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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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i haven’t been diagnosed with ocd but I have anxiety about harming other people/family members and it’s like urges and im scared I actually want to do it? I don’t think I’ve ever been violent as a kid (im 21 now) and the intrusive thoughts don’t go away so im just stuck all day everyday for the past few weeks just thinking and being scared about it and im having all these weird emotions like being irritated and angry I don’t want to hurt people I don’t think idk why my mind is making me think I do I’ve had intrusive thoughts before that I could brush away sure it took like a day or two but this one is different it doesn’t go away and leaves me with the worst fear imaginable and nothing I look up that should be giving me relief is giving me relief + I feel like im not in control of my body and that im just gonna lose it and act on these thoughts it’s just all on a loop and im not sure how im supposed to live the rest of my life when im in constant fear of my self
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I dont know whats going on. I dont know if its OCD anymore. I know it was in the beginning. Ive been through a lot of trauma and had one little scary thought of killing my sister 4 months ago that has blossomed into this giant idea of me being a serial killer and wanting to hurt everyone (I never had any social issues growing up but I have had some trauma). Recently I’ve been having urges to just give in. And my mental images have been horrible and I can’t stop checking if I like them or not. I think I’ve convinced myself I have. This morning I woke up a shaking mess with an urge to unalive my family and when my mom left for work I was alone with my sister and couldnt stop vomiting uncontrollably. I dont know if i’m upset because I cant hurt anyone and I want to, or if I’m scared and just want my old life back. I was an avid horror and gore lover and now I’m convinced I want to do the things I’ve seen in the movies. Someone please help. I’m ready to check into the psych ward.
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