Mel
- Date posted
- 4y ago
pluralinespluralines
- Date posted
- 4y ago
by not doing anything, do you mean compulsions ?
catmomcatmom
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Yes, it’s Pure O OCD, so instead of physical compulsions, you’re likely engaging in mental ones. This could be avoiding things that might trigger you, mentally ruminating to try & find meaning or certainty in the thoughts about whether or not you would cause harm, neutralizing the thoughts by forcing good ones in their place, & literally anything else that mentally alleviates the anxiety/distress.
YesYouYesYou
- Date posted
- 4y ago
You have to remember EVERYONE gets intrusive thoughts. People with OCD get them alot more frequently. I believe OCD is on a spectrum from mild to severe so your anxiety level and frequency of thoughts would land somewhere between there. People with pure O usually don't have physical compulsions only mental ones.
MelMel
- Date posted
- 4y ago
While I do have compulsions for basically all the other aspects of OCD.. I have yet to compulse with harm ocd, however I still have intrusive thoughts on it.. I always have enough to talk myself out of it... (basically my anxiety telling me to stop it)
YesYouYesYou
- Date posted
- 4y ago
A compulsion is to alleviate anxiety so if you talk yourself out of it or calm yourself down there really isn't a need to have a compulsion. For my blasphemy OCD I would be talking to god and my intrusive thought would say repeatedly "F#$k God" and I would have to beg and plead with God saying that's not me which was a compulsion. For my hocd Its very hard to use a public restroom without high amounts of anxiety so I avoid them which is another compulsion.
MelMel
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Yea.. it’s like an internal fight between my ocd wanting me to compulse.. my social anxiety telling me not to cuz it’s “embarrassing” and then I do.. my anxiety gets mad.. but anxiety makes me compulse to alleviate.. but it makes it worse
YesYouYesYou
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Meli It's a vicious cycle for sure I'm rooting for your happiness.
MelMel
- Date posted
- 4y ago
@Kc88 Thank you! ?
YesYouYesYou
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Some would say having to talk yourself out of it is a compulsion
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- Date posted
- 18w ago
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- Date posted
- 16w ago
Harm ocd Advice
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andrewt_
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 13w ago
Does anyone ever mimic/imagine harm OCD thoughts?
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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