Harm ocd

what is your definition of harm OCD ? you want to harm yourself or do you want to harm others ? it really doesn't matter because it's still the same issue , but once you have your definition , you can work towards employing counter thoughts and by that if the intrusive thought is urging you to run into a telephone pole , respond to the thought with something as simple as counting your blessings , talk out loud to yourself , it doesn't matter , fuck the world , you're on a mission to save yourself , count your blessings , think about all the great things you've done in the past the things you'd like to do in the future , anything at all to disrupt what the intrusive thought is trying to imply , you are important , you are valuable , and believe it or not there are people out there who count on you , the intrusive thoughts are going to call bullshit , they're going to continue to lie to you , at first when you really get into this the int thoughts will tell you that you're lying , that you don't have any self worth you're not valuable no one wants you etc etc , keep saying those positive affirmations , have you ever heard it said , tell a lie enough times and you'll believe it yourself ? well the intrusive thoughts are lying to you , lie back to them until you believe it , fight back , a lot of times the intrusive thoughts are arising from low self-esteem self-loathing all of which create despair, anxiety , you don't deserve that , tell the intrusive thoughts the exact opposite with positive affirmations , the intrusive thoughts are not who you are you may have to remind the intrusive thoughts that , that ain't you , that ain't how you do things , and if the intrusive thoughts don't like it , they can just pack their shit and leave . get tough . but you got to keep repeating that mantra whatever it may be as long as it's the exact opposite of the intrusive thought

ERP with my therapist was the way I did. You have to put in the work tho. Sitting with the uncertainty and using the RPMs actually does help. I have a wonderful therapist named Melissa Torres. She has helped me so much.