I constantly think that if I do something wrong or choose the wrong thing that someone I love will be in a horrible accident or die. The wrong fork, the wrong sock. It makes me so angry.
I understand your anger. My OCD felt paralyzing for so long. Feeling hyper responsible for others is also very draining and tough to work on. Do you practice self care to help when things are hard?
That is so scary and frustrating. OCD is a straight up bully sometimes. and it's a liar!
Hey there, this can feel like such a tricky situation to be in. Here is an article that might help you feel like you have a little direction on how to push back against this, https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/what-is-magical-thinking-ocd
Your anger is understandable as these thoughts can trigger emotions from fear to rage. If you are practicing ERP to manage these thoughts, have patience with the process. I saw that response post offered an article on magical thinking. What were your thoughts on this? Please reach out to us anytime .... treatmyocd.com if you are not already connected to treatment.
Every night when I get home from work, I have this habit of touching the tree at the end of my street. Tonight I had an intrusive thought/ image of myself laughing at someone getting a serious health diagnosis. It caused my anxiety to increase as that’s so unlike me and I work in a hospital so I’m dealing with health problems on the daily and it’s not funny. My brain basically was telling me I had to go and touch all these trees again to rectify the situation or I can no longer buy items I was wanting to buy (had my eye on a few things to get). I just keep going doing I circles, I know it’s not logical but I can’t help it :(
Hey so lately I've been thinking along the line of the theme of ocd of 'what if I was to shout something inappropriate out" only this is what if I was to text someone something inappropriate please help me somebody it's causing me to panic.
Intrusive thoughts are unwanted and cause stress which mine do but also when I’m mad I get this rage feeling and say I wanna stab someone like that feels like a. Want not intrusive why am I saying “ I wanna “ :(
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