- Date posted
- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
This is proof that u aren’t a bad person. If u didn’t love animals, u wouldn’t care. The fact that u DO care means that u really do love animals. Think about it this way.. if a mom was to worry about not loving her kids, does that mean she cares and LOVES them? Yes! ‘Cuz she cares. If a mom WASNT to care, then that means she doesn’t even love them. I had something like this. You’re not alone xo
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you both @jaz and @gardengoddess. Here’s where the struggle is. I do like your advices and it makes sense but it’s the way animals are treated and most are inhumane so when I used to eat meat I felt like I was partaking in the cruelty and just as guilty for it to allow. I’ve been trying to go vegan but another thing is I can’t cook for myself. For several reasons all due to my OCD fear. (I can’t leave to get groceries, I’m afraid I’ll forget to turn off the stove, that I might undercook something, that I might throw something out by accident) so I pretty much have to order food. Which is why it’s hard to find vegan restaurants and there are some but extremely expensive.
- Date posted
- 6y
God put animals on this earth for us to either take care of or eat. There’s nothing wrong with eating meat-it’s meant for us to eat, but you should do whatever you believe is right!
- Date posted
- 6y
wow.. I have no idea the exact situation you’re going through, but I’ll still give u advice. I can tell u really love animals and this IS conflicting. What I recommend is IF you really wanna eat meat (if this was all-consuming) u should eat in portions. Maybe once a every 2 months? If this is just a passing by feeling of temptation, I recommend do every possible thing u can to get it mind OFF meat and start FALLING IN love with vegetables again.
- Date posted
- 6y
I say do what you want and don't let OCD dictate how you eat. Allowing yourself to be nourished by food (in whatever form you eat it) is vital.
- Date posted
- 6y
@Crazy.Cat.Lady If ur really passionate about being vegan, I recommend u do exercises for ur OCD (and get therapy). Write down your feard situations on a notebook and read them and embrace them. Sit with those horrible uncomfortable feelings for 5 mins (the 1st time), then 10 mins (the 2nd time). Repeat with mins getting longer each time. This isn’t just a questions of if u wanna be vegan or not, OCD is also in the mix. Above the advice that we give h in the app, get help from counseling (online maybe) and therapy. xo
- Date posted
- 6y
-prt 2- it’s a natural thing to crave meat! doesn’t mean u’ll actually eat it just like craving candy on a diet
- Date posted
- 6y
@Jaz but I would be if I followed through. I don’t eat fish and eggs either now, I do with milk and cheese. It’s hard to go completely animal/animal byproduct free. But I really want some juicy steak and hamburgers. My dad was a chef so I know how good meat is :( should I eat or not? I’m so conflicted.
- Date posted
- 6y
On a different note, I’m scared to eat chocolate too. Sigh ?
- Date posted
- 6y
@jaz thank you ?
Related posts
- Date posted
- 19w
I am so tired of having intrusive thoughts everytime i try to eat anything cause my mind immediately goes to “what if this tastes like human meat” “what if the texture is like human meat” and i have to stop eating and i start crying it annoys me so bad and i lost some weight because of it i just want to be normal again and to stop these thoughts they happened out of nowhere and i talked to some people about it and they tell me what cannibals have said and it has made things so much worse tbh im just so exhausted and i wanna eat healthy again
- Date posted
- 18w
I know I have OCD, but is this a part of moral ocd? I have a huge thing about recycling. I feel guilty if I can't. (Ie, there's an item with food that cant be cleaned out since you have to rinse food off of stuff for it to be recycled). I've genuinely cried over having been given plastic bags instead of purely using reuseable bags. Another time I cried about not having the option to recycle things that were clearly recyclable while I was in the mental hospital. It was a tough week. Everything I have has to be sustainable. My toothpaste, shower soaps, hand soaps, detergent, and everything else has to be recyclable or I'll get upset about it. My toothbrushes are bamboo. Plastic irks me so badly. I want to help the planet and reduce waste. It feels right! But is that ocd? Or am I just weird about recycling? I just feel like a bad person if I can't recycle properly.
- Date posted
- 10w
I’ve been gone for about a month, mostly because I kept seeing messages on here that felt super anxiety-inducing and not understanding of OCD at all. Honestly, it got to the point where I started getting nervous to even open the app. Lately, I’ve been stuck in this OCD loop that I think might be moral scrupulosity or something like that. I’ve been dealing with this thing where I feel like I have to “challenge” stuff mentally or verbally, like if I don’t say something out loud, it feels super uncomfortable. And the thoughts are about heavy stuff, like assault or deportation or just really morally loaded topics. My brain starts picking everything apart. It’s like I have to look at things fairly, and then I get trapped in all these little technicalities. For example, if someone gets assaulted, my brain fixates on stuff like “what was she wearing”even though I know how harmful that line of thinking is. That is exactly the kind of thing my mind zooms in on. It happens with a bunch of topics too, not just that. I feel like I have to give the benefit of the doubt to the aggressor or see “both sides,” and then I end up doubting the victim. And the worst part is, it feels like I truly believe these devil’s advocate thoughts. It feels so real. It’s like I become convinced that the victim might be lying or that there’s some justification for the harm, and I don’t like it. This even happens with my boyfriend and especially his family. I’ll catch my brain flipping narratives or making me question people I trust. this has been a “habit”for as long as I can remember but now it’s happening so much more. I cannot stop doubting. It feels like I’m siding with people who I should have no doubts to be against. I don’t know what to do or what kind of ERP would work for this. I don’t know how to change this. It’s been apart of me so long, it simply feels like me.
- Religion & Spirituality OCD
- Perfectionism OCD
- Harm OCD
- "Pure" OCD
- Mid-life adults with OCD
- Students with OCD
- Young adults with OCD
- BIPOC with OCD
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond