Anyone else with harm thoughts struggle with filling out “thoughts of harming others” questions on intake forms? I just filled one out for my new therapist (OCD specialist) and even though I know she’s a specialist I answered no and explained that I have obsessions about harm but don’t actually want to do these things :/ because I’m always afraid that answering yes to those means that I’m dangerous

Having had OCD since a child my experience has taught me that our intrusive thoughts will naturally morph into things which we fear the most at certain times of our lives, you’ll find yourself fixated on them because they go against your moral values leading you to question your being and therefore making them significant by constantly questioning their existence, hence why they seem to stick- it can be a though process but CBT works! keep at it @evelyncat ?? A little analogy I first learnt when diagnosed with intrusive thoughts which has helped me to this day is thinking about our instrusive thoughts as if they were a volleyball bully floating in the sea, fighting to force down the volley ball is exhausting and a never ending battle which has no other outcome as it is constantly pushing back against you however, if you release the ball and stop forcing it down and fighting against it, by just letting it be, it will eventually float away. The idea is not to ignore the ball, acknowledge its presence , how it makes you feel whatever this maybe, but just let it come and go as it pleases. Unfortunately this is a difficult process as we have to accept the intrusive thoughts as we do all thoughts and as a result learn to get comfortable with being uncomfortable which is what CBT helped me with when I was ready, it’s a big first step to recovery we should all be proud of ?

i just experienced this omg. i also say no

Hi im havin these thoughts im havin them from when i wake until i fall asleep there makin me so ill how are you feeling im just sat crying