Do intrusive thoughts ever feel like urges? What’s the difference?

Yes they do

Urge to do that bad thing, like my mind is like omg what if I just get up and hurt someone in my house? What if I can’t stop myself? And it’s like an intrusive thought but I get scared I’m going to get the URGE to do that bad thing & I get scared that if I get an urge I won’t be able to stop? I’m new to all of this so idk if that’s normal in ocd or if it means I’m inherently bad and it’s more than ocd

I can’t post the link, but go on YouTube, write in the search bar ‘Chrissie Hodges urges, groinals and dreams’ it should be the first video that comes up. She has another vid called ‘ocd sexual and violent intrusive thoughts and urges’

All very helpful if you are experiencing ocd. Hopefully you can relate to those!

Also there’s a girl called ‘Ali Greymond’ on youtube who does daily updates on ocd often pure o, she saves life’s I think :)

Urge to do a compulsion or the urge to do something bad? If it’s the urge to do something bad, that’s normal. When we attach a lot of meaning to the thoughts our body’s react to it the same way.

The thought part is just in your head, urges are the bodily symptoms.

Yes it’s totally normal. The urges are like the complete bastard in ocd. They aren’t desire driven urges though, just anxiety driven,(even if they feel like they aren’t) btw. Don’t worry your normal. Watch Chrissie Hodges YouTube channel. She has a video about urges etc. I’ll post the link down below. Very helpful. Also I just want to mention I have this, sometimes when you get an urge you can become hyper aware of a particular part of your body making sure it doesn’t move so all those are normal. Ocd sucks. One thing that’s hit me recently though, is I realise that I feel with ocd a lot of us doubt our logic, like a part of us knows that we won’t do it but that ocd brain (amygdala, anxiety, irrational side of our brains) are overactive and the anxiety makes it feel so real. Intrusive thought ocd is a term used not just to describe the thoughts, but also you get intrusive feelings and urges in ocd etc, but they DO NOT mean anything. What is yours about btw? :) I get them about harm around my pets, and also I get sexual ones, like what if I do something sexually inappropriate. ??