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I've got harm ocd as well! Oh yeah it's the worst! I hate it. Something that helps me is, that your thoughts are not real, they are meaningless chemicals. Our brains are just thought process functions, and it doesn't know the context of what the thoughts are. It doesn't understand. We just tend to terrify ourselves so much with how far out those thoughts are, that we put meaning behind it, and then scare ourselves even more down the rabbit hole of OCD. Things won't always be like this, I know it seems very difficult right now, but we were all at a time in our lives where we enjoyed every bit of it and didn't have anything like this going on. Things will get better! You just gotta keep holding on. Don't give up. Something that helps me is just letting it be known that these are just chemicals. They don't mean a thing, our minds are just trying to play this obsessive game with us, and it knows it bothers us. OCD feeds off of that. Sometimes OCD can flair up out of nowhere because of things going on in your life. Make OCD your bitch and always do what's right, and you'll be set. You're stronger than you think.
Everyone is scared it's not OCD. 😂 OCD tries to convince us that it's not so we won't get rid of it. Like an ever-evolving virus that tries to escape its vaccine. Also, Harm OCD is definitely one of the worst themes to have, I'm constantly trying not to ruminate over whether or not I'm going to hurt people, become a murderer, if I'm going to live a normal life, if I'm going to just snap one day, etc. etc. etc.
Girl those are my exact thoughts 😅, like I know they’re ridiculous but jeez they’re annoying as heck. But you’re absolutely correct, I don’t know why it likes to make us forget even the good times we’ve had. Its just so frustrating and I’m sorry you’re going through the same thing. It’s not a fun time.
I struggle with the exact same thing! It’s not even fear of what’s happening right now it’s fear of who I could be later. It’s absolutely awful. All of my thoughts started once I had my son a little over a year ago. It’s considered postpartum OCD because of that and it’s crazy! Hormones and chemicals in our brains are no joke. Keep hanging in there. I’m praying for all of you on this thread. ♥️ you’re not alone!
I had hocd & got through it & now I have Pocd it still tries to convince me it’s not ocd i was so happy cut back on my meds n now I’m back in such distress I’m praying to god to pull through it feels hard to function again
Hey guys so I suffer from Harm OCD and thoughts about violently harming other and today I’ve been having super minimal thoughts . I had such horrible intrusive thoughts that it feels weird. I’m in constant fear that the thought will come back randomly and the urges will come back stronger than ever. And I’ll actually commit to my urges and act out on them. Like I still Feel weird because even though I don’t have anxiety ... the killer thoughts are in the back of my head. I gueninly don’t dee normal Anymore.
I was having a good couple of days then my harm ocd came back. But it was more of self harm instead this time 😭 it feels real, I don’t want it to be but I’ve been doing erp and the anxiety is down with it and I almost don’t have that panic anxiety about it just kind of a deep bothersome feeling when I have the those thoughts. Is this OCD? Or is it normal what’s the next steps?
It’s been a week since I’ve been experiencing one of the worst OCD episodes I’ve had since I was 15. I did ERP therapy two years ago. I engaged in so many mental compulsions and rituals this last week. I feel calm and normal and it worries me, what if this time it’s different? How do you navigate back door spikes and give your body permission to rest? It worries me if I get out of this I will become a lesbian or bisexual. It worries that when I come back to my senses. That when I get better I will want to explore? I’m trying to be okay with the possibility, but I don’t want to. I can’t tell what’s real or fake anymore.
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