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It can be anything and everything really. It can go from not wanting to make someone a cup of tea because you’re scared of poisoning them so you avoid it. One of the more awful ones is just being out in public and then having a thought that you want to do something awful to a person like stab them. Obviously utterly random so that’s why I just try and move on from it but some can be awful if they’re constantly at you.
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Mine is constantly thinking I am going to kill my wife or people around me :(
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Yeah, that’s one of the worst ones. Does it come up with specifics in “what you’re going to do”? Also, what do you avoid?
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Sometimes like stabbing or suffocating or punching. I try not to avoid much cuz I know it only fuels the ocd but any show, movie, or being alone with my wife can be tough cuz I have only been dealing with this for a few months and I went 30 years not knowing I had this
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Yeah, it’s crazy isn’t it? I looked back at my history and you can see my OCD forming from a bad time in my life into what it is today. I never understood myself, throughout secondary school something was obviously wrong but I could never properly explain it. People used to say I was just a “worrier”. Now I understand most of it and can see it as a process but that doesn’t stop it taking over you, it’s an awful thing to live with. Maybe try yourself and see where you can maybe see it starting and then see where your main ones are? Mine came from hospitals due to mum being ill. However, it then spirals into other forms of OCD.
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Mine switches from worrying I would accidentally harm someone like with my car or something to worrying I have in the past to worrying I want to harm someone and getting thoughts about that. Also worry about inappropriately grabbing someone or sexually assaulting someone. So lots of different themes
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For me a lot of the time my biggest fear is that I will lose my mind and commit violent acts. Before I got it under control, I would research serial killers and mass shooters for HOURS a day to convince myself that I’m nothing like them. Of course that ends up backfiring because for most of them, nobody really knows why they did it, so the uncertainty persists. That’s what harm ocd is like for me. I’ve gotten better though
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That sounds a lot like me when did yours start
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- 23w
I had blood work done for a test I was having a couple weeks ago. The phlebotomist hit my vein weird, my arm bled a lot, but eventually stopped. My arm is still sore several days later. The following week I had my bronchoscopy. The nurse used the same arm that was already sore to put in the IV for the meds. My arm started hurting, swelling and burning. I told her it hurt really bad but she ignored me; then I was out. It’s been a week and my arm still hurts, and my veins are tight and hard. Couple that with the white stuff all over my face, that nobody from the care team bothered to wipe off- which I didn’t know about until my husband asked me what it was, I got harm from my OCD! At first I chalked it up to the white stuff on my face was bad bedside manners. Now, I keep thinking that my doctors and everyone associated with the clinics are trying to harm me. This morning I had an incident with the fryer oven while toasting my bagel. I asked my husband about it and he says he didn’t notice anything. I was down to the last few bites of my bagel, and suddenly started feeling loopy. I spit it out and threw the rest away. After sitting awhile thinking of the doctors and phlebotomist etc… it dawned on me that it was my OCD telling me people were trying to harm me. I don’t know how to get over the fact that my arm hurts really bad and my doctor completely ignores my health concerns. I’ve been nauseous for the past two weeks or so - there is definitely something wrong! I think when they find out that you have OCD and/or Anxiety, they treat you differently, as if you’re making up the symptoms. I most certainly haven’t felt heard! My husband always says, what’s wrong now? It’s such a horrible feeling to hear him say that. Is this what you call Harm? Or is it associated with Harm? I’m not sure if this is triggering or not. I hope not.
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Hi guys. Hope everyone is okay I just wanted to ask for some ppl to share how they overcame harm ocd completely so that I can get an idea of how to work towards healing. Thank you :)
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Hello everybody I just am looking for someone to talk to about my harm ocd / false memory/ sexual intrusiveness. Anyone who has healed or found ways to deal with the illness. Feels like I’m losing hope more and more everyday. I want to be okay but it’s hard living with uncertainty and unwanted urges of doing something terrible. Thanks god bless.
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