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Horror movie
Having ocd that I’m gonna become this horror movie guy, how do I fix this lol it’s crazy
Having ocd that I’m gonna become this horror movie guy, how do I fix this lol it’s crazy
It's just a movie. You are not the monster you see on screen, and you never will be. In the future, try to watch movies which are more positive/uplifting. Or at least watch movies where the protagonist is a good person. I used to watch a lot of crime shows, until I started fearing that I would become like the violent criminals I saw on screen. So I stopped watching crime shows. If horror movies are triggering you, you should avoid watching them.
You could check out this book “Overcoming Harm OCD” by Jon Hershfield https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Harm-OCD-Mindfulness-Unwanted/dp/1684031478/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2UBL3JM216JVA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fwPOeL0tZ_puseq_zFg089uW_FtO9Qlj2ED09-44acitrzIf5eCigcApN-udAA4FZis1MAF_XZDKICSJSbD2UhkxSryT0YMb9zfhPMfUcBIiyU3Mw-seSVOE2u7Ay4q8P0yRISQL3XRoB50ZYYax59okopmelf9YmUXRCxdzMVZSVbioJ0gbvci9UNUNAZP2lREcI_z8b4zELwiqV7qnWQ.DeljZ9lUHvUZin7L45rxcOCQd0ffLsOK7Am7VLyaFkU&dib_tag=se&keywords=overcoming+harm+ocd&qid=1740619654&sprefix=overcoming+harm%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-1
Hi, the best thing to do is not try to fix it, as that actually makes our thoughts worse. Try watching the movie and sitting with the thoughts that you might become it. In ERP therapy, I started by watching at least 10 minutes (as much as I could tolerate) and sat with the distress.
What would it mean to be a horror movie guy? Would it be triggering? One line I often say is that a person who writes for horror films and a person with OCD could have the exact same image, and the person with OCD will start to do a compulsion while the person who writes horror films will write a scene about the image and put it into a movie and make millions of dollars.
Listen, horror movies are awesome! I love them. I'm a horror movie guy myself. Have been since I was a kid. In fact, I write them professionally RIGHT NOW. There's nothing wrong with them. Embrace your love of horror -- loving them says nothing about your values. The amount of times I've heard people say "Wow, what must be wrong with people who write horror movies? Their minds must be so twisted." As someone who writes horror movies, my argument is A) it's art so who cares and B) if anything, folks who love/write horror are actually processing their complicated, messy, scary feelings instead of holding them inside. Honestly, horror people are probably more in touch with the totality of their being... While this is only half applicable here, it's such a funny saying I have to share: It's not the people who write horror movies you have to be worried about, it's the people who write rom-coms.
I was having a really good day at work and then all of a sudden, I realize that my harm OCD wasn’t there and then that reminded my brain to think about all these horrible things. I’ve been having really bad intrusive thoughts about wanting to hurt people or the fear of doing these things and I caught myself ruminating on things like oh well did this movie make me feel uncomfortable so I can reassure myself that I don’t wanna do these things and it’s just that fear like that I’m gonna wanna do it and it’s not even people that I’m close to. It’s literally anyone it could be like a random stranger thing about these things cause I know that’s a compulsion. So I thought I would put a message out to see if anyone could relate or has any advice.
Can anyone relate To being anxious to watch a movie or tv show out of fear of being triggered OR fear that your mind will latch onto to some weird idea you got from the movie and it will become a new obsession.. like for example… my hubby wanted to watch lord of the rings tonight. I’ve never seen it and for some reason I had the thought that I didn’t want to watch it bc what if it made me scared of creatures or some weird shit like that lol. Or like I’ll think about watching some Si fi show but then I have the thought “hmm better not in case it makes me believe in aliens or something”. I know how crazy this sounds but why do I think like this lol
Guys it feels so real and im really scared because it feels like i dont care about the thoughts and it feels like im going to do something terrible, its horrific. I am so scared i keep getting urges and images i dont know what to do because i get a whole rush of panic. I think what’s triggered it was my for you page on tiktok, on the Mendez brothers murder cases and The prada guy and im so scared but it feels like im not worried like abt the thoughts or feeling but i am scared pls reply its literally plaguing me in my head idk what to do bc it feels like im gonna do it
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