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- 6y
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I’ve had bad thoughts about loved ones! I think everyone does...this helped me when I read about it! This article said something like “perverse thoughts (like sexual, violent or otherwise bad) are just part of the human experience, it’s just that people with OCD don’t immediately acknowledge them as such and hang on to them and that’s the problem”..... Like everyone has had some sort of weird thought about their family, we don’t talk about it because it’s creepy but pretty much every boy has imagined their mom naked, because she is a girl, girls look cool naked, your mind makes the parallel and BOOM, my brain likes to screw with me a lot with gross images, I think it’s mainly because of my dark sense of humor, but I FEEL YOUR PAIN, you are not alone
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- 6y
Zoloft - give it time. Takes weeks.
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- 6y
I’m not sure i can even get up to the high doses, it’s like it will numb your thinking so you won’t have any more thoughts! ??♀️
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And if you’re wondering why you have more of these thoughts than the normal person seems to then “try not to think about pink elephants!”....it’s because they alarmed you > you dwelled on them > they kinda stayed in your head...the act of letting them alarm you caused you to think about them more often and that’s why it keeps cropping up...you didn’t do anything wrong! You were just worried because you’re clearly a good kid and wanted to stay that way. I really hope I’m not coming off as a knowitall here I think I just have been working on this for a few years and telling someone else the stuff I know kinda solidifies it in my head
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- 6y
Ya weeks seems like hell feeling like this
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Is it normal to feeling crappy right now? Like I think what if it’s not my ocd and my brain is perfectly fine and these thoughts are true.
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- 6y
It might be OCD, or it might not. Trying to work that out will make things worse! Stick with the Zoloft for now, it takes time for meds to get working for your body, but don't be afraid to discuss it with your gp if it's not working the way you want :)
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- 6y
I’m just having bad thoughts about my family...who in their right mind would think like that?
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- 6y
Lots of people :) we all have weird thoughts, and often the content is disturbing to us. But you can't control them or make them go away, and you're not a bad person for having these thoughts. Focus on your actions, as I'm sure outwardly you show care for them
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- 6y
Hang in there! Just started zoloft too and felt like such crap too! By two weeks was feeling great but of course i just increased it so back to feeling bad. But i already feel happier but haven’t noticed much different in terms of ocd yet but i am not at a big dose yet.
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- 6y
I wonder why we gotta be on such a high dose for ocd
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- 6y
Maybe then that’s why lol.
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- 6y
Mine are just bad thoughts. Don’t make sense. No violent or sexual.
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- 6y
Same concept, the thoughts distress you and you dwell,..instead of beating yourself up for having them just let them be there and go about your day
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- 12w
I was diagnosed with OCD and I started Prozac 10 days ago. I have struggled with intrusive taboo sexual thoughts for 12+ years (I’m 24) but now I feel like it’s turning into feelings. I’ve never done anything to anyone or nor do I wish to ever. I am just scared of my own brain if this is something I actually want. My psychiatrist said I should feel better/start getting clarity after 2 weeks. But I keep feeling worse and worse. Anyone else has experience with Prozac and how it went for them?
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I am having a really hard time with ocd and anxious thoughts and feeling extremely uneasy. I'm home alone today so it's really easy for me to get stuck in my thoughts. I'm on day 4 of prozac. I felt like yesterday I had a period of time of about 30 minutes where I felt really focused and like the anxiety lifted completely. But then an obsession started and it brought me right back down. Hopefully I feel relief again today. I'm going to go get some house work done to take my mind off of things. Does anyone have any first hand experiences with prozac? How long until you felt any relief? Any really bad side effects? Any unforseen pluses? Much appreciated.
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- 6w
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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