doing something bad to her and I felt my hand twitch very little. I got nervous and felt relieved when her dad told her to stop screaming for no reason. I've been hyperfocusing on my bodily reactions (mainly my hands or how I'm feeling like did I just enjoy that? Was I considering???) And I've noticed the small twitches whenever I'm mad or annoyed and it's scaring me so bad! Like do I want to act out? Am I holding back??? I used to not even twitch at all when mad and I felt 100% sure I'll never act out but now it feels like I don't know bc what do these twitches mean?, I do know I don't want to ever act out but it's so scary. Recently whenever I feel angry once the argument is over I cry really bad after I'm alone and I pray so i never want or act out. And when the annoyance passes I also feel so guilty and want to stay away. Im scared these are real urges and i research for many many hours to make sure they arent urges or impulses and i also tend to ask chatgpt or here if the anxiety gets so bad 😕
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Recently ive been getting very scared to even be angry (i try to avoid even being angry if i can!) bc of the horrible thoughts I have and it feels even more real when I'm angry or even annoyed. I've been hyperfocusing on my bodily reactions (mainly my hands or how I'm feeling like did I just enjoy that? Was I considering? Did it just move? Why is it tingly? Why did it twitch?) And I've noticed the small twitches whenever I'm mad or annoyed and it's scaring me so bad! Like do I want to act out? Am I holding back? Is this an indication i was about to do something or will in the future? I used to not even twitch at all when mad and I felt 100% sure I'll never act out but now it feels like I don't even know anymore bc of these twitches. Im so afraid! What I do know is I don't want to ever act out (idea is distressing not appealing) but it's so scary like why did i twitch or was i about to act out? Im scared these are real urges and i research for many many hours to make sure they arent real urges or impulses and i also tend to ask ai or here if the anxiety gets so bad. Like how do I know of this is actually a serious concern and I should be very worried???
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Hey guys. I feel like no one will even reply to my post. I feel anxious af. I could barley eat a plate of soup. I feel so drained and fatigued and feel the anxiety in my stomach. I'm just so worried I don't even have harm ocd anymore. Its just... I grew up in a household where swatting people was normalized like if you did something really naughty. I never really questioned it and I grew up thinking it was an okay thing and would sometimes swat someone when they are being naughty growing up and even recently. I would never swat someone at full force or enough to make someone cry just more like a hard tap to get their attention but it feels automatic? And even then it's really really rare for me to do, i much rather talk sternly or tell someone. When i do swat its bc like if someone scared me I guess I hit their hand and say "THAT SCARED ME" and we both start laughing or if my older niece was roughhousing with her younger sister and the younger one gets hurt and the older one laughs, I swat the older one once or twice on her arm as a discipline and say "what is wrong with you??? Why are you laughing? You are much older than her! You could've seriously hurt her." And idk how but i never thought like how wrong this is?!... and I feel like sh/t like ocd keeps saying "well you have swatting impulses when someone is misbehaving or if someone scares or hits you, meaning if you get an impulse to do something really evil instead, you wouldnt be able to control yourself huh?" And I started to get so anxious and scared. Ive NEVER acted out on the harm ocd thoughts (nor do i even want to) ive been getting daily for 4 years even when they are misbehaving. But i get so scared like WHAT IF I get an impulse to do the evil thoughts? What if I lose control?! Is this a history of violence/ low impulse?! Does this mean i would act out on my fears?! I've never wanted to do these thoughts before but i get scared like what if I do one day? This whole day ive been ruminating and asking ai for reassurance. I feel terrible. I feel like a horrible person. I started to cry. I just cant anymore. I feel this weight on my chest. I feel so evil so irredeemable. I f/cking suck. I hate myself so much right now. I feel so much guilt and shame. Why am I still here anymore? Maybe i dont even have ocd and maybe i never did. This is just breaking my heart. I want to change and unlearn this swatting behavior as well for sure. :(
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