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It reminds me of a podcast episode I listened to recently: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ocd-stories/id1065492988?i=1000519681749
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Thanks for sharing this! I love the ocd stories and will definitely listen soon
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The thing u said about your dog I’ve experienced and same with a knife around my family members feeling like I want to and am going to do it it fucking sucks I hate this I don’t know a solution other than to sit with the anxiety and not act on the thoughts. stay strong ur not alone I’m currently having an episode rn
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I feel this so much. Definitely sucks, but at the end of the day we’re stronger than our ocd…even though sometimes it kicks us in the ass
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Damn, I can relate to that. Honestly can’t help that much, just some own experiences: 1. Sometimes the fear, like in your case to harm your dog, gets so connected to a person/animal, that I instantly get anxious when seeing them. In my case I try to break routine a little, maybe you should walk your dog in different places, go different paths, maybe some new ones. Just don’t make it too hard, so you won’t get anxious about it. 2. I have a fear of hurting my cat. I have it for 5 years now and never did anything wrong to it (pretty sure you’re too, that’s why you are so afraid of it rn). That’s why I try to keep up the statistics: cuddle it, bring something tasty and play with. And every time I see that nothing wrong happend — it easies my anxiety.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences, I appreciate it greatly.
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Don’t try to test if you are experiencing anxiety. Instead look at anxiety as something that is irrelevant. I get what you’re saying, but it’s not a good indicator of OCD.
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Also…I’ll try to do this for sure…I feel like anxiety is reassurance for me, which I guess means it’s something I should not search for
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I feel this whenever I playfight with my dog. I feel like I want to do these things sometimes and its fucking me up
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An answer to both if you are able because its hard, is remember it doesn't matter if you do or don't secretly want to hurt people or animals it matters whether you do it or not and that choice belongs to you. Your thoughts are not under your control, you aren't them and they don't define you, your choices do.
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Thanks, this is really beneficial. I’ll definitely try to remember this and implement it, while sitting with the anxiety
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Recently ive been getting very scared to even be angry bc of the horrible thoughts I have and it feels even more real when I'm angry or even annoyed. Rn I was not even super annoyed at my neice but I felt a twinge of annoyance since she went up to my face and was yelling at me while I was resting on the bed and I got this image of doing something bad to her and I felt my hand twitch very little. I got nervous and felt relieved when her dad told her to stop screaming for no reason. I've been hyperfocusing on my bodily reactions (mainly my hands or how I'm feeling like did I just enjoy that? Was I considering???) And I've noticed the small twitches whenever I'm mad or annoyed and it's scaring me so bad! Like do I want to act out? Am I holding back??? I used to not even twitch at all when mad and I felt 100% sure I'll never act out but now it feels like I don't know bc what do these twitches mean?, I do know I don't want to ever act out but it's so scary. Recently whenever I feel angry once the argument is over I cry really bad after I'm alone and I pray so i never want or act out. And when the annoyance passes I also feel so guilty and want to stay away. Im scared these are real urges and i research for many many hours to make sure they arent urges or impulses and i also tend to ask chatgpt or here if the anxiety gets so bad 😕
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Recently ive been getting very scared to even be angry (i try to avoid even being angry if i can!) bc of the horrible thoughts I have and it feels even more real when I'm angry or even annoyed. I've been hyperfocusing on my bodily reactions (mainly my hands or how I'm feeling like did I just enjoy that? Was I considering? Did it just move? Why is it tingly? Why did it twitch?) And I've noticed the small twitches whenever I'm mad or annoyed and it's scaring me so bad! Like do I want to act out? Am I holding back? Is this an indication i was about to do something or will in the future? I used to not even twitch at all when mad and I felt 100% sure I'll never act out but now it feels like I don't even know anymore bc of these twitches. Im so afraid! What I do know is I don't want to ever act out (idea is distressing not appealing) but it's so scary like why did i twitch or was i about to act out? Im scared these are real urges and i research for many many hours to make sure they arent real urges or impulses and i also tend to ask ai or here if the anxiety gets so bad. Like how do I know of this is actually a serious concern and I should be very worried???
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Earlier I had what felt like an urge but I’m not sure. I’ve had urges before but this felt different as the object was in front of me (not intentional btw) , I’ve been quite stressed lately and my OCD is latching on to that. I had an urge to harm and within that I had like 2/3 intrusive images that came to mind, I couldn’t rationalise with it, I felt “stuck” when I came out of it I felt scared immediately was trying to work out why I’d even think of doing that & was very upset. A while after I keep getting thoughts like “say your goodbyes it won’t be long until you act out” I cried to my boyfriend and told him everything. How do I know if this was intent vs intrusive urge?
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