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Hi! I used to walk around with my arms and hands bound in my sleeves or purposely hold things in both hands to ensure there was no way my arms would “go rogue” and hit someone or to prove to myself I didn’t steal something unconsciously in the dollar store. It was terrible. One day I was in the elevator and I asked a family member if I bumped into someone in the lobby and she said something like, “oh yeah, you kicked that old lady right in the shins.” It was such a ridiculous and unexpected response that I just started laughing. I think that response and the laughter broke the ocd cycle of thinking and I was able to get out of the loop of worry and doubt. Maybe something like this could help you. To find some humor in it. I know how horrible and real and confusing it feels. I don’t want to lessen the severity of your experiences. I just wanted to share this because it helped me.
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Wow
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Humor helps OCD, thank you for sharing, I appreciate it <3
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im so sorry 😔. im gonna provide reassurance for a quick moment and say that psychopaths are not scared of being around people and use them as gadgets for their own amusement. you are clearly afraid of this being a possibility, and i cant diagnose but you seem to be going through OCD. what you’re doing right now is avoidance which is a form of compulsion. it’s going to be very hard, but you really should immerse yourself in social situations with people. the urges may be there, and the intrusive images may be there when you’re with people, but it’s best not to react to them or analyze them
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Thank you :( yea it is so hard, I just hope it’s OCD because this feels way too different ..
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i also have harm ocd. i still get intrusive images and urges from time to time (pretty rarely) especially around my mom or my cat. however, i have become so desensitized, they dont bother me anymore. hopefully you can use spending time with people as a form of erp, and with time your brain can become desensitized to these thoughts. the frequency and intensity of the thoughts will decrease too if you perform erp regularly
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I’m glad you got over this, thank you for your words :) I’ll try my best to beat this monster
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- 23w
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- 19w
i’m having a full on panic attack, i never used to be like this, what tf is happening to me, why am i like this, i’m so convinced i’m a horrible person and i deserve to be shut out forever because of my thoughts, i’m tired of struggling with harm ocd, i’m scared that because i have mental health issues i’m gonna end up ki!!ing someone someday or end up on the news, when i was at work earlier i kept thinking “how easy would it be to ki!! someone and get away with it” someone help, i don’t feel normal, am i crazy?… 😭😭i know that with ocd you’re not supposed to have reassurance and you have to be “okay” with the situation but.. how am i supposed to be okay with feeling like i could hurt someone…
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- 17w
I'm at my college and don't feel like being here. I didn't even want to come here. I woke up with anxiety bc i feel like i need to solve this. I had a bad stomach ache when i arrived to school and still havent even eaten breakfast yet bc i feel like i have to solve this. Im just so worried bc i have harm thoughts daily. If i could i would remove this! I dont want to think anymore. Its just, how do I know i dont have real urges when I'm feeling a negative emotion like anger or disappointment or annoyance? Im worried EVERY time i feel a negative emotion. Yesterday I was playing video games with my neice (we are close in age range) and she made us lose. She started blaming me and I guess i felt a little annoyed, it really wasnt my fault (dumb mini argument it was more playful since we started laughing but it was a bit annoying). Anyway i got a harm thought while feeling annoyed of me getting off the couch and lunging at her to attack. I immediately look at my bodily reaction and I tense up to stay as still as possible. My stomach was hurting and i wanted to leave as fast as possible. I stood up and turned off the game and said i was tired while making sure to stay back from her (and i had my hands away and stiff) but i felt so uneasy. I laid I bed and felt sad and heavy. And i kept getting thoughts that said "íts only a matter of time before you can't take it anymore". I started to reassurance seek using ai to ask if i was about to or if they are real urges or thoughts i mean until i eventually fell asleep in the middle of the compulsion. Im just so worried, what if I act out impulsevly one day? I dont want to! But what if when feeling a negative emotion, i suddenly dont care and do something? I really dont want to! I dont even want to feel negative emotions anymore since they trigger the thoughts and I dont want to think about any of that. As a result i tend to avoid my family as much as possible bc they are annoying sometimes. I just wish i was all alone sometimes so i wont get any more thoughts and so everyone can be safe. I usually just stay in bed under my blankets all day long to avoid my family and pets. I am constantly uncomfortable. I miss when i would never think any of this. Living life has become very scary for me now. 😞
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