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- 3y
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I'd say maybe because I've had this happen to me as well and I kinda started noticing it was my brain thinking too far. If you're not certain maybe give a small prayer for the person you're thinking of.
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That’s something I can relate to, I’ve experienced family members interacting with each other and worrying that they could cause harm. All my life, ever since I was a boy of 8 - 10yrs of age. I would worry about my mum getting hurt, killed or injured. I’d mainly worry about her dying... she came home late from work one night, I was about 8 or 10 yrs old and I became extremely worried/anxious and thought the worst. I thought she may have been knocked down by a speeding motorist. She hadn’t, but mind mind jumped to the worst case scenario. Then when I was in my 20’s I heard that a lady had been knocked down in my local area. I immediately thought it was my mum, I would also worry about my dog, Max... if anything happened to him. So, I guess it is a form of OCD, you fear harm happening to loved ones or them harming each other.
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I think so I am not a mental health professional by any means, just college student also with OCD and for me those thoughts sound similar to ones I had when I was developing harm thoughts like: what if my brother hurt himself?, I need to check on my family to make sure they are okay? What if I hurt someone and I don't remember? Harm OCD really is so awful and frustrating to live with.
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- 22w
Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.
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- 20w
Okay so I’ve dealt with harm OCD from the beginning. Started off with harming my kids, going to jail and then harming myself. The harm to myself stuck around for a long time. Then it went away and other themes picked up but it keeps coming back. This is like the third time it’s come back and every single time it comes back it feels worse. It feels like this is the time something is going to happen. Has anyone ever dealt with this? With old themes constantly coming back and feeling more real? Please any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks
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- 19w
There are times my harm ocd has me convinced that my feelings of self harm or suicide and harm are real and that any moment I could commit the act on myself or my family. Is there anyone who can chime in on this. I feel like all the time I want to leave run away or avoid my family because of these thoughts. Like I shouldn’t be around my children and I don’t trust myself.
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