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- sophie02
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- 4y ago
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- Mike1234Mike1234
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- 4y ago
Anger and OCD: Anger About Having OCD One of the most prevalent (but often overlooked) manifestations of anger in OCD, though, is reactive anger. This anger is less primary to the disorder and is more of a secondary reaction to having OCD. If you have OCD, you know this experience well. “Why did I have to get this stupid disease?!?! I hate OCD!!! I’m so mad about having OCD!!!” If you go back to its roots, the capacity to feel anger originated as an adaptive function. In other words, anger was designed to be a good thing. Anger is supposed to be a motivating emotion that serves as a catalyst for action and change. Even in OCD, anger can be a healthy motivator — at least, at first. For example, “I’m so angry at OCD that I’m going to do everything in my power to stand up to it.” This can be a great motivator early in treatment. Unfortunately, the positive, mobilizing aspects of anger can be temporary. When we stew in anger too long, it can have unintended negative side effects. Too much anger directed at OCD gives it power. It labels OCD as the victor–the thing that stands in the way–blocking us from being who we want to be.
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- sophie02sophie02
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- 4y ago
Thank you for this!!
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- Hannah2004Hannah2004
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- 4y ago
I get angry really easily as well and how frustrating ocd is. As a Christian I want to say that you don’t have to think whatever thoughts fall into your head. You can choose to not be angry and it’ll be really hard because I’m still struggling with my anger but I’m progressing and getting towards being a more peaceful person through Christ who does indeed give me strength! As Christians we are more than conquerors over anger and our sin! Also when your anger hits maybe just pray and talk to God or really I would just take a minute to calm down.
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- sophie02sophie02
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- 4y ago
Thank you!
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- amineb04amineb04
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- 4y ago
OCD makes me angry as well, it makes me snappy and irritable. I always take it out on my mum, even when I don't mean to and I hate myself for hours afterwards. I hate this so much. Part of me feels like I've done something illegal in a past life, like rape or murder or genocide, I don't even know I hate it here
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- sophie02sophie02
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- 4y ago
Totally feel the same way! I hate that I sometimes take it out on other people it makes me hate myself afterwards as well
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- sophie02
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- 4y ago
I need a space to breathe and rant and get stuff off my chest so this is what I’m using this for now. I hate being angry. I hate it so much cause I always feel like I have less control over my thoughts and feelings and it makes me feel like I have no control over possible actions etc. which makes it really hard with harm ocd. But it feels like an endless loop, because my ocd is so frustrating it makes me angry, and that makes me feel less in control, so the circle continues. It sucks feeling like if anyone knew what it looked like sometimes inside your head, maybe they wouldn’t love you and they wouldn’t see you the same way. I feel so lonely and hollow that days. I have so many “friends” but they all make me feel more lonely, cause everything is so superficial and pointless and sitting with them just makes me feel like I need to withdraw deeper into myself because they don’t get it and they don’t really want to get it or care. I want to scream and cry cause I can’t control anything. I can’t stop the people I love from dying one day, I cant stop time, and I can’t keep things the same forever. I’m so tired of doubting everything about myself. Am I a pedophile? Am I a danger to my loved ones? Am I psychotic? Ya da ya da ya da. This endless anxiety I have it feels like it’s slowly killing me and it’s making me depressed. I can’t sleep. I haven’t slept for two nights and I mean like at all. I forget to eat I get so anxious and either way I sometimes feel so nauseous I don’t want to eat. My family doesn’t really get it, to them ocd is always just an excuse, or it’s for drama. I have tried to ease myself into the idea that maybe everything is chaos. Bad things happen to good people everything has an end, etc. it’s much easier said than done. If life is an ever changing stormy sea of waves than I’m barely clinging onto anything.
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- IAmGoingToOv...
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- 2y ago
Anger
Does anyone else fear getting so angry that you lose control? I fear this terribly. I’ve been having anger but I knows it’s just because I’m so tired of OCD and dealing with having it. But I fear I’m going to snap and I don’t want to. Please tell me I’m not alone in this. I have a very short patience span, I’m always tensed up and the tiniest thing can make me so angry. I just don’t understand this.
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- Anonymous
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- 1y ago
Have you ever just lost it?
I think I just did today. I literally could not stop screaming and jumping around crying punching the wall for like 30mins-1hr. I’ve had quite bad panic attacks, but this one was just me feeling absolutely defeated. Can anyone relate? I feel crazy (well maybe I am, I have OCD)
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