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There is a great book that you should read. It’s called the Imp of the mind by Dr. Lee Baer. He talks about all kinds of intrusive thoughts but there is one of his patients that had the exact same experience as you. It may help to read how they treated her and how she got past it. Good luck and just know that if you enjoyed these thoughts they wouldn’t bother you. Stay strong mama
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nikki hey ! your thoughts are yours it is your brain, be kind of your brain be kind of yourself, try accepting them they part of you, one day they will never go back
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Mine is sexual things towards my children it’s killing me
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If it’s possible in any way - and if it won’t trigger too much- can U elaborate a bit??..
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@Rainbowgirl I have images and thoughts of my partner raping my baby, not actually doing it but going to do it, I start thinking it and then have disturbing images in my head
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I have this. With my children. it got so bad that I wouldn't let them in the kitchen when I was cooking or doing dishes because I was worried I would stab them. I also would do things so I wasn't alone with them like pay my niece to babysit even though I was home because I felt like I couldn't trust myself. it drives me crazy I pray alot to counteract the thoughts I'm having but most days unfortunately I feel like some sort of monster because I have no one to talk to and I'm worried if I tell someone in my family they will take my children instead of understand that it's my thoughts not my actions.
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This is how I am hun ?
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- OCD Conqueror
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I once had a similar thought with my family. I was in fear of harming them but my therapist told me it’s the opposite of what I want/feel. That I love my family so much that I’m afraid of anything happening to them and that your brain twists your anxiety and fears into the worst thought imaginable. Try and talk to someone about it because it helps to let it out and not keep it hidden. Maybe if you aren’t comfortable talking to family or friends about it yet try a therapist, a hotline, or even some reading. Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts by Christine Purdon is a very helpful book. You can get through this and know a thought is just a thought not an action!
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I’m scared of knives because I think I’m going to accidentally hurt someone.
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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.
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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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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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