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- guest123
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I think you should do what you want and ignore those horrible feelings that ocd makes you feel. Even after those feelings continue your life, i know it may be difficult, but try ignoring them to get out of that cycle,
Thanks a lot I will try
I struggled with this as well and I still do sometimes. It was really disturbing and frustrating. I can understand how unsettling it must be for you right now.
Do you know how to fight it because I can stand it anymore I am trying to avoid but I feel worse
It was hard for me to fight it as well. It got better when I started therapy, though. I was afraid to go against the intrusive thoughts on my own, but when my therapist told me that it was ok to do that and that I should most definatley do that, I started to feel more brave in doing what the thoughts told me not to. I don’t know if this helps you at all and I’m sorry I don’t have better advice for you. But I think that you should know that no matter what ocd tells you, it’s ok to go against it, it’s ok to take that leap of faith and get your life back because you don’t deserve to be controlled by your intrusive thoughts.
I can't find the right therapist they don't undnerstand Thank you for the help
I’m sorry to hear that. I also had a bad experience with a therapist recently so I can imagine how unpleasant it must be for you. Have you considered trying signing up for the support groups organized by NOCD? Maybe talking it out and receiving empathy and support verbally might help? I’m really sorry you’re going through this and I hope that things will somehow change for the better as soon as possible.
I can't have access because it isn't available in my country
Oh, I understood that while therapy is not available in countries outside the US, the groups are open regardless of the country you live in. But I can be mistaken 🤔
Yes this is true
Actually if you check the message thread for the announcement of the community groups, it’s stated than anyone can join regardless of where they are.
What are these community groups sorry for bothering
They are groups on zoom led by a therapist (if I’m not mistaken) where people suffering from ocd talk about their experiences, give and receive support.
@shade That's great if yo have tried one I would like to share your experience without bothering you thanks
@guest123 I haven’t tried to be honest, I only know about them from a live q&a and the idea sounded great so I thought I would share. I’m sorry I don’t have more information about this.
@shade Thanks a lot
@guest123 You’re welcome
I feel sad and guilty everyday. I can't get out of it and to be honest, I don't even know if I want to. Everytime I feel a tiny bit better, the waves of sadness come crashing me down and I feel lost and alone again. I can't fight anymore, I don't know how. I feel that even if I confessed to my bf, I wouldn't stop feeling this way because then just another thing pops up which I probably did wrong. I don't know how to live with this constant guilt, it is sucking the life out of me. And if I try to take it with me or not take it seriously, I think "what if you are just using ocd to cover up that you really did a bad thing" I can't go on, I have no hope left and I feel so desperate
It’s probably desensitization but I’m scared I’m getting worse and worse. My morals feel like they’ve been hijacked and I’m scared I’m turning into a bad person. Nothing really disgusts me enough anymore. I’m so tired. When all of this started, I was still able to do things normally even if it felt like I had a weight on my head but it got better. Until I had an intrusive thought about looking for CSEM which has just gotten worse because it’s like it’s turned into an urge. I’m worried at some point (sooner or later), I’m gonna end up doing it. Or I have the scary thought of what if I want to and I’ll regret NOT ever seeing it which is also gross. And I’ve heard about people running into it on social media somehow which then triggers this screwed up sense of morbid curiosity about how that would even end up on social media without being flagged/removed and the thought of “what if you went looking for it there” - I just want it to stop!!! I feel like I can’t even live life now because the thought/urge is there every single day and I can’t escape. Nothing brings me joy - I’m empty all of the time. I can’t make myself play a game or watch a show because I can’t focus and I feel almost nothing towards them. And even if I did feel happy, it wouldn’t last long before being ripped away again. I’m worried I have some sort of addiction to be having this thought every day of “look for it, do it, you have to know” - but I shouldn’t? I’ve cut back immensely on a lot of NSFW stuff and what little I do see (like in books) doesn’t seem to trigger me. This thought actually started happening after multiple accounts of hearing people being prosecuted for having that sort of material (people talk about exes or husbands of friends and whatnot having done that and you also hear about famous people sometimes - it’s everywhere and I’m so sick of hearing about it all of the time because I’m worried I’m gonna end up BEING one of those people). It will not go away even if I stop paying it any mind and I’m frightened all the time now. I feel disgusting and I’m afraid I’m a horrible person. I feel cursed and I just want everything to go back to normal. I want to be disgusted and opposed again and it just isn’t happening! 😞 even now I feel like an imposter posting here because it doesn’t seem like OCD anymore, I’m just gross and out of control like some freak. I feel like I’m gonna have to cut my life short to avoid it happening (but I’m also too scared to do that and I WANT to live but it just feels like I won’t be able to “help myself” which is no excuse but that’s how it feels). I’m not gonna do it at the moment (like I said, I’m too scared) but it feels like I deserve it and it’s the only outcome for me. It feels like too much to do anything because what if I snap?? What if I get too curious?? I’m just so done with all of this - I feel like I’m gonna explode. And no amount of people saying “I don’t think you’ll do it” would make me feel better. I just don’t know what to do - I can’t get therapy, I can’t tell anyone. I’m so alone and it feels like mental torture
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