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- Ocdsucks
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- 4y ago
Some things I wrote on sticky notes around my room when I was struggling the most with unwanted intrusive thoughts about harm etc. Thoughts that repeat are stuck, not important. Character is a reflection of how you lead your life. It relates to what you actually choose to do or choose not to do. Thoughts are what pass through your mind- when thoughts just happen it is not your choice.
Exactly! Fear is a liar. Scripture go to for me is: For God did not give me a spirit of fear, but power, love and a sound mind. I repeat it over and over until I find power in the truth of it. Thoughts are just thoughts and everyone experiences it. It helped me when I found a community that goes through what I go through. My biggest trigger too is feeling alone and crazy - that no one understands. But again - this is a lie. Please always remember who YOU are. You are not this lie. When those thoughts come, I read a blog from a therapist who also struggles with Harm OCD - she pictures the thoughts as leaves traveling down a stream and out of her view. Also - when you wake up (this sounds silly - but helped me) affirm your day. I say, "Today I will be a conquorer and not be conquored. Today I will be victorious and not a victim. Today I will help others and do my best. Today will be a good day" - Even if some days didn't turn out to be good- I still said it every day and it helped prepare me and set my mind. Its a long road. I won't sugar coat it - BUT the beauty is there IS light at the end of that tunnel. Wake up every day knowing that, and knowing each day you're a little closer - it'll help get you through this time. Also, you can use this time to help someone in the future. Because you will meet that person one day struggling just as you have struggled - and the beauty of this mess is that you'll not only be in a better place - but you'll help get that person out of the mess too. God bless you and I'll be praying for you!!!
Remember this, you are not your thoughts. OCD is only around to put fear in you. That’s what it is... it’s a fear of irrational things that will NEVER happen. OCD likes to mess with your morals and beliefs. I know you’re a very kind and warm hearted person however OCD tries to get us to think the opposite. OCD will take something good and twist it around. I can tell you one thing though, everything is going to be okay I promise you.
Hey! So I have struggled so much with harm OCD. Some periods are better than others. I read a forum once that the speaker said OCD takes what you care about most and twists it up into the worst thing imaginable and gives it right back to you. Chances are if you are worried about hurting people that you're the complete opposite. You are loving and caring - which is why those thoughts terrify you. My advice is when those thoughts come- what helps me is to say to myself- I know who I am. I've found the harder I am on myself- the worse the anxiety is. But if I let the thought come - and leave without dwelling on it - my anxiety lessons over time. As also the frequency of the thoughts. I just have flare ups from time to time now - and I'm battling one right now. It gets better - I promise.
They just make me feel like garbage it’s the worse, they’re making me depressed
I know what you mean completely. You have to remember your OCD is a lie. Its hard to remember that when your body is involved and anxious - but IT IS A LIE. You have to remember who you are. It's hard for sure, but you can do it. I'm not sure if you believe in Christ but the Bible talks about this a lot and fear. It's amazing and scripture has helped tremendously. Also, Journaling can help too. You've got to get out of your head, so writing or talking to someone can help tremendously.
Just went to college today and it was horrible. I kept getting thoughts about killing people. It hurts so much. I’m home crying idk why. I’m sobbing. I’m jealous I can’t be like the other people enjoying they’re college lives. I wanna be happy again. I wanna die so badly but I don’t wanna leave my mom and dad or anyone I’m scared I’m a serial killer. I can’t even enjoy college. I feel like I enjoy these thoughts. I read about other people saying how they still recover yet from Harm ocd and it’s giving me even more anxiety. I wanna go to a concert of my favorite singer and I’m crazy to go there. But I can’t because I’m a murderer. And I deserve to be in jail. Idk what to do please help me. I don’t wanna leave my mom. I can’t breathe and I can’t manage to fail my classes either. It’s so hard.
So I’m new to this ocd stuff and I feel so alone and like a bad crazy person. I live in constant fear that I’m gonna end up doing something bad when I don’t want to. How do I stop this vicious cycle, my head aches from all the stress and I’m so tired physically and mentally. I just don’t wanna do anything bad I would hate to do that. Pls help me out idk what to do my life is sucking rn and I just want it to get better. I’m nervous around my family and knifes and I can’t enjoy my time with them and it’s pissing me off. Only time these thoughts are gone is when I’m sleeping. Pls pls help me :(
It started a month ago on vacation. I started getting intrusive thoughts about harming my loved ones in their sleep and it scared me so bad. I thought it would stop but it only got worse. Here I am a month later and things have changed drastically. My thoughts have now shifted to becoming some serial killer. I am so worried it’s all I think about. I can’t stop thinking about the things I did as a kid and how it could validate all my thoughts. I don’t wanna hurt anyone or anything at all. I am so scared of the thought of the notorious serial killers that I’ve heard about in the past and I can’t stop comparing myself to these horrible people. I’m scared because I used to be mean to animals as a kid and people say this is the first thing to look for in serial killers. I remember still having a lot of empathy for them when I was young too. I look back and cant at all understand why I was like that. It makes me wanna breakdown and punch myself. All of that stopped a really long time ago and every since I have done nothing but helped and empathized with animals. I am every surrounded by them and consider them to be more family than pets. I get extremely upset over anything or anyone who is suffering. I just can’t get that memory of me doing that stuff out of my head and I’m afraid it means it validates my thoughts I’ve been having even though this is not what i want to happen. I’ve been completely avoidant of alcohol and refused to take a medication I was prescribed because irritability was a side effect and I’m afraid of snapping and hurting someone. I just can’t stop thinking about my past and how it could correlate to now. Even though I have grown up to have morals and respect for everything I have a fear that it’s all been a lie. I get so much anxiety from thinking about this stuff. I haven’t eaten in almost 3 days because my stomach is in a constant knot and when I do eat I feel too guilty to do so because I’m not paying attention to these thoughts and sometimes it makes me question whether I secretly want to do bad stuff which I don’t and that scared me so bad. I made an emergency appointment right after I started having these thoughts and they diagnosed me as having schizotypal personality disorder. They said I have been having ocd “tendencies “ because I have the thoughts and constantly googling everything which I guess would be a compulsion. I have been looking on forums for people with past actions similar to mine to see other peoples reactions. I’m not sure what this is anymore. Idk if this is ocd or I’m just using it as an excuse. All I know is that I’m extremely scared. I vowed if this stuff as everything something I would even think about doing I would take myself out before I ever hurt anyone else. It’s scary but it’s what I always tell myself when I doubt any of this.
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