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- 51w
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- 51w
i want you to know that this is your ocd making you feel like this, none of these things define who you are and these aren’t your thoughts :( i’m so sorry you are going through this love and please please don’t let this thought ever get to you if you are feeling anxiety and distress right now what i do to help me when i’m dealing with these thoughts is to eat sour sweets if you have any or anything sour because it’s known to lower stress levels and anxiety levels and focus on the sour taste instead , you aren’t horrible person , ocd is a bully and will make you lie to yourself
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- 51w
I understand. Sometimes when I look at things I can imagine me grabbing it but I always remind myself what is reality. One thing you can to calm you is name five things you see, four things you hear, and three you can touch or smell (learned this from a therapist). It will ground you. I assure that this just your ocd and not your true wants or desires. If you really wanted to do harm then you would not have distress over it. I hope you feel better soon.
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- 51w
this has been my struggle too. its genuinely the worse feeling because im so scared to lose control. even when i give myself reassurance it’s never enough and creates more of a false narrative:(. i hope it gets better for you❤️🩹
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- 51w
I relate to you so much as a person in my 20's. I promise you, you aren't bad and you want the opposite and you want to feel normal I know. How hard it is mentally and physically at times. But getting cold air can ground you if it every gets overwhelming. Do you have a therapist or a psychiatrist or a group of family to help
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- 49w
I completely relate to this. Im currently experiencing thoughts of harming someone I love. It is absolutely the scariest thing, and isnt my morals or who I am as a person. I wish I didnt have these thoughts. Im a good person.
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- 24w
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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- 24w
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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- 23w
So I have harm ocd for sure and I get triggered by some m1rder cases like for some reason my brain gets latched to them and the perpetrators my brain goes ‘what if they’d find you attractive’ ‘would you be one of their victims’ and it feels like they’re watching me, if that makes sense, like they’re watching me, is this a symptom of any type of OCD? Please no judgement I’m super scared and I hate that my brain does this
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