Carrie
- Date posted
- 6y
CrazyladyCrazylady
- Date posted
- 6y
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.
PineapplePineapple
- Date posted
- 6y
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.
brynnybat2004brynnybat2004
- Date posted
- 2y
@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.
Crazy.Cat.LadyCrazy.Cat.Lady
- Date posted
- 6y
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.
Pink DinosaurPink Dinosaur
- Date posted
- 6y
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.
Crazy.Cat.LadyCrazy.Cat.Lady
- Date posted
- 6y
It’s all about your values.
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- Date posted
- 22w
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harm ocd is the bane of my existence. people always tell me that if you have anxiety over a thought, that’s ocd. and these intrusive thoughts cause me IMMENSE anxiety. i’m constantly looking for reasons why i’m not what these thoughts tell me i am. but WHY DOES IT FEEL SO REAL?? it’s like i can’t reassure myself that this isn’t me and i don’t want to do it, but i also look for reasons why it’s not me. my brain is constantly telling me “if you don’t act on this, you’ll never feel free”. WHAT EVEN IS THAT?? and why does it feel real?? anytime i think about getting therapy, i constantly think that it’s not going to help me positively but help me realize i am this person. i just wish someone with harm ocd could get into my brain, understand me, and tell me everything will be okay. i wish someone in recovery could tell me that they’ve been where i am, felt the same feelings, thought the same thoughts, and got through it when they thought they wouldn’t. i feel like i’m drowning in it. another thing is i think about how my mom knows a surface level understanding to this form of my ocd, but if she knew it all, i’m scared she’d never look at me the same. i’m scared she’d be scared of me and think i need psychiatric help. IM TERRIFIED.
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- Date posted
- 20w
i can’t do this much longer
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Andi 🤓☝️
- Date posted
- 17w
Triggered from NOCD article
Guys for the past couple of hours ive been spiraling! I wad researching and came across this harm ocd article question that has been worrying me. The title was "im scared of hurting someone when I'm mad. Can i trust myself?" And I was thinking "hey that's what ive been worried about for the past several months!" I even AVOID being angry. Im scared of it bc I get a lot of thoughts and I'm hyperaware of my hands and feel them tingly! Last time i tensed so hard to stay still as possible bc I was so so nervous from my thoughts and my hand twitched which made me SPIRAL. I never want to cause harm! And i always start crying after an argument bc the thoughts are so so scary! Anyway I got afraid bc the article said "research has shown that people with ocd don't struggle with impulse control- so if you find yourself intensely worried you could do harm based on the intrusive thoughts or urges you have, it's likely something else is going on." THAT SENTENCE HAS LEFT ME WITH A TON OF ANXIETY! Its so bad, my appetite is gone! I'm scared does this mean I don't have ocd and should be seriously concerned?!
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