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Cannibalism
Any advise on how to over come cannibalism thoughts. I have thought about it to much where I feel like there is no return. It made me question everything.
Any advise on how to over come cannibalism thoughts. I have thought about it to much where I feel like there is no return. It made me question everything.
Lean towards the uncertainty. ‘Maybe I like cannibalism, maybe I don’t. This is my OCD and I choose not to engage it at this time and I will move forward with whatever I want to do at this time!’ Hope this helps you!!!
@Dee C I will continue to try to do this. It’s just so hard when it feel so real 😓
Oh my God this is the theme of my harm ocd can’t believe I found someone suffering from the same horrible thought.. what I do after living a year with it is try not to engage with the thought it was hard at the beginning but gets easier.. and sometimes I found that saying ok mind you do it can quiten the mind.. I know this ocd theme believe me it began after being traumatized by photos of this theme, hang in there you are not alone ❤️
@Loranqadri I had suffered from this theme before and it was horrible. I was able to get past it but now I feel more stuck than ever. The worst part is looking at the people I love and have this horrible thought’s. The scariest part for me is when I feel like I wouldn’t care to be a cannibal and that I won’t be able to interact with people without worrying about this. Thinking about how I could not think about this before keeps me stuck. I definitely need to stick to exposures.
@JessiJess I appreciate your comment, it really helped to know someone else experienced this
@JessiJess If you want to talk anytime I am here for you, I know the feeling of not caring it occurs to me also and makes me sometimes scared sometimes I say ok, let’s move on… maybe that is the mind adjusting to it.. learn to let your awareness flout give yourself time alone to meditate, and yes stick to exposures 🙏
I have overcome this. I remember seeing a tv show when I was a teen about a cannibal and it made me scared to death that I could be one. You can overcome it! OCD is crazy!
@Anonymous Thank you for your comment. The first thought I had was when I saw a show where a bird was eating a bird. And I got past it but then recently I was cutting some steak and it came again. I hope to over come it soon. It is scary. Worst theme of all.
Also listening to rain sounds for a set time trying not to think of anything helps, trying to sit in cafe’s where there is people and my mind can then be trained that I am not going to hurt them.. by time I am able to mix with people almost without the thought but at the beginning I could not even look at my family, and yes this crisis messed with my faith too.
i was searching for some people who might have this theme too and i found this post! i’ve been struggling with this for past 2 days now and it’s awful. i feel like such a monster. this would’ve never crossed my mind before but after watching a movie with that theme it triggered me. if you don’t mind me asking how are you doing now?
@stargirlll I’m so sorry you are going through. I know it is a horrible feeling. I am doing better now, but I have moments on some days where it sticks again. I treat it like any other theme and try to just embrace uncertainty. This has been the hardest thought for me to pass, but it has not been the worst.
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I dont know whats going on. I dont know if its OCD anymore. I know it was in the beginning. Ive been through a lot of trauma and had one little scary thought of killing my sister 4 months ago that has blossomed into this giant idea of me being a serial killer and wanting to hurt everyone (I never had any social issues growing up but I have had some trauma). Recently I’ve been having urges to just give in. And my mental images have been horrible and I can’t stop checking if I like them or not. I think I’ve convinced myself I have. This morning I woke up a shaking mess with an urge to unalive my family and when my mom left for work I was alone with my sister and couldnt stop vomiting uncontrollably. I dont know if i’m upset because I cant hurt anyone and I want to, or if I’m scared and just want my old life back. I was an avid horror and gore lover and now I’m convinced I want to do the things I’ve seen in the movies. Someone please help. I’m ready to check into the psych ward.
I am so tired of having intrusive thoughts everytime i try to eat anything cause my mind immediately goes to “what if this tastes like human meat” “what if the texture is like human meat” and i have to stop eating and i start crying it annoys me so bad and i lost some weight because of it i just want to be normal again and to stop these thoughts they happened out of nowhere and i talked to some people about it and they tell me what cannibals have said and it has made things so much worse tbh im just so exhausted and i wanna eat healthy again
so I’ve been seeking therapy for my OCD for a few years. The theme that I’ve been dealing with most recently is the fear of becoming a pedophile, which then has led to intrusive images of me doing things to kids.Which now is just causing me so much distress and 24/7 constant thought cycle. I am starting to not be able to tell the difference between thoughts that are wanted/ unwanted- the line has become some blurry and these things are starting to feel like someothing i want to do. My brain keeps telling me to just test these thoughts and the “maybe”or”i don’t know” isn’t working. This has become such a barrier because the second layer is that I’m afraid that if I just let the thoughts be there it’ll make me be OK with doing those things and the fear is what’s keeping me from actually doing something inappropriate. It’s also transitioned into intrusive thoughts and images of me doing something very disgusting to my dog and that when I’m cuddling with him I get the thoughts to just do it or try it to see if i am actually a p*do. it’s almost like the compulsion would be to do the inappropriate thing, even though I know it’s wrong just to see how it would make me feel. I feel like i can’t control these urges even though i’ve never acted on it. At any point i could just do it. I’ve never had these thoughts before up until about a year and a half ago when my friend‘s boyfriend got arrested for soliciting a minor then all these thoughts came to life.Has anyone experienced something like this and have any advice?
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