Anyone that has harm ocd not get the “what if” thoughts anymore and your thoughts are just straight out “do it” which obviously id never and I don’t want the thoughts. Just so scary and time consuming because I spend hours telling myself “I’d never do that, it’s okay”
Yes, treat them the same “what if’s.”
Telling yourself you'd never do it is a compulsion. Best thing to decrease OCD symptoms is to prevent the compulsions, even when it feels scary!
i’ve found that a good way to prevent compulsions and recover from an intrusive thought is finding any way to laugh it off. for example if i get an intrusive thought about harming/punching my dog, i’ll pretend to do it in super slow motion like a movie scene and just lightly brush my hand to his face. he usually plays along and i’m able to not give the thought so much attention. any way to minimize your reaction to the thoughts will help, especially treating them as the silliness that they are even if it feels impossible at first
Yes I feel the same way and it scares me becaus then I think maybe I do actually want to do it even though I don’t want to but leads me to not even knowing
Yes
Yes. It’s the worst. Because in your mind you think “oh no. Im going to the next level so that means I could do it eventually”. SMH. It SUCKS. It makes me feel like I’m in physical distress. My main symptoms is my hands get shaky and weak because my biggest fear is ever losing control and doing something with my hands (hurting someone. Hitting someone. Any sharp object or a gun etc). My harm OCD is also triggered by tragic events so with some mass shootings going on right now it’s on level 10. 🥺
Does your harm ocd thoughts ever tell you you want to do the things your worried about? I always worry I’m gonna become a serial killer or just go crazy and kill people. Everytime I worry about this I go no no I don’t want to do that I’d never do that but my thoughts tell me “I do wanna do that I’m an evil person” and “I wanna kill people” these leads me to even more anxiety and I literally burst into tears everytime it’s horrible
ive had harm type for years. it’s focused around my mom and if i want to hurt her and i spiral and it’s terrifying. sometimes i get scared that im insane and that i don’t actually have ocd, ect. my compulsions are usually going on my phone (what im doing now, i know, im trying) to distract myself or i try to comfort myself almost like reassuring. does anyone else struggle with this? I just need to know im not alone.
Does anyone else suffer with harm ocd the way I do, sometimes I feel like I don’t even have ocd and like these are my actual thoughts when I started ocd I would feel so bad for thinking what I was thinking and I would cry everyday but now I just feel numb and like I don’t feel nothing I can’t even cry I’m also on antidepressants so idk if that’s affecting it but it’s like the only thing holding me back from doing my actions is like thinking I could go to jail or ruin my life or regret it later in life & it’s like I tell my self or my mind that whatever it is and it like gets mad that like I can’t do it and it makes me feel worst because it makes me feel like I actually wanna do that and ugh it’s like a constant battle everyday because it like gets mad for not being able to do that because I obviously know it’s something bad and will ruin my life.
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