PRIV8

Date posted: 6d

I think chatgpt made my mental health worse

I started using chatgpt for mental health advices and at first it was really helpful, I learned alot but then it made me drown in my emotions. I asked alot about acceptance, what is it how I do it and always it made me sit and stay with my emotions which made me hyper aware of them which made them stronger. But if i told him that he said I should focus on something else. But then I was avoiding it... not sure if its me or its really not helpful. Also I made that bad decision that I started asking about my suicidal ocd and be told me i might want to escape from the pain, not with death but my mind jumps to suicide cause it wants an escape, and this really scared me to a point that I was lying on the floor crying... Since im doing what it tells me i keep feeling bad. This whole week was a disaster, I know the "its normal to feel worse when you start to accept" well this is not like that, if it is then I wont recover cause this is brutal... the physical symptoms were worse then when i was fighting... so overall maybe it helped me but Im thinking of stopping talking with it cause it made my mental health worse. I rely on myself.

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6d

Chat GBT is not a human or a therapist, it’s a robot and gets information wrong. So if it hears “suicidal OCD”, the robot probably only cares about half of the phrase where you wrote the word “suicidal.” The robot doesn’t understand the full context of suicidal OCD- how it goes against our values and it’s not what we actually wanna do. Chat GBT gave you misinformation. Please stop using it 🙏 AI created pictures of humans with 7 fingers on one hand. AI also gives incorrect answers to math problems. If we can’t trust AI for those simpler things, don’t trust AI with something as serious as your mental health. It’s dangerous

PRIV8

Date posted: 6d

It said many times that even if I want to escape it doesnt mean i want to die but I still dont like that i think about death as an escape... however someone commented here and said the same thing that ai said... now im spinning😂

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 6d

@PRIV8 I get why that would scare you ❤️ There’s a difference between passive suicidal ideation and having suicidal OCD. Passive suicidal ideation isn’t a threat either as pretty much everyone experiences these thoughts, even therapists. But if you have suicidal OCD- that especially is ego-dystonic. We have OCD obsessions over things we don’t wanna do, things we care about. So your OCD theme is actually reassurance that you don’t wanna hurt yourself 👍 Keep in mind that us commenters don’t know you personally so not everyone’s advice actually applies to you. But even if someone’s advice is wrong, they’re not trying to hurt you (even if they accidentally triggered you). They’re just trying to help ❤️‍🩹 I suggest working on self- ERP to help with these thoughts if you don’t have a therapist

PRIV8

Date posted: 6d

@OneDayAtATimee I dont know if its passive or not cause I experience these thoughts when im low too, and its not just the "what if i do it" its really like i want to do it. Some years ago was so bad that my mind told me to do it and I had thoughts about it every situation like walking outside and a car passed me, my mind told me to jump in front of it cause atleast the pain will go away... Or if i was home alone it told me that this is the oportunity... so it was really dark and im afraid to share this to people cause they might say im suicidal

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5d

@PRIV8 With OCD that’s extremely normal to have constant intrusive thoughts like that. My mind would do the same thing as I also had harm ocd & su*cidal OCD. My mind would constantly think of different methods to do harm and I couldn’t control it. They were intrusive. If you do obsessions and compulsions around it, I would treat it as OCD. Trying to figure out exactly what it is would be a rumination/reassurance compulsion. Even with passive suicidal ideation, you shouldn’t have issues with a therapist unless you have real intent and a real plan (aside from Ocd). And if the therapist is an Ocd therapist trained specifically in ERP, they should be able to understand that su*cidal Ocd goes against your values. So they should just treat it with EFP

PRIV8

Date posted: 5d

@OneDayAtATimee I dont know cause everytime I heard "I had the same experience" it ends up like it wasnt and they all had just "what if I do it" thoughts, when mine really sounds and looks like passive suicidal thoughts, to a point where a therapist started to question too if its ocd or not... I don't believe her, but maybe im just avoiding, and that might be a problem cause I don't want to accept that I can have passive suicidal thoughts, it makes me feel fear and shame... and I already know the answer is "its okay accept it, anybody can experience that, youre not a bad person for it" yeah but I dont want to accept that I thinm about suicide...

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5d

@PRIV8 I get you ❤️ Just so you know, we can’t completely stop thoughts. If I repeatedly tell you “don’t think of a pink elephant,” you’re gonna think about it. Even people without OCD have thoughts about suicide. There’s no shame in it, especially when everyone in the world has those thoughts sometimes. When everyone drives on a bridge, it’s expected that they will get harm thoughts like “I could just turn the wheel and drive off.” It’s a survival mechanism that our brain thinks of ways we can harm ourselves so we can stay careful. And yes also when people get depressed sometimes, they may get passive ideation but that’s different from active ideation. Passive ideation isn’t a threat. Suicidal OCD isn’t a threat especially. And not all thoughts start with “what if.” When I had harm Ocd, I would get thoughts like “stab her” or “just do hurt her this will fix everything.” And I would get thoughts telling me to down a bunch of pills. So it’s definitely not always “what if.” I’m sensing rumination in your post (a common compulsion with suicidal OCD). Also you said yourself “I don’t want to accept that I think about suicide.” You don’t even like to THINK about it, so you def don’t wanna do it. It goes against what you want in life.

PRIV8

Date posted: 5d

@OneDayAtATimee Yeah maybe I have to stop writing about it cause even this comment just gives me the spinnies... I know you just want to help but my mind senses everything like "they say i have passive suicidal thoughts" and just feeds the fear... I stop talking about it for now cause it doesnt help me...

PRIV8

Date posted: 5d

@OneDayAtATimee And to add it, to the last thing you said, yeah I dont want to, but now im in a point where I dont even want to accept that I have passive suicidal ideation. But thats pretty common for people who has that, they feel shame about those thoughts (like me), they can be afraid of it(like.me) and they avoid it(just like me)

Love1another<3

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5d

@PRIV8 I actually don’t really know what you have since I don’t know your full mental health history well enough and I’m not a therapist. So I’m just throwing options out there :) No worries I’m not trying to diagnose you with anything. But I can see your comments that you don’t want this experience so it goes against your values (which is a hint it could be suicidal OCD related). I would try to sit with the uncomfortable feeling of uncertainty ❤️ I would also do exposures around it when you’re ready

Anonymous

Date posted: 6d

That makes total sense. You’re not wrong for feeling this way. Sometimes when you're deep in OCD and emotional pain, even good advice can backfire. Sitting with feelings, “acceptance,” letting go of control — it’s true, but if done too fast or too hard, it can feel like drowning. What you described isn’t failure — it’s just your system getting overwhelmed. You went in looking for help, and when it got too intense, your brain panicked and turned on itself. That doesn’t mean you're broken. It means you need gentleness, not pressure. You’re allowed to step back. To pause. To say, “This method isn’t helping right now, and that’s okay.” And that part about suicidal OCD? Yeah, that explanation can be terrifying. Not because it’s wrong — but because your brain twisted it into danger instead of comfort. That’s not your fault. That’s how OCD works. You can recover. This doesn’t define your future. Trusting yourself more? That’s strength. You’re learning what you need — and that’s healing, too.

PRIV8

Date posted: 6d

Chatgpt said the same thing...😂😂 this sounds like chatgpt said it

PRIV8

Date posted: 6d

The ocd part sounds like you say it can be not ocd but I see it as danger and I can't accept it. Am I right?

Pandora_2003

Date posted: 6d

Hey, I was doing really well without chatgpt or reddit or searching anything. Until my therapist said something very triggering. And then this whole week I've been on chatgpt again, reddit, tiktok, the whole 9 yards, and i feel like absolute shit again. It sucks so bad, because i started therapy to feel better. But what im trying to get at, is that it does feel good at first but after a while it really does mess with you more. What I dont even want to admit to myself, is that ocd and our feeling are way to complex for AI or anything to give us answers to. We can both try to sit with the discomfort next time instead

HOY

Date posted: 13w

i dont know if its gonna get better

since february i have "POcd". Initial symptoms were thoughts, but then I did a testing compulsion during an intimate time, and I spiraled ever since. I struggle with addiction to smut. I'm cutting that out, but I feel as if it is too late. Ive never experienced this much mental, and emotional anguish in my life. On my time on this application I have given advice to others, and helped around, but I wonder if that even applies to me. Millions of times I wish I could turn back time and be more careful. I want to prevent many things, including what led me to spiral into OCD in the first place. I'm surely having an OCD episode. I have gotten a diagnosis, but I'm still not sure. I feel evil, cause unlike many here, I tested on my body sensations and it backfired (twice) I know I'm not supposed to figure out why that is the case, but now I have to live with it for the rest of my life even if its something I don't desire. This is disgusting for me, it is abhorrent. I could've never seen this coming. Day by day I've become more fearful of living with this, "OCD". I was a normal person before this, I knew what I was attracted to, I know my preferences, so why did this come about? This is singlehandedly the most painful thing that has happened to me and I have nobody but myself to blame. I am scared of death but I also would'nt mind sleeping for years on end. My parents and brother were understanding of my situation, but I failed them regardless. I don't want them to see me this way, nor do I want them to learn more of my predicament. I'm cooked. I know it, Fin, thats all folks. I'm only 20 and I already have other diagnosed mental illness so I recklessly brought upon myself another one. Its agonizing to live through, I wish this on nobody, not even my worst enemy. I can't even identify myself at this point. Its tearing me apart.

Lizethh

Date posted: 13w

I've been doing better but...

Today I had my follow up appointment with my psychologist, I left feeling worse, I loved the psychologist I spoke to last time he was very informed and understanding, this time I got an appointment with someone who he supervises and I feel like she didn't allow me to speak, she didn't allow me to explain my thoughts or feelings, she told me I have to take my medication or she won't be able to continue helping me, which I understand but im terrified of medication I can't get over it, she said if i start the prozac and it doesn't work then I'll have to get on antipsychotics which seems a bit extreme to me considering i have no psychotic symptoms matter of fact she didn't even allow me to explain my symptoms and i feel like there's so many other antidepressants that could work before getting on antipsychotics🙁 this didn't help me at all considering the episode of ocd i just got through was about me becoming psychotic, I just feel let down and misunderstood, I almost felt as if she was mad at me for the buspar not working she said "you didn't really try it you just took it for a week so if you stopped it it's like you gave up on yourself" but it kept me up 2 nights in a row and i couldnt function from the anxiety 😞

galina

Date posted: 12w

Bad session today

I had a very bad session with a therapist today (NOT FROM NOCD). She basically told me I can’t be helped without medication, said I am too needy and if I keep being needy, people will continue to leave me, and my past trauma from relationships is my fault. I then had a second session with my old therapist who helped process and explain that OCD is lifelong and some people manage it but others have flare ups and I think I’m having a bad flare up (a month long basically) and that I may need medication which I’m terrified to go back on. Does it get better? Will I need meds? I’m scared. I don’t want to get worse and I don’t want these thoughts to scare me.

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