Been having some harm intrusive thoughts tonight when trying to sleep and I really wanted to vent but then I got scared that if I discussed it out loud or wrote it over text that the devil/one of his demons would hear and tempt someone to do something harmful to me/those I love. I have therapy tomorrow but now feel like I can’t tell her what I’m going through because of this fear. Any help?
Hey Hanna, I can totally relate. As a Christian it can be really difficult for me to manage OCD because sometimes you hear talks about Demons and Devil. Without providing you reassurance, OCD can cling onto your religion and use it in a way to scare you even further. I personally had trouble sharing with my therapist as well because I felt weird saying that out loud. However, I trusted her to not judge me, but to treat it as OCD. If you trust your therapist, whenever you are ready, I feel it would be great to share! Remember that OCD can and will cling onto absolutely anything
@My OCD Academia Thank you 💗
I understand. I have the same thoughts. I grew up Catholic!! They force fed me about hell!! You can share with your therapist... nothing is going to happen. ♥
@Speckles Thank you so much for this 💗 I’m not even religious but of course all of that sticks 😭
@hanna13 Yes... the whole demons and fire stuff scares the heck outta you! I get it. I must to have had ocd when was little and didn't know it.
@Speckles It’s so scary! 😮💨
@hanna13 I remembered being child before 10, bc we were living at the old house. I was crying, scared and ran to my mom. She said what's wrong? "I said something made me say something in my head about demons or something like that... she was probably like WTH is wrong with her, but she hugged me and said it's ok..
I had ocd themes with demonic crap trying to effect me. Never did. It was a struggle ngl. I struggled to sleep for 2 years and when I finally opened up to someone who could help I got better. (instantly better). Was weird
Today I am working but a huge amount of panic has over taken me because of a violent intrusive thought I got last night. I am so anxious to the point where i am considering cancelling because the intrusive feeling feels so terrible. What if i actually do it. What if I did tht and snapped. I am scared i just need a bit of support, a bit of i sont know wnymore
I don’t know what to do, I feel so lost and feel like I’m losing my mind… I don’t know what to do, I am still getting the terrible thoughts of “God is telling you to kill someone” and I’m literally mid panic attack, I keep trying to reason with logic because it even says in the 10 commandments “thou shall not murder.” So I don’t even know why I’m getting these thoughts… ugh… people say that intrusive thoughts trigger things you care about the most, which mine would be Jesus & the people around me, which is why I get the harm OCD about people I care about the most.. someone recently said that I could be schizophrenic and now I’m terribly worried that I could have that.. I am so terribly afraid of becoming “crazy” and doing horrible things… can someone please give me tips to help this, and or message me?
im Catholic and ever since starting highschool and started being scared of what people are thinking. I’m scared that I’m evil and that I praise evil because my ocd is a fear of talking to it so my compulsion is to focuse on talking to something or someone else. But, I keep imagining evil like under the ground and now it feels like I know its personality. And I can’t imagine it as truly evil and I can’t even imagine God anymore. Please help
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