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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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- 21w
Does anyone else struggle with this? It's been the main thing powering my POCD, and it's only been getting worse. Especially when I see posts online of people sharing their personal stories relating to CSA, specifically grooming. It's so triggering now, but before this theme developed, the most I'd feel while reading posts like that would be disgust targeted towards people who did those things. Now, my first thought is, "What if I do something like that one day? What if I've done it before and I don't remember or didn't know I was doing it?" I have many, many different intrusive thoughts or worries related to this theme, but it all circles back to this specific fear that I'll become like the people who hurt and took advantage of me. Does anyone have advice for this? I'm not sure if I've asked a similar question in the past or not, but is this something I need to deal with separately before beginning ERP for OCD? I'm just curious and also lost on where to begin with all of this. I'm just glad I'm able to begin working through all of these issues now, rather than later in life when I'd probably have a lot more responsibilities. Anyways, any feedback is appreciated! 🤍
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- 20w
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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