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windsor.flynn on instagram talks about harm ocd and how intrusive thoughts can feel like urges, i recommend checking her out!
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“A penny for your intrusive thoughts” Instagram account talks about harm ocd I experience this unfortunately not many people understand it. I explained it to my ex bf and he told people I wasn’t allowed a knife or I’d harm them... it’s not true it’s an intense worry you may do it but logically you won’t
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Thank you. I’m glad i’m not the only one, but I’m scared. I’m scared because people is usually sure that they don’t want to do it. But I am not sure and it’s horrible, I am not sure if I’m capable or not. It’s driving me crazy
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@josefa the thoughts obviously distress you / give you anxiety therefore showing they're not your true intentions. i would however advice to stop thinking "am i capable" "i'm not dangerous but could i be?" thoughts like these because they'll just send you down a rabbit hole and make your intrusive thoughts worse
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Thank you so much. You’re right. I need to start living with uncertainty but it’s just too scary sometimes..
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i agree! it was super hard for me at first and it still is at times but now i know that i'm not my thoughts and sitting with the uncertainty will be better for me in the long run :) u got this!
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@coucou Thank you so much! It’s been like hell for me, and it’s so hard to keep uncertainty when urges feel so real. And it sucks that I’m not from the US so I’m not sure I can get help from the therapists in this app :( anyways thank you so much
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I just brought this up with my NOCD therapist the other day because I didn’t know how to tell if I was a danger to myself or others. I kept having to reassure myself that I wasn’t capable of it. That never worked because I was engaging in a compulsion and the thought just kept coming back until I stopped doing that.
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Thank you, so it’s just part of OCD. It feels like hell, but thank you it makes me relieved.
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@josefa For me yes it was just an intrusive thought. However I needed guidance from my NOCD therapist to determine this.
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this is 100% normal. with intrusive thoughts, urges are also entirely possible and common. someone with hocd may experience groinal feelings but this doesn't mean anything about their true values. with harm ocd this is also possible; sometimes a thought can feel more like a command or an urge. however, we should treat it the same way as the thought; which is to sit with the uncomfort and uncertainty. after doing this for a while the urges will become less strong and if you happen to get one again, you'll realize that it has nothing to do with you as a person or your morals
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Thank you so much for replying. They just felt so real, as if I was capable of doing it, it’s horrible. I think my compulsion is to go online, research and make sure my problem is related to OCD, and it’s not a bigger deal.
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I know we’re not meant to ask for reassurance but I’m currently not in therapy and I need help, it feels scarily real and I feel like I’m not anxious or worried over the thoughts. I had stabbing thoughts about someone I care about and I started deliberately imagining them to test myself to see if I hate it or not but instead it felt like I knew how it feels to stab someone and like the feeling of doing that physical action and I swear it is the worst thing I have ever experienced as well I had moments where it felt like It was about to happen or I keep getting this really sick ‘happy’ feeling that I want to do that and I don’t know what that is but it feels incredibly real almost like I was getting a happy feeling or wanted to do that thing and jsut wasn’t giving into it and now I’m thinking I’m actually evil and it feels like I get a pleasurable feeling over the thought of doing that and would want to do it?? Because I ‘like’ the feeling of doing it or it would ‘feel’ good I swear I really don’t know what to do it feels incredibly real I feel like I can’t even say that I’m worried or scared because I feel like I’m lying and actually want it and have evil desires I’m really concerned, I have never done anything bad in my life, I feel like what if through experimenting and imagining the thoughts to test myself I have suddenly discovered I like it because it feels extremely real that I would ‘enjoy’ or like Doing that evil thing and it’s really concerning, i don’t understand I was fine a few days ago and suddenly I’m experiencing this? Is it possible to suddenly become evil i don’t want to be evil, but what if i like it and my desire to not be evil isn’t as strong as this ‘happy feeling’ i wish I can be normal I don’t want any of this please but I swear I feel like there is something wrong with me, I think this is the worst I’ve ever felt, like it feels like I want it and would enjoy it and it’s making me feel really worried but at the same time I don’t even know if I’m worried please help I need advice
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so this all started not too long ago, for literally no reason at all. but one day i got a random intrusive thought about harming others and it freaked me out bad. since then i’ve been non stop focusing on it and im genuinely scared that i am, or gonna end up like those sick people that have documentaries about them. i’ve never had these types of thoughts before and after me and my mom looked a lot of stuff up we think i have OCD cuz a lot of the stuff it was saying was accurate to me. to anyone in here, does this sound like OCD to you? i’ve always been a nice loving person and these thoughts freak me out so bad and make me feel like i’m a bad gross person. it got to the point i don’t even like looking at myself anymore. i just wanna go back to normal man. another thing to add, when i would explain this to my mom even though i was telling the full truth on how crappy this made me feel it felt like i was lying almost? but i know i wasn’t deep down. i’m just scared that what if i act on something or get in my head too much you know?
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Hey so a couple months ago (7-8) I remember being upset at my family member. Like she was talking too much while I was annoyed and remember wanting her to be quiet. I got an intrusive thought like a really bad image of doing something really bad to her, and my hand twitched to the side a little? Like it felt like I was about to?! And I remembered thinking "if I do this, I'll get in trouble". I got up and left to the bathroom and felt horrified! I was thinking "did I want to act out? Did the only reason I didn't act out was because of getting in trouble? If there was no consequences, would have I done it?! Does this mean this whole time I've been using OCD as an excuse?" I remember I couldn't sleep for 3 nights because of how bad the anxiety was, I was crying and I felt very guilty like I should turn myself in to a mental hospital. I couldn't eat for many days or be near her because of that thought and twitch I had! I'm worried it was an impulse or I actually wanted to hurt her. And even to this day I still ruminanate about this. Like last night I couldn't sleep well I kept waking up every two hours and asking myself "am I capable?" I couldn't eat last night. Sometimes I move on from it like I forget that happened but when I remember, I feel distressed about it! I don't want to be an evil person or do bad actions towards anyone! I'm even scared to be angry because of this because I'm scared I have more "chance" of acting out due to anger. Like was it an impulse and I held back? Is this even OCD? Please help, I'm really scared!
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