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Hey! So I have Harm OCD too. High five to feeling like a crazy person! Mine mostly centers around my family, but there have been times when I'm driving over bridges and I'm terrified I'll do something to myself. This is way easier said than done, but try not to think about tomorrow. Take each day at a time. When you're on the train tomorrow and that sicky feeling starts creeping up, focus on being present. Touch your seat, feel your shirt, focus on breathing. Remind yourself that thoughts are just thoughts and don't actually mean anything. The more you expose yourself to trains the easier they will become. Think of it as a bully. Tomorrow if you show OCD that you don't care, it won't taunt you as much. If it helps, picture OCD as a bully. One who is taunting you and visually picture yourself walking away and ignoring the lies it spews. God bless you, you will make it through. I promise!
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I MADE IT IM ON THE TRAIN
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@Hopefuluser14 Heck yeah! Good job!
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Yep driving over bridges use to get to me a lot because I would get the feeling or thoughts that I wanted to drive over them with my family in the vehicle and I live in an area with a lot of bridges. Doesn’t bother me as much anymore but it will creep up on me every once in a while. But harm ocd finds other ways to make me obsess outside of bridges. You got this face that train and tell ocd to F off lol
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TOLD THE TRAIN TO SUCK IT AND IT WORKED
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@Hopefuluser14 YESSSSSSS. Love it!
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I have this too such a pain
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I also have harm ocd! I get thoughts like this when driving !
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^great advice!
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I have harm OCD too!! You’re not alone :)
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Trains are horrible and railroads are greedy, toxic companies.
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i feel the need to say sorry because i’m posting yet again. i’m having a REALLY DIFFICULT episode of ocd that i haven’t had for a few months now. i experience contamination ocd everyday and have constant anxiety attacks, however because that’s so normal to me and doesn’t affect anyone but myself, it doesn’t affect me in the same way harm ocd does. i haven’t had to deal with really bad harm ocd thoughts for a good bit now so i’m struggling so bad right now. if anyone has seen my previous posts (which i’m sure you have), this came about over a small change that happened a couple weeks ago. it’s now blossoming into a full episode. it’s making me feel paralyzed and not want to do anything, but i know in the past i had to force myself to distract myself by actually doing things. i’m supposed to hang out with my friend tomorrow, but i’m so close to cancelling because i feel like i can’t do it. my physical symptoms are also worse than what i feel like i’m used to and it’s terrifying me into thinking i’m gonna get sick. i just don’t know how to get through it. it feels like impending doom and constant panic. i just want to feel like myself again and happy
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