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- 4y ago
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Hey, I really relate to where youāre coming from. A couple nights ago I was sure I had to die, that it was the only way to end what was happening or to help people around me? I guess? Not a great situation, but I decided to text a friend. She ended up listening and working through my thoughts with me and helped me calm down A LOT. OCD is an expert at telling us we are undeserving or unwanted but we canāt let it win. No matter what your mind tells you youāve done or will do, you deserve to live. And you are loved. I promise. There is nothing you could do to be undeserving of this. If you need someone to talk to, please donāt hesitate to reach out, I can give you my discord or something! I just want you to know you are wanted. I really relate to your story and Iām so so sorry you are going through this. Sending you love and self compassion. Please be kind to yourself today<3
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- 4y ago
I had the same yesterday. I talked to my best friend, who calmed me down as well. Thatās why I recommended that as well.
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- 4y ago
I know the pain. Really, if itās so bad, maybe it helps talking to a friend. That helped me a few days ago. I know it sounds stupid, but sometimes reaching out, If everything you learned āfailedā itās good. Maybe share how you feel with someone. Ocd makes you like a child fighting 100 adults at the same time. Iām sure youāre loved. Maybe just reach out to them and tell them how you feel. You can do it. We all can do it.
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Are you seeing a therapist?
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- 4y ago
Yes
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- 25w ago
This is extremely hard for me to say I have danced around it in previous posts but I simply cant hold it in anymore. The guilt that I feel for thinking these thoughts is immesurable and is driving me to want to hurt myself. I'm gonna start from the very beginning it all started when I was put on Fluvoxamine back then I had the bad habit of looking every medication that I was on up and with that I found out that a student with another student had brought a weapon to school and hurt many people with it. (I can't even write the word but I'm sure you know what the thing was) The intrusive thoughts didn't start then for some reason but later when at my school we had a threat of someone who was wanting to do the same thing. But then one morning I got the thought of what if I do that. And then it got worse I would get the thought every day. And then summer came by and I thought I would be fine but it came back when I went to school again this year it got so bad that I had to drop out of school. But for some reason I am still getting the intrusive thoughts and they are even more horrible now with images of me doing it, I get horrible urges, and my mind tells me that I want to do something this terrible. I want people to understand when I say this I don't want to do anything to hurt anyone and never have. I have 0 history of violence to anyone and have been in several situations like that where there was a threat and have felt the fear that comes along with that. I don't understand why these thoughts are there. I feel like I need to put myself into a mental hospital. I never want to hurt anyone and never will.
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- 24w ago
I remembered something I did a couple of months ago that has changed me completely from trusting myself it was a conversation I had with my cousin and something they said unrelated made me remember this happening, I went into a full blown identity crisis i couldnāt walk out of my room or get out of my bed for months paranoid and scared of everything Iām still scared and feel like I donāt even deserve to shower Iām working on it slowly each day but I knew I had to get a therapist and I was diagnosed with ocd because of this event I remembered, and I just donāt know what to doā¦. I read online that it doesnāt matter how little or bad the event is itās still ocd regardless when diagnosed but I know I have a compulsion to see others real events and it is nothing compared to mine which I shouldnāt compare but itās difficult because no matter what I have to come to terms that itās undeniably bad legally and morally what I did and itās just so confusing how itās something I JUST learned about months ago Iām literally in my mid 20s, and I went years without even realizing how troubled my childhood was and yes my real event happened during that time but I was still a teen and old enough to know better but I didnāt understand the magnitude of what I did at the time still no excuse though, this is where I donāt know what To do because 1. I already know what I did was awful and thereās no excuse for it 2. I canāt apologize in my situation that I donāt feel comfortable sharing specifics yet3. Yes I know I changed so much obviously Iām a grown adult now I know whatās appropriate and whatās not thatās why Iām so troubled over this and I never did anything like that again, Iām literally in the happiest relationship and seeing a therapist to also help me understand all this trauma, this event involved my cousin but even they are cool with me and very close as well hasnāt said anything I donāt know if they remember or not but itās not something I can talk about with them at least not yet (again just donāt want to go in to specifics) but this is why is so confusing and has caused me to have intrusive thoughts about everything EVERYTHING the what ifs what if they remember what if I go to jail what if they hate me what if Iām denying who I have been and Iām this horrible person this whole time without even realizing and everything is a lie my relationship my joy for things what if Iām a ped, what if I canāt love or care what if Iām a person who just harms others manipulates I even spiraled thinking I was going to physically harm someoneā¦ itās very bizarre to me because before my OCD my biggest anxiety was just having to learn how to driveā¦Iām in my 20s just to mention that againš I have probably almost all intrusive ocd categories, These thoughts never existed in my head until I remembered my event it has completely traumatized me but do I even deserve to feel better do I deserve to get help if I did something unforgivable do I move on or donāt? Should I even be living life I just feel guilty even breathing stepping outside I know for a fact if people knew they would never trust me they would feel like I probably should go to jail but do I go on to what others feel or myself? I know I wouldnāt harm anyone regardless of what my ocd tells me I never did anything like that again and wouldnāt but if itās something that even legally I could be punished for does all of that not matter? Iām sorry Iām just trying to figure out what the right thing to do is , Iām continuing therapy and getting the help but obviously my therapist cannot say if I should be punished legally but even my boyfriend said that if I turned myself in they wouldnāt even take me seriously because I donāt even remember everything fully it was so long ago, but from what I do remember itās still bad enough mainly just of me being a teen, I donāt want to make that event my identity but I just am so freaked out I feel awful what if I caused trauma to another person and all these years I didnāt even know, this event only happened once that I remember, there were things that happened to me as a child that would explain why it happened but itās still not an excuse, I did a compulsion and googled what would it be called or the charges for it and the words that popped up triggered me to my core as anyone would feel if they were as stupid as me those words I googled are what monsters are so itās hard not to think of myself as that itās hard to not make that my identity if that IS what happened, is living with this guilt my punishment?I donāt want to give up on life I want to love and care and just love life I know this is complicated and a lot not much I can do but Iām just so lost.
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- 23w ago
Theyāre getting more intense.. My mind wonders if what iām feeling is really OCD.. what if itās not and iām in denial? Why is my life like this, a constant loop of fears and stress holding me back. I just want to live. To be the kind boy everyone knows. To make and be a difference. Thereās sometimes I wish I could stay asleep.. to rest for a while. To hibernate all these feelings away. But I know thatās not how it works. Each tear I shed is a reminder of the hell I live every day when I open my eyes. I donāt know who I am anymore. I donāt know why I am anymore. Please someone.. advice, words of positivity, something.. I feel so alone. Iām scared. I donāt know where else to go.
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