For the past 5 months the I have been suffering from adrenal fatigue which has caused me to have low progesterone levels, severe anxiety, panic attacks, morbid thoughts, racing thoughts, insomnia, fear, suicidal thoughts and recently thoughts of hurting my toddlers. After these thoughts of hurting them start I am discussed with myself, hit myself in the face and want to die because I love my children so much and I would never want to hurt them! Can anyone please help me who is in a similar situation!

I totally understand what you’re going through. A lot of the time my intrusive thoughts are about me hurting/killing my mum or sister, I suffer so much from this because I love them so much and I don’t want to hurt them. What I tend to do is when I’m starting to get an intrusive thought, I think about a load of different things to confuse my mind and not let the thought enter my mind. Not sure if this will help you, but you should try it at least once.

I have the same issue. I have three small kids and my ocd has attached itself to them :( it’s the hardest and worst thing ever. I struggle a lot. Therapy has been a huge help!

I do ERP therapy with a psychologist. She is wonderful. I have thoughts about harming my children and “urges”. It’s completely horrible and awful. I know exactly what you are going thru. Ocd latches onto the most important thing in your life, that’s why it is about my kids, it’s my worst fear if something happened to them, let alone something that was my fault :(

It’s just ur ocd talking. It’s how it works. OCD likes to make u suffer and think that you’re going to hurt the most important person in your life

It’s ocd talking. It’s not you. Ocd is the “doubting disease”. Makes you doubt everything you are.

I have had harm thoughts surrounding my children for 2 years. It’s literally the worst thing I have ever experienced. My kids are the most important thing, that’s why OCD latched itself onto them. I’m so sorry you are going thru this. Therapy really has helped me understand ocd more and work on a plan.

Thank you very much for replying! Confusing my mind sounds like a great idea! The thoughts are so scary!

Ikr!

It’s been about two years, I always feel alone, like no one else has what I have. I don’t hear a lot about harm Ocd

What kind of therapy do you get for this?

But just because I have these thoughts doesn’t mean I will hurt them right? I have never experienced anything like this... I’m so afraid

I’m so desperate for help I feel like dying! I’m terrified and I love my children so much! They are the only reason I want to get better ?

Does anyone have any information I can read about as far as OCD? This only recently started happening to me and I’m terrified? I can’t stop crying and I’m so anxious I feel like I will go crazy

There is a few books on amazon for it. I haven’t got any of them yet but I am planning on ordering a few

I remember feeling that way in the beginning. It was difficult for me to care for my children because I basically “froze”. Where are you located? Can you find a therapist easily?