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Should we really not analyze thoughts? I feel like that is a form of repression. Maybe analyzing the thought without reassuring ourself of anything is OK..?

I’m contemplating on taking meds, and would like to hear some opinions/experiences with them. I’m honestly tired of being in and out of OCD land.

Having ocd is a nightmare. I feel so alone. Most of society doesn’t understand it and it feels so awful. I feel like sometimes I don’t have anyone I can really vent to because no one truly gets it. My family and husband are supportive but I feel like they just don’t truly get it.

Does anybody else experience delusional intrusive thoughts? I have a very big fear of developing schizophrenia or becoming delusional. And it seems that a lot of my intrusive thoughts are delusional intrusive thoughts that I fight.

How is everybody today? Does anybody need to talk about anything? ♥️♥️♥️

I’ve been struggling with my most recent bout of harm OCD. I haven’t had this subtype before so it really scared me. Before that was pedophile OCD. The bad intrusive thoughts started in July. I’m a female and I don’t know if this is related but I started taking these skin multi vitamins (high vitamin A and C, some others too) around the same time. I’m not sure if those are correlated but I just stopped taking them and felt relief from anxiety therefore less bothered by intrusive thoughts. I’m just wondering if anyone has noticed their intrusive thoughts get worse or better with certain supplements. I want relief but really want to stay un-medicated (for now) so looking for natural alternatives. Has anyone tried inositol?

Can anybody relate? I have not been able to get away from the thought of hurting people, it is making me think that I actually want to do these things. The thoughts don’t stop it has been a little over 3 weeks and they start when I wake up and are there until I go to bed. They usually are targeted towards my girlfriend or mom, but they will latch on to anyone I’m with. I’m starting to think that I actually want to do these things… the thoughts don’t give me much anxiety anymore either. I also experience urges to act on them. I never had a thought like this until Oct 29 and now they just won’t go away. Pls help, is this ocd or is something wrong?

How do I start romance exposers and what’s the prevention part for it

Living just with the intrusive thoughts that makes you uncomfortable and anxious Does OCD have to be severe to have it?

Can someone give me advice on how to deal with a bad ocd day please. Last night I had a bit of a bad episode with ocd looking for reassurance on here and googling and the googling didn’t help which I should of know at the start..and I’m just dealing with the aftermath of anxiety.

3 years ago shortly after I had my son I started getting postpartum OCD never had anxiety at all or OCD while I was pregnant with my first and like a year ago I had little to almost no OCD but here and there well now I’m 26 weeks pregnant with my 2nd and it’s coming back sooo badly I feel like I’m going straight crazy My obsession has been me thinking I have schizophrenia!! Like I’m tricking my mind to believe I’m getting the symptoms but I know that they arnt true and I’m really not experiencing them but I’m sooo terrified of getting it that my brain is literally trying to trick me into the symptoms of it but I don’t actually see or hear stuff I’m just that afraid of it actually happening like idk what to do to stop these terrible thoughts but this pregnancy has me all kinda of screwed up 😭 can anyone please relate!? Or am I actually just going crazy?

Does anyone’s themes bounce around? Yesterday I was suffering heavy from contamination intrusive thoughts, today I am having thoughts that “what if I hit someone on my way home and didn’t realize” when reality is nobody was around on the road and I know I’d know if I hit someone. I have had high stress in life recently which I think is triggering this flare up. I just wanna be okay and I know I need to see a therapist but financially as a student that Isn’t in the cards right now. Anybody have advice for how to handle your mind consult dining new things to fixate on? In the last two years relationship and SO themes have been the ones I’ve struggled with, but these constant intrusive thoughts are all over the place and it’s less easy to cope now. Any advice appreciated! Thank You!

I’m having constant intrusive thoughts and it’s driving me crazy. I will go through these periods where everything I do I get an intrusive thought and it’s just my brain is so loud. Anyone else?! How do you stop the constant intrusive thoughts when you can’t really do an exposure for every single one?!

I keep finding myself almost automatically checking or trying to disprove my intrusive thoughts before I even get chance to agree or ignore them. Does anyone have an advice on this?

I have contamination ocd and It’s affecting the sensual part of my life. Im afraid I’ll catch something every time. The person I’m interested seems clean but I still have my crazy doubts. I also don’t want to engage because I’m anxious and i don’t want to feel used and im now feeling ashamed if I act. It’s a lot of emotions

Ugh some days I’m 100% sure I did it….others im 80% then It’s 50% then it’s 20%…then it’s back to 100% the urge to confess is so huge I can’t just sit with it….I kinda told my mom somewhat….and she didn’t wanna hear because she knows about confessing with ocd and that people shouldn’t give in to it or give reassurance but I really think I did this awful thing….my brain is convinced I need to type of consequence….as if having ocd isn’t a bad thing already 😒

If so could you let me know how it’s worked for you? I might be prescribed that by my psychiatrist soon and I’m a little anxious about taking it, but if it helps with the intrusive thoughts then I’m all for it.

I’ve been posting on here the last few days about how I haven’t been able to sleep. My fight or flight took over and now I get anxious about going to sleep. I’m on vacation so I’m away from my doctor and therapist. I called my doctor to get something sent in to help me while I’m away. Bc I’m running on 3 days of 0 to little sleep. She called in Xanax and I’m terrified of Xanax but it’s 0.5 a night. I am very scared of benzos but I’m so exhausted and I want to sleep so badly. And I’m too scared to not do anything about it. But ocd doesn’t do well with medication and it’s already telling me that the Xanax won’t work and if it does work I’ll get addicted. It’s a double edged sword but it must be done bc insomnia is scarier to me at the moment and I’m tired of feeling panicked

I need help!!!!!!! My daughter continues to come to me at all hours of the talking about her obsessions. It is destroying our family😢. Please help!

Hey guys. I’ve been dealing with Harm OCD for around 3 and 1/2 months now, and it’s been extremely difficult to experience. I’ve had OCD my whole life and some of my family members do as well, one of my cousins actually has the same main subtype as me, but he was diagnosed almost a year ago when I didn’t have it myself. I’ve been going to an OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center the past week and I’m really struggling with the exposures we do there, as well as the ones we do at home. I constantly feel like I’m judging myself and I genuinely feel worthless, like I’m a horrible person to have unwanted intrusive thoughts like these. I feel like it’s so difficult to stay mindful and to not judge any of the thoughts that surface. Those with Harm OCD, have any of you here gone from debilitating OCD to living fulfilling lives? If so, what was the process like for you, if you’d like to share? Thanks and I hope you’re all doing well, or are continuing to improve.