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Will definitely check it out. Thank you
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I feel you, my girlfriend cooks a lot and has knives all over the kitchen. I’d just explain the situation to him, he should be understanding enough to lock the guns away. Also, it will make you feel so much better if you do explain the entirety of your symptoms to him. I thought my girlfriend would think I was crazy when I told her, but she has been extremely supportive. Even if he doesn’t have a gun safe, there are trigger locks you can buy for guns that render them useless unless you have the key.
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Thank you so much for your response. It helps me to feel I'm not alone. I know he loves me and wants to understand on every level its just hard for someone who doesn't struggle with the same issues. I will try to ha e sit down with him when he gets home. Just pray for me on this one. And thank you again.
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I can completely understand as I’m going thru harm ocd as we speak. But I will say this . The more you hide the weapons the worse your ocd will get. Your treating the thoughts as real. You need to be exposed to the guns and not react to overcome this
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That was what I feared most. I've put off therapy for so long thinking it was my last hope, and if I try it and it doesn't work for me idk what I'd do. My symptoms seem to ease up over time and I took comfort in the idea that when they come back I still have therapy i could try, but i never try it. I hope im making sense.
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@bulldogmomma13 I think therapy is a great option and not necessarily the “last option”. There are so many options on medications as well that can help. My therapist worked with me with Harm OCD and I still go to therapy. Have you ever shown symptoms in the past of killing or torturing animals? Or been violent?
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@NOCD Advocate - Greg J. No, infact I love animals very much. The idea of anything being in pain/suffering upsets me. I have no history of violence and hurting people or things. I guess that fear of "snapping" or something is what scares me most, or acting out snd not remembering it or something.
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@bulldogmomma13 That’s great! Even if you had a history of that tho your harm ocd is cureable!
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@bulldogmomma13 I have the exact same thing and worried about exactly that! But you have no history of acting out so why would you now? The fact that you want to hide knives shows that these are just OCD thoughts.
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What did you do to manage it, if you don't mind me asking? I try not to seek reassurance but I figure I could ask advice
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Well first it was really hard but I got therapy and saw a psychiatrist. But now I feel that I have the tools to deal with the anxiety. I would try listening to Ali Greymond on YouTube!
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