Love 777
- Date posted
- 7d ago
Harm ocd
I have all kinds of thoughts that aren’t me it feels like someone is talking to me telling me evil things about people or to do evil things 😞😞😞😞 I can’t do this anymore
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
- Date posted
- 6d ago
You are okay. You really are. This is just OCD. That’s all it is. And you can beat it through treatment!! Have you tried ERP therapy? That can really help you get out of this
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
- Date posted
- 6d ago
Are you letting the thoughts flow freely through your head? That is really important. If you try to fight off the thoughts, they only get worse. You need to train your brain that you don’t care if the thoughts are there or not. Let the thoughts scream at you all day if they want to. That’s fine. You are not going to care if the thoughts are there or not. My therapist explained it like this. Imagine a tree planted by a river. The leaves fall from the tree and float down the river. You watch them fall and float away, but you don’t do anything about them. The same is true with your thoughts. You can notice that they are there, but you shouldn’t try to stop them, push them away, or fix them. Just let them be in your head. Let them get angry and tell you whatever they want. They don’t matter. They are just thoughts. Then you can go and live your life, no matter what the thoughts are doing.
Hope1 Hope1
- Date posted
- 6d ago
@Tea and Honey What about when you wake up with intense fear and intense anxiety with the thoughts like anxiety is 100 out of a 10 it makes the thoughts feel so much more intense and I can’t seem to stop the anxiety
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
- Date posted
- 6d ago
@Hope1 It doesn’t matter how intense the thoughts are. The thoughts are just thoughts. They don’t mean anything. So treat them with ERP no matter how intense they are
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 6d ago
I feel the same, it is hard. Its especially difficult emotionally when it is about people you care about, family or otherwise. My OCD can switch from intrusive entirely false thoughts about myself, or that certain people in my family are horrible people. I realize iVe been irrationally thinking these thoughts for a long time, never believing them but they are hard to let go of. It also tends to happen when I try to envision a positive interaction with them in times when I am lonely. Its all messed up because I feel it has ruined my relationships with..pretty much everyone in my life. Unable to be the person I want to be around them.
laladraculaladracu
- Date posted
- 6d ago
I feel the same! It will pass!!
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carol.xxx
- Date posted
- 18w ago
flare up please respond
Hey guys, I am having the worst HARM OCD episode I have had in a while. I am having disgusting, awful intrusive thoughts about harming others. It feels so real. It feels as if I am about to get up and just do it. The worst bit about it all Is I know I feel distressed and panicked. But where the thoughts are actually happening ( in my head) doesnt feel this feeling. This is making it feel worse as it really does feel like Im just going to do it. I am crying my eyes out because I know im petrified and dont want to hurt anyone im so scared. I have this terrible intrusive feeling in my that feels like its justifying the thoughts. Please can someone talk as I am scared Im crying I dont want know what to do I want this feeling gone I am so scared. I tell myself Id kill myself before hurting anyone else, but would i ? What if I actually do want to kill Please respond Im so scared
andrewt_
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 13w ago
Does anyone ever mimic/imagine harm OCD thoughts?
Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 11w ago
Questions
There are times my harm ocd has me convinced that my feelings of self harm or suicide and harm are real and that any moment I could commit the act on myself or my family. Is there anyone who can chime in on this. I feel like all the time I want to leave run away or avoid my family because of these thoughts. Like I shouldn’t be around my children and I don’t trust myself.
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