- Date posted
- 6y ago
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Bad people who want harm others think about it and the thoughts don’t bother them. They probably fantasize about it. They have no conscience. People with harm OCD are good people who don’t want to harm. So if a thought disturbs you that’s a good thing. It means it’s just OCD and you’re not a bad person. You know right from wrong. And you may think to yourself well what about the seemingly normal people who kill people or harm them. Those people sometimes have a reason like self defense mostly. You won’t hurt anyone trust me. It’s just OCD.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
The difference between someone with harm OCD and someone who actually wishes to harm someone is quite simple — those with harm OCD have no true desire to harm anyone. In fact, those with harm OCD are probably more unlikely to ever do harm to anyone than someone who doesn’t suffer from OCD.
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@Pineapple I’m suffering with this rn and the urges are making me feel like i wanna do it yet i know i don’t wanna.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Because you don’t want to. OCD attacks what we care about. I went to my ex’s friend’s little get together and we were on the balcony. My ex was holding his friend’s newborn baby and this baby was such an angel. When my ex asked if I wanted to hold the baby I had a sudden image of me dropping the baby off the balcony of a 11th floor apartment. I started to picture Michael Jackson, what if It was an accident? What if it was intentional? whether the baby would bounce (I don’t know why), if my ex and his friend would run so fast it looked like they teleported, would they stop me, would they hate me and I’m going to jail or whether a stranger would walk by in time to catch the baby. Really disturbing images and thoughts. So I told my ex not to give me the baby. I held her inside the apartment though. Anyways my point is I would never dream of hurting an innocent soul let alone a baby. In a way it tries to “protect” you by scarring you so you don’t do things you care about. People who go through with it just don’t care. Don’t care about others, don’t care what would happen to them.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Actions speak louder than thoughts. Even depressed people with homicidal thoughts aren’t evil unless they think it’s morally acceptable to act on them.
- Date posted
- 6y ago
It’s all about your values.
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- Date posted
- 19w ago
This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
- Date posted
- 18w ago
Hey guys, I am having the worst HARM OCD episode I have had in a while. I am having disgusting, awful intrusive thoughts about harming others. It feels so real. It feels as if I am about to get up and just do it. The worst bit about it all Is I know I feel distressed and panicked. But where the thoughts are actually happening ( in my head) doesnt feel this feeling. This is making it feel worse as it really does feel like Im just going to do it. I am crying my eyes out because I know im petrified and dont want to hurt anyone im so scared. I have this terrible intrusive feeling in my that feels like its justifying the thoughts. Please can someone talk as I am scared Im crying I dont want know what to do I want this feeling gone I am so scared. I tell myself Id kill myself before hurting anyone else, but would i ? What if I actually do want to kill Please respond Im so scared
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 13w ago
Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.
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