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ALL THE TIME! Actually urges are a symptom that come with the thought. Why? Well let me tell ya! When you watch porn, you get horny.. right? Even if you’re like ew, not interested, and it was just a pop up, your brain doesn’t know what is happening so when an intrusive thought pops up like that and it’s about your family member, you yourself can be like ew not interested in that crap - where did that come from! And attempt to toss it aside, but of course you get uncomfortable because of the false alarm in your brain and dwell on it, but we can’t control what pops into our head. No one has a clue what’d they’re going to be thinking about in ten minutes so don’t think you want it cause it popped in, your brain just throws things at you sometimes and literally every human has these thoughts but with OCD they get sticky and stay put, the urge though comes from the fact that you thought about a sexual act... doesn’t have boo to do with who it is and doesn’t mean you want that, but you thought of sex. Has nothing to do with them, your body’s natural urge just came along with it as the symptom. Like those funny videos on YouTube of someone dancing close up with long hair looking pretty and you’re like, nice, then they turn around and it’s a dude with a hairy stomach, you thought of sex, so your body is like hey... they realized the topic and was like, HAH! Absolutely not. It does go away though! It’s weird in the meantime and can feel crippling. But Believe me, ERP is a magical tool.
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Facts.
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@Reptarrox ? right?
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@Rachel52 Yez ma'am
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Nah you me and probably half the people on the app that don't want to admit it . I have trouble taking my own advice sometimes. So I get pretty low at times but I always feel better at some point. . Makes me appreciate it more when I know I'll be alright
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Honestly same it’s so hard to listen to your own advice even though youre right due to ocd and the doubt it likes to feed us its like dude can you stop and just listen to me for a second and the ocd is just there like no no you’re wrong
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Yea I just let it sit. I'll watch something nostalgic like a movie or show maybe play a game I did as a kid. But yea. It talks all day, never shuts up. It pretty much forces you to have to believe you aren't bad or on your way to being so. But yea lol. That guy's an ass
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I get that your not alone, it's tough but you have to try to not seek reassurance. Try to let everything come and go. Try not to latch on. I get sometimes it's hard but just try. You have felt better afterwards in the past. Focuz on that. You aren't your thoughts your the one in control. Even if it doesn't feel like it
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Also. You were giving pretty good advice on some other posts. If you want to talk I'm here I get this exact feeling and it sucks
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You’re right I mean I felt a bit nervous but now I feel better at the end of the day I know I wouldnt harm my family or anyone just gotta let it sti there and it will subside makes me feel better that I’m not alone on this though
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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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Earlier I had what felt like an urge but I’m not sure. I’ve had urges before but this felt different as the object was in front of me (not intentional btw) , I’ve been quite stressed lately and my OCD is latching on to that. I had an urge to harm and within that I had like 2/3 intrusive images that came to mind, I couldn’t rationalise with it, I felt “stuck” when I came out of it I felt scared immediately was trying to work out why I’d even think of doing that & was very upset. A while after I keep getting thoughts like “say your goodbyes it won’t be long until you act out” I cried to my boyfriend and told him everything. How do I know if this was intent vs intrusive urge?
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i haven’t been diagnosed with ocd but I have anxiety about harming other people/family members and it’s like urges and im scared I actually want to do it? I don’t think I’ve ever been violent as a kid (im 21 now) and the intrusive thoughts don’t go away so im just stuck all day everyday for the past few weeks just thinking and being scared about it and im having all these weird emotions like being irritated and angry I don’t want to hurt people I don’t think idk why my mind is making me think I do I’ve had intrusive thoughts before that I could brush away sure it took like a day or two but this one is different it doesn’t go away and leaves me with the worst fear imaginable and nothing I look up that should be giving me relief is giving me relief + I feel like im not in control of my body and that im just gonna lose it and act on these thoughts it’s just all on a loop and im not sure how im supposed to live the rest of my life when im in constant fear of my self
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