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I am so tired of having intrusive thoughts everytime i try to eat anything cause my mind immediately goes to “what if this tastes like human meat” “what if the texture is like human meat” and i have to stop eating and i start crying it annoys me so bad and i lost some weight because of it i just want to be normal again and to stop these thoughts they happened out of nowhere and i talked to some people about it and they tell me what cannibals have said and it has made things so much worse tbh im just so exhausted and i wanna eat healthy again

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

Well if you feel sick and don't feel like eating...do you Stop eating.... You should definitely eat ... First thing first eat your foods ... You have to get the nutrients first... Now for the intrusive thoughts... Don't feel for them ... Your is you are getting engaged with them unconsciously....Stop doing compulsions about them... Thoughts aren't threats... It's all anxiety and OCD... You just need to do ERP and it will feel better... Try to eat the food if a intrusive thoughts pop up don't engage with that say I gotta finish my meal first then I will deal with you... You will delay the compulsions and you finish your meal ... At first apply this then will move on to big steps... You got this...

jamba27

Date posted: Yesterday

@Anonymous Ive tried but i get nauseous and it sucks :(

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

@jamba27 So for now eat little portions with more nutrients protein you can get in that small amount of food... But you should never leave it totally... You know how the dogs just barks at you for no reason at all... When Stop minding them they become quite... So think like this and don't give up on eating... And try to do it again and again until your thoughts give up on you... just follow what I have said... You got this !!

Simon123@

Date posted: Yesterday

you are aware that is your mind feeding you lies. I do have OCD and learned to deal with that voice. it takes time, that voice does not have to win

User type: Therapist

Date posted: Yesterday

I'm so sorry, jamba27! It sounds miserable. Unfortunately, OCD can make us question everything when we start really engaging with the "what if" questions. It is critical to be able to eat, so you need to try not to limit your diet. It also sounds like it might really be helpful to start exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy. We do that here at NOCD, and it really works. I often tell my members that OCD is not just a cycle, it's a snowball, and if you let it keep rolling, it will only get bigger. Here's some more info on how OCD can affect diet: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/how-ocd-can-fuel-disordered-eating And a little bit about the OCD cycle: https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/info/ocd-stats-and-science/the-ocd-cycle-visualized-how-the-condition-works I hope you are able to get some help and get yourself feeling better ASAP.

EvnInArcadia

Date posted: Yesterday

If you are having a hard time eating, try getting those nutritional shakes to hold you over until you can put some actual food in your stomach. Something is better than nothing and they taste yummy. Definitely do ERP and work through it. You got this!

jamba27

Date posted: Yesterday

@EvnInArcadia Yea i still eat a little but not so so much or how i used to and i do take some nutrition shakes but i also have a fear of theowing up so i try not to eat so much cause if i do my mind starts telling me that ill throw up

BeeCee87

Date posted: 22w ago

Intrusive thoughts Help.

I’m having a very bad evening with my intrusive thoughts. I was doing really good dealing with them but tonight one hit me hard. I’ve been having a lot of different intrusive thoughts but I’ll have one occasionally about hurting my mom or my dog who I love and they’re the only family I have in my life. They’re my world. I was helping my mom put away the dishes and I had the big kitchen knife in my hand and my intrusive thought was you could stab your mom. And then my brain said I had a twitch in my hand and that meant I wanted to do it. Let me just say that I wouldn’t hurt a fly. I actually caught a fly in a glass and put it outside instead of killing it this evening before this intrusive thought happened. I’m such a gentle and compassionate and caring person and these thoughts instantly cause me to have a panic attack. And I have no one to talk to them about. I know they’re hard for my mom to hear and I don’t want to be any more of a burden than I already am. I do desperately want to tell her and have her reassure me that I’m not crazy or a psycho. Then my thoughts wander to if your hand did flinch could you be a psychopath. Is hurting someone in you. I know it’s not but I feel like my mind is out to get me and hurt me. I’m working so hard and I thought I was doing so good but I need to know why I have these thoughts. They’re not ok. I need someone to help me make sense of why. I know we aren’t supposed to ruminate but I shouldn’t have thoughts like this about people I love and care about the most in the world.

andrea_sam730

Date posted: 18w ago

Self pleasure and intrusive thoughts :/

I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh

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Chels0212

Date posted: 17w ago

Intrusive thoughts

I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅

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