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- 29w
I know its bad but i need answers
I get these violent urges thats started randomly and now i feel like ill hurt someone it feels impossible to control almost gets me shaking
I get these violent urges thats started randomly and now i feel like ill hurt someone it feels impossible to control almost gets me shaking
I’m sorry you are experiencing what sounds a lot like Harm OCD. I have that too. ERP has helped me keep it under control and no longer live in fear of these intrusive thoughts, images, urges, and feelings. I hosted a Harm OCD Workshop last night. It was recorded and will be posted by NOCD. I highly recommend checking it out. I also post a lot on my Insta @tabootracie about Harm OCD and tips to navigate through it. It gets better with time and patience and ERP.
@Tracie Zinman-Ibrahim I was never a violent person or aggressive growing up but now i’ll just randomly see my family or my pets and feel like i have to hurt them , it makes me so scared of myself it feels like i shouldn’t be allowed to live anymore thank you for responding. Where can i watch the video? And ill be sure to follow your instagram
@Tracie Zinman-Ibrahim Your whole reply got deleted before i could read it 😔
@Anonymous Ocd is ego-dystonic, meaning it goes against your values. So it makes complete sense that Ocd is now making you doubt whether you could act on harm thoughts, even though you were never a violent or aggressive person. Are you currently in ERP therapy?
@OneDayAtATimee I’ve wanted to start but NOCD doesnt take my insurance so its $240 per session and I can’t afford that sadly so ive been stuck just trying to get better using this app
@Anonymous I’m sorry to hear. I’ve had to pay out of pocket as well. I do wish it was more affordable so it’s easier to get help :(
@Anonymous Oh goodness! Let’s try again. I was saying that we are not responsible for our intrusive content whether that be harm-related or not. We are not responsible and therefore need to be very kind and compassionate toward ourselves just like we are with other people who are suffering. There is hope and you are not alone. There is an excellent workbook I highly recommend called The Self-Compassion with OCD Workbook by Kimberly Quinlan. It helps you understand the concepts I mentioned above. Hang in there!
SIT WITH IT. Accept the uncertainty. Your brain is craving certainty. You need to do the opposite.
So my OCD got that bad to the point where I’m barely having ocd and my body is stuck in stress, I can’t sleep, my mind is soo loud and my chest hurts and my vains are popping out and I feel like my body is shutting down what do I do ☹️ I don’t even feel like I am here I can’t focus on anything I’m always zoned out
Terrified I’m going to say or do something wrong, as I’ve been known to loose control before, I’m terrified of myself. Something feels badly off all of the time, it feels like sometbing terrible is going to happen any second, all day. Bad night anxiety, stomach dropping, terrified to sleep and that I’ll die in my sleep, terrified I’ll sleep walk and kill someone or harm myself, terrified I’ll wake up to the worst news or someone’s going to need me and I can’t be there for them then they will be mad, harm themselves, ect Summer is always the worst time, spring it starts, fall I seem to do better and good during winter Self harm urges, I feel out of control, I cant stop and I don’t want to stop. I love cutting myself to put it blankly. Terrified everyone is going to leave, so many people have bevause in so bad at controlling myself, my anger, my anxiety, I push EVERHONE away and isolate for weeks BEVAUSE I don’t want to mess up anything but I just end up messing it up either way. I’m terrified brie is going to leave and I need her. I seriously do not think I could live without her. I was like that with Baylee too, and I hate it I know it’s not rifht but I can’t help but rely on her for all my sanity. If she leaves I feel I have nothing, nothinf to live for, it’s really kicked in with her in the mental hospital I’m tired all day everyday, mentally and physically, but yet can’t ever seem to sit still and sleep, really bad insomnia for the past 5 days I don’t want to get better, I really don’t, I want to get as bad as possible. I want to be worse than some of the people I hang out with or see on the streets, I want scars that are noticeable, I want deep cuts, I want to look like I havnt slept in days, I want to get as bad as I possibly can and I don’t know why I don’t even know who I want to be anymore, I don’t know how I want my personality, some weeks I’m a funny, sassy person, then I’m wanting to be a mean snappy quiet person, then I want to be no body at all, either I want to bring light to the room or be the person EVERHONE sees as quiet and self isolated, sometimes I want to be just a calm collected person so on different days in different things, I don’t know who I want to be Very intrusive thoughts about wanting to kill people, myself, an animal, ect One wrong small change in brie and I think she hates me and is wanting to break up with me, then she shows me love again and I feel like everhthing is perfect, if the love isint being presented rifht to my face in a very clear manner then I believe it’s not there Random, constant episodes of “Deja vu” where either everhthing feels fake and the world moves weird like I was drugged, or where I swear I’ve been in thid moment before causing lots of anxiety thinking everytbing around me is fake or everhthing was imagined and I had just zoned out feom the moment I’m deja’ vu’ing and that everything else was never real, Bad memory, remembering thinfs that never happened, and not remembering A LOT of thinfs, even big things Waking up from naps feeling drugged and not knowing where I am, like a bad nap in a super hot room, but it’s EVERY nap Need constant reassurance but the second I get it I don’t believe any of it and push away my partner even though all I want is for her to comfort me
I sit on a swivel chair sometimes and when people get too close to me I move the chair away from them cause I don’t wanna go crazy and move it towards their groin. But one time someone was super close to the swivel chair like they were making contact with it and I had a thought of what if I move it towards their body and I felt the need to move the chair an inch towards them and so I moved it quickly and without hesitation and idk why like I must be crazy tbh. There is also this vague sense of wrongness attached to the memory. It is present right before the movement. It almost feels like I remember thinking an evil thought or having bad intentions but just don’t really remember. I try to prevent stuff from happening but this time I snapped I guess. Also I wasn’t anxious at all until afterwards. I was in a good mood at the time. I know OCD can cause urges but it feels like I remember turning bad/evil before I did it. Idk anymore. I just can’t live like this anymore. I’m terrified of myself
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