sailor22
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- 5y
sillybilly sillybilly
- Date posted
- 5y
Woah woah woah.... don’t fight the thoughts. That just makes them worse. Just sit with the thoughts until they calm down. Whenever you get an intrusive thought, try not to react to it. Reacting to it is feeding it.
sailor22sailor22
- Date posted
- 5y
I know but it’s not easy and it’s been very hard for me. They are all day from the time I wake up and it’s cause a lot of fear and pain. I feel like my therapy and meds don’t help at all and I’m just stuck in this cycle. I’ve tried my hardest I just don’t understand and that scares me.
ItsOmarItsOmar
- Date posted
- 5y
You’re not the only person who’s feeling this, trust me. I can relate to all of that, but what type of Harm OCD are you experiencing? Are you afraid of harming yourself or others?
sailor22sailor22
- Date posted
- 5y
I struggle with harming both others or myself.
ItsOmarItsOmar
- Date posted
- 5y
Okay well I’m more concerned about harming myself but I’ve minor OCD when it comes to harming others. Anyways, I just think that we have to keep fighting because never forget that you shouldn’t give up five minutes before the miracle. Nothing lasts forever dude. Feelings and thoughts change and the fact that you want to just get better proves that you are very capable of doing so. Try to tell yourself that this too shall pass. Also keep in mind that despite struggling with this form of OCD for 6 months, you haven’t done anything which has got to mean something.
sailor22sailor22
- Date posted
- 5y
I understand what you say but it’s been so hard because it’s effected my life. I’ve been hospitalized twice and the first hospital also left me with PTSD because of the experience I went through. I know I haven’t done anything but it’s the fact I seem images and thoughts that make it feel so weird. I’ve just had a hard time and when it’s bad it just shuts me down. I’ve been out of work due to this also and I just don’t know how to control and navigate this. It’s hard to when the fear and anxiety hit hard I just cry and ask why to god.
ItsOmarItsOmar
- Date posted
- 5y
Let me tell you something. I haven’t been hospitalized but I was diagnosed PTSD and had no clue that this could even be an obsession. I see images a lot and I even feel like everything is too real and that I’m in great danger. I quit work around a month ago and am actually planning to travel abroad just because I think mental health isn’t taken seriously where I’m at.
ItsOmarItsOmar
- Date posted
- 5y
I also do the same thing. I’m always crying and asking God why this is happening and feeling frightened and hopeless almost 24/7.
sailor22sailor22
- Date posted
- 5y
Sorry to hear your struggle and I hope I’m where ever you travel to you find what your looking for. I hate the 24/7 struggle toO. I hear all the time don’t give into the thoughts and such but it’s a mental struggle all day. It’s from the time I wake to the time I may fall asleep. It’s always there where ever I am or go and I hate putting in a face and mentally struggle with friends and family. I feel like a burden to others and it scares me and I struggle every day. Thanks for talkin some
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- Date posted
- 16w
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- Date posted
- 15w
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