Harm OCD | How To Do Treatment
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Harm OCD can be so debilitating for those who struggle with it. Harm OCD can make someone believe they could possibly hurt themselves or others. They feel anxious. They can even feel urges. Let's go through what the evidenced-based treatment looks like for Harm OCD.
DISCLOSURE: Although I am a licensed therapist. This video is not intended to replace medical advice. This is for information purposes only and should not be used to replace the guidance of a local mental health professional.⠀
Do you struggle with Harm OCD? What does it look like for you? 👍🏻
I struggle with harm and self harm and one of my exposures is to point knive at myself and think I probably harm myself. Also, I did the knive with my husband looking at me.
Also I have real life ocd can you do a video on that.
I have this on my list to create soon! 🤪
Thanks for sharing. These are pretty common types of exposures many individuals do. I hope things get better for you! 👍🏻
Mine latches on to whatever situation I'm in. Say if my parents went to sleep and I'm the only one up, I will get intrusive thoughts about killing them in their sleep. Or when I'm with my dogs, thoughts about hurting them. Then I instantly google things for reassurance.
I’ve had this everyday 24 hours a day for 2 months straight. It was the worst feeling ever. I would wake up in the morning and have the urge to sucker punch anyone I came in contact with. It made me feel like I was going to murder my family and friends. These thoughts brought on daily Panic Attacks and heavy anxiety. It got to a point where it was so intense that I checked myself into the hospital psych ward. I had to take Anti Anxiety medicine which helped to a certain degree but didn’t really stop the intrusive thoughts. After finding this video it was a huge relief knowing that I wasn’t the only person going through this! But that didn’t really help the harmful thoughts either. A big part of helping relieve these thoughts is to treat them as if they aren’t dangerous. Pay it no mind. It’ll eventually fade away. I woke up one morning and felt amazing! No harmful thoughts! The one thing that was on my mind was wondering when the harmful thoughts will come back. I still have that thought of wondering when it’ll come back but you gotta remember to enjoy today! Don’t worry about if or when the thoughts will come back. Enjoy being free of those harmful thoughts! I’m still seeing a therapist once a week to talk and to find more tools to help make sure these harmful thoughts stay way PERMANENTLY! I love you all! You WILL beat this. You WILL get better!
What medicine helped you
Thank you for the encouragement.
I done the same thing asked to be admitted it wasn’t my first time but first time for the h ocd I really felt like I was a danger to others this illness is scary like living in a nightmare 24/7
Are you currently on any medication?
@@kristymarie6065 Vistaril
this nearly ruined my life at one point. i was thinking of killing myself or turning myself into the cops before i did something horrible. luckily it comes and goes but the last time i really struggled it lasted a few months and it was SO bad.
@@humbertorangel19881 idk it comes and goes with me. started when i was a teen and then didnt happen for years and then it was realy bad then it stopped and then a few years later it was really bad again
How did you recover
You not alone, This video is motivating me to get help and finally speak up. You can do it! Your strong don’t forget it!
I’ve literally thought this exact thing, we’re not alone , we’re good people and these are just fake thoughts !!!
@@lamb7490 yeah, ive been fine for a long time and i hope it stays this way. knowing yourself well enough to know this is just a silly thought helps. then its just staying calm and dismissing it if you have an anxious reaction. ive gotten better at it. it takes practice though.
Violent thoughts. Sometimes I picture myself hurting other people in...extreme methods. Other times I get a flash of thoughts and urges to hurt others, then freak out in my head for a little while.
I imagine killing a person in my brain and measure my level of anxiety from 1 to 10. The higher my anxiety gets, the more I fear that it’s going to happen when it’s actually the opposite
@RainbowDreams30 same its so scary
Is it OCD if the urge is to actually act on the violent thought?
same but i see myself hurting myself more
@@ammieehiggins6767 Yes
Thank you so much for this video. I've dealt with this my whole life but I think quarantine has allowed it to grow bigger. I'm glad this is a normal disorder and that I'm not the only one dealing with it
exactly the same. This helped so much
My harm OCD severely triggered after quarantine. It’s one of the worst things and I hate it. One little trigger and I’m off the rails. Currently dealing with a psychiatrist and will be joining a OCD clinic. I pray that I make it out of it. Good luck! You’ll get through it.
Same here! I have felt with confession/religious, harm, sugar (fear of diabetes), mental illness (fear of developing schizophrenia), relationship ocd. It feels soooooooo real when you’re going through it and impossible to know that it’s just false. My ocd also developed during quarantine :(
@@Invertique Don’t worry, you’ll make it. If God brings you to it, he’ll bring you through it. 😇🙏
@@snookchop5293 God bless 🙏
Right now I want to cry, I actually cried I am so scared of my thoughts. I can’t watch crime series or documentary any more I’m afraid to kill, afraid to have urge, afraid to go insane and actually like it.
I don’t want these thought and feeling anymore I’m so scared of myself. And even more scared of being a psychopath but deep down I know I’m a good person just these thoughts are so disturbing. My biggest trigger was that I was making weed and marijuana a lot in short period of time last year. After that I had thoughts like these... does I sounds like a psychopath? Am I insane?
no you are not,it is actually very common to have these thoughts
@@christosthymis5728 but I want to die, I feel so sorry for my daughter who has me as a mother. She deserve a healthy mother who aren’t sick and idiot
@@mariahselena9589 you are so harsh on yourself,i personally don't believe there is a healthy person we are all odd i one way or another and i think the way you talk about your daughter shows that you are a compassionate person,of course you will doubt about that because of the thoughts but the thoughts doesn't define you, mayde you can become a great writer with that imagination ,in the end you just have to see the situation in a humorous way, you are not crazy or psychopath you are just very anxious
@@christosthymis5728 Thank you for the support! Those thoughts kill me inside, always something I have ocd for. It’s so exhausting
@@mariahselena9589 Your thoughts are much more common than you think! I, too, struggle with all this but at the end of the day, PLEASE remember it's all 100% FAKE. The fact that you care about your daughter so much is enough proof for me to confidently tell you that you would never do anything to put her in danger. Unfortunately, Harm OCD seems to attack good people and makes them think they're bad, when they're in fact the complete opposite. I know it's hard because I learned of my Harm OCD only a few days ago, but life goes on! Tons of support for you!
The knife in the background gives me anxiety
That is why it's there. Learning to habituate to triggers rather than avoiding them.
Same 😂
I was cool with the video until i saw your comment.... WELp
@@ziyeren5509 don’t look at the comments then
Same
I've had a lot of anxiety last year...At the beginning i had the thoughts that i was gonna die unexpectedly from heart attack...e.t.c.Then I remember one day I woke up and I was afraid that I I was gonna hurt myself...Day by day the thoughts were ruining my days...I was afraid that I was gonna kill people that I loved...I was sure that I was going insane and crazy every day that passed...I couldn't stand it anymore and seeked help...I went to a psychiatrist and explained me that it's more common than I think and that the thoughts were because mainly of the anxiety I've been through and they were only in my head!He also gave me medication and 1 month after I seeked help i was finally feeling better and the thoughts began to fade away little by little day by day...Now these thoughts still hunt me sometimes but the difference is that I know why they occur and that they are 100% FAKE...!The thoughts never disappeared completely...but if it happens that you're suffering remembe!Never in a million years will the thoughts that hunt you become reality!
That might be the most movitative comment in here...Thanks for sharing man!
Hey do u know what medication u were taking cus I have obsessive thoughts over killing my family and it makes me so sad and has been leading me to consider suicide so I don’t hurt ppl
@@jondowng207 I know exactly how you feel my man...I took Dumyrox 100mg...in my opinion you should ask for help though I am not a doctor to help you with the medicine...but i can tell you that all the thoughts are 100% fake and you will feel better soon if you seek out for help
THIS IS HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW
I started like you and Im currently in the part where you said "I remember one day I woke up" but I feel like I have control of myself cause I have my family to talk and I looked up alot of it and I feel in control well sometimes
I struggle with this. I worry about “hurting or killing “ someone if I get too angry. But lately when I feel angry I’m able to calm myself down. I have never hurt anyone or anything physically but these thoughts come across my mind randomly and it drives me crazy. I don’t ever have any intentions of doing those things but the thoughts scare me. I also don’t drive at all cuz I feel like I’m gonna crash into someone or hurt myself. I just wish these thoughts would go away.
I feel the same way sometimes, but I think we just have to except the uncertainty and move on. I know you won't hurt anyone and it doesn't scare me that you have thoughts like that, and I don't even know you. You should try to trust yourself.
Harmony Holmes thank you Harmony. It’s comforting to know that I’m not the only one that feels that way. Day by day, I’m trying to fight it and not let it control me.
Exactly. Same here. We have to try our best to get it out of our minds. Easier said than done but we’ll get there.
Hey angel! I’m struggling with this a little bit, and I am wondering how you are doing! Did it get better for you?
Oh my goodness this gave me such relief 🥺
Me two
Love you..I'm nearly there with harm OCD. Sending love to everyone on here. Please don't feel ashamed or embarrassed. We can beat this!
Hey Just wondering how you’re getting on now cheers
@@jamesjohnstone1224 i also want to know
Sometimes I have intrusive thoughts that I WANT to cause harm to someone, not just what ifs and it scares me so much. I’ve never hurt anyone before and I don’t want to but I feel so much doubt! Do you have any advice on dealing with this?
This is what Harm OCD is. I can't give advice on your case but the video gives an outline of what treatment can look like.
OCD and Anxiety I see! I’m just scared to do the treatment and exposures in case I end up acting out or realise that it is what I want 🙁
This happens to me too. I feel so bad about it.
@@lunacat. Hi. Its most likely not what you want. The way to know is if you have alot of hate for a certain person, or If you just wanna harm them even though you love them its harm ocd. Try to take your mind off of these thoughts by doing something you love or listening to rexlaxing music. If the thoughts stay, try to ignore them and always control urself. Good luck.
@@ocdandanxiety it means u don't have aa treatment of harm ocd
Thank you so much for this; I have suffered for years with this condition and it can be truly debilitating. First started when I was 15 and now at 62 I can reflect on how much I missed out upon in my life. Thank you again for all of your videos and help to us on this community.
I love you so freaking much! You have no idea how much your videos have helped me understand what I'm going through. I also started practicing ERP because of you. Your videos literally helped me more than 6 months of medication. No joke. God bless you my friend :)
Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to me! I hope you can keep rocking your treatment! 😃
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on with this cheers
Thanks for amazing content!
Idk how to thank you you've helped me more than you can think. I'm so grateful!
You're such a comforting person Nathan
Thank you for making people including me feel normal and less anxious ❤
Of course!
I just subscribed. So glad i came across your channel. I am really struggling, but this video and the comments give me hope.
Thank you so much for this I generally thought I was a horrible person and tried to avoid everything in life so I didn't hurt anyone this helped so much. Thank you
same bro. I still have problems going back to video games i love that had anything to do with guns or swords or death because i thought it would make me want that.
Your far from horrible. I would love to have a GF as you!
Ok, I didn't think I'd make it through this video. Especially not while looking at the screen but I did and I'm proud of myself.
I think I have this type of OCD and others. Your video helped, thank you
Your cute!
Bro you saved my mental state of mind❤️
There is a HUGE difference between sociopath - psychopath and people with OCD. Psychopath and sociopath NEVER feel GUILT, they do not have empathy, so they don't really care about hurt somebody. IF you FEAR harm somebody, shows that you care, you have empathy. So you just need look for help with some good OCD therapist.
Not true
@@willywonkausername whats not true?
Thank you for saying this
I occasionally have gotten thoughts but had no idea where they came from. I never realized until recently that I have some OCD. Great videos.
Thank you for this video I have been going through harm OCD for a couple mounts now and it is very scary thinking about hurting others but I have found watching happy TH-cam videos and reassuring myself that I won’t hurt anybody have helped me a lot.
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now ? Cheers
i dont think i have ocd but i can relate to the intrusive thoughts which for me happen more frequently when feeling hopeless, depressed or isolated...get outside and in contact with nature... i think being suffocated inside a four wall room can feel like jack nicholson from the shinning!
I've had one for the past week about harming my mum and not being able to control my actions and I kept think what if I'd just do it like what if I just snapped and it's terrifying and its making me physically sick and I having trouble eating but knowing that I'm not alone makes me feel so much better cuz I love her more than anything and so thinking all this is so scary but this vid has helped ease my thoughts. Thankyou
yes same! I have not been able to eat and have to force myself to because it makes me physically sick
I’m just relieved that I’m not the only one and I’m sorry for anyone dealing with this and yes sometimes I just get these thoughts of harming other or my animals 😔 But I love them so much that I won’t be able to do it and when I tell some people that I trust they tell me I’m crazy but I don’t mean any harm to my anyone it’s just those thoughts, and yes I do have a therapist but I’m scared to tell her because I know she will give me meds or send me somewhere, you are not alone 🙃
Everyone going through this just chill in the end it will fade on its own but you must go through hell first! I speak bottom of the bottoms where you tell god to take you away each day rather than having to endure this!
Sidenote: WHEN YOU WIN HARM-OCD OCD might attack you in the future with other allies of it there are many themes! But they are all ocd bullshit as usual
I am SO happy to have found this community. I know there are different forms of OCD and i feel like mine is a combination of OCD and ADHD.
Anyone else have this combo?
Thanks a lot this videos helps me with my harm ocd I usually have a fear of thinking about the urge and this video helps a ton
Dude you explain it so well and you say it bluntly like you dont care, now I dont care much, I tell myself my ocd fears can be possible and they might happen but they havnt and probably wont, now I have more freedom! Thankyou!
Of course!
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on with this cheers
I don’t know if I have harm ocd or something else. But i have unwanted thoughts that really scare me and make me question my sanity. I know my morals and I’m a good person. I wouldn’t do anything to harm anyone. And it gives me panic attacks. My anxiety doesn’t help either.
I suffering with the same thing rn i feel always so guilty and bad idk if i have this or not either but ik that i do get unwanted thoughts and it kills me inside because i would never hurt anyone either 😭
Thank you so much I nearly cried watching this👏🏼
You’re welcome 😊
I am crying! I hope you are doing better today. I have just discovered this channel and want to start healing.
You deserve more subscribers. This helped me a lot. I have this from time to time and I have to remind myself that it is normal to have the thoughts and that I should ignore it. The beginning of the exposures is always hard but it is worth the effort. They will go away at some point :)
Thanks for the kind words!
Hey just wondering how you’re doing with this cheers
Looking into it is causing compulsions/anxiety. BUT I am forcing myself to watch this video for the betterment of my mental health. Thank you so much for posting this video!!
same here! I pray you have gotten better and I pray that I do soon!
@@careless_rose9899 I am making progress I wouldn't have made without this video. Since, I have been in therapy and learned "self help" tools and was sent on my way. From here, I have slowly slowly been making progress but even one point on our team and not OCD's is STILL a point.
@@BoondockMysteries Same I have been feeling a lot better lately. Ever since I learned what it is that I have(harm ocd) it has helped me tremendously to deal with it. Now I can recognize the thoughts and say “hey thats my harm OCD”. I still do think to myself that there is something wrong with me sometimes and that I am a psychopath and I have intrusive thoughts here and there but they subside pretty quickly and don’t cause a panic attack anymore. I pray you continue on your journey of healing!
I've be struggling with this so much with no explanation 😭 thank you for the clarification
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on with this cheers
I’m quite sure I used to have it! Would actively avoid knives, any weapons, high places (in case I jumped or pushed someone down) - would never do that of course but my mind obsesses over these thoughts!
Nathan thanks for the videos, this topic its freaking me out, in my case i have demanding thoughts, and images
Thank you!! I am also experiencing it I thought I am starting to be crazy, but with the help of this video it gives me huge relief about self harming thoughts like stabbing my self... I always tell my mind that it is ok its normal, but I know I am not going to do that what ever happens, I just let it be there and do some breathing techniques and accepting it. Also spiritually speaking praying to God to overcome this self harming thoughts is a very huge help, as a Christian I start reading bible whenever I feel the urge and Instead of forgetting about it I will find verse that will inspire me to live a life and overcome your bad thoughts in your life...
This illness is so exhausting, I physically don’t know how much I can take. It’s mainly torturous thoughts toward myself that I’ll create and can’t control, I can’t even trust myself because it’s me that’s harming my body with violent thoughts alone which can be extremely crippling.
Thank you so much for this video.
i feel so seen right now, harm ocd has been eating me up all my life, i've had this since i was kid and i always thought i was strange and terrible not until i've done some research about it, i thank you for this video although i still have thoughts like those, i have some control about it now..
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on with this cheers
Thank you so much for your videos. I can tell how much you put into them, and it's so appreciated. You have the perfect balance of "we're going to do this together" and challenging OCD.
I see you scissors and scary knife 👀
You are saying things that terrify me to the core, and yet you still make me feel like I can do it.
I was wondering if people would notice those in the back! 🤪
OMGGGG THANKYOUUUU YOU DONT KNOW HOW MUCH PAIN IVE BEEN THROUGH THISSS WHOLE 5 months it started since we have online classes omggggg and i wanted to harm my loved ones when i didn’t its so harddd
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on now thanks
This is awesome! Thank you so much!
Man u deserve a subscribe at least... Ive had this for years uppon years i offten have these harmful views of my own little baby kitten... Or my family members like my brother... My god its the scariest stuff i ever gotta deal with...
How do you overcome the fear or memory of the intrusive thought? I have faced a lot of them but wondering why new ones come mostly when I’m feeling depressed? I also feel a lot of guilt about things and in the past those harmful thoughts that caused me to go into a deep depression after my 4th child. That was several years ago.
Thankyou sir, ur videos has helped me a lot 🙏 🙏
This video is really helpful thank you.
Honestly I thank you so much. I felt like I was crazy and this sucks so much.
You are not alone!
@@ocdandanxiety thank you❤️
Thank you, you have no idea how much this helps, thank you so fuckin much
Thank you this has helped a lot but what really makes me feel better about it is thinking it’s not dangerous and it has no power over me I pray a lot to god about it and when I’m feeling lonely or feel another episode happening I like to read my bible and pray to god he always seems to help me in these situations but I hope someday it will just fully go away and I can live the life I did before I had these thoughts the life of no worry and not having to reassure myself that I’m not evil or anything bad everytime I get one of these even thoughts
Is it normal if mine started from childhood? I don’t have OCD that I know if since I’ve never been to a psychologist because mg parents won’t actually take it that seriously, but I think I have when I saw the first video with the thoughts and behaviors. I’ve had thoughts with knifes that are really violent I really hate them… I actually find it difficult to talk to my parents about it because they say that I actually don’t need help… But rn I’m just like urging it makes me so sad to the point I cry. Anyways thanks for this video it really helped me out.❤️
It took me about 2 years to lessen the shock from the first panic attack from these thoughts. A huge one after I watched some horrible things on the Internet because I wanted to become morally stronger. And I became morally weaker... Wanted to do better and made it worse...
Nate, can you fear a theme so much but end up thinking about it nonstop? I’m not sure if I actually have the theme or if my anxiety is just coming up with these thoughts to test myself? I literally started with “I hope I dont get so and so theme and I spiraled with fear of potential thoughts
Thank you so much for this video!!!!🙏🏻 I have been struggling with severe post partum OCD for over 5 months now & it’s been hell for me. Lots of ups & downs, but it’s always been the same horrible thought of stabbing my son with a knife!!! Ugh I can never get this thought out of my mind and I feel like I’m going insane.... I have seen over 5 therapists & been on medication. Nothing feels right it’s horrible. I don’t wish this upon my worst enemy, it feels like I’m about to snap at any moment. I hope it goes away with time along with ERP.
How do u feel now
I hope your doing well. I had it postpartum too
How are you doing now? I have that same feeling wheee I feel like I can “snap” at any moment . I’m having harm and sexual ocd so strongly , I would not wish this hell upon my worst enemy.
I dealt with this after my fourth baby and never even had an intrusive thought before yet this freaked me out. I was afraid of hurting him, then it brought extreme depression and fear about harming myself and then my kids. It calmed down a great deal but lasted a long time and I’ve noticed whenever I begin to feel down again the intrusive thoughts come back about harming myself yet I don’t want to. It’s really strange.
How are you now
I am only 12 and think I have Harm OCD. I have ADHD, Aspergers, and possibly something else. This just started developing a few months ago, where ill have horrible thoughts of harming people and loved ones, but im able to control myself. It was so scary.
I’m having thoughts about that too
I have panic attacks because of that
its hard bc adhd is an impulsive disability so i feel you
I think I have this but I’m afraid to open up about it because people might think I want to harm them and overall it seems like I could face very negative consequences from opening up about it
Edit: I definitely have this and I’ve even developed some of the coping habits in this video naturally
I feel the same way, its hard to talk about or get help for when you aren't sure if people will understand. It's okay to face this alone if that's what is comfortable for you. I've tried to explain it to people and no one has really understood. It'll get better for you, you aren't what your thoughts make you out to be.
I got no anxiety from mine and it feels so real, i dont really feel like telling people cause I dont want to be told I actually want to kill people, im just not afraid and maybe its cause of my past with ocd.
I've been trough this kind of feeling 10 years ago when i was in abroad, it all started when i joined bible study which i do not do in my entire life. Suddenly it came all those intrusive thoughts, like hurting others or even hurting my self. O my it gives me a lot of fear in my mind that what if i did that thoughts! I always feel nervous when it attacks me, i can't even fall a sleep. So i decided to go back to my country and find another job here. Without even knowing i almost forgot and they don't even comes in my mind those thoughts. And now i'm suffering again with those intrusive thoughts, because i decided to go back and work abroad. After i watched this video it realy helps me a lot. I hope this video will be cured all my anxiety and keep away all those intrusive thoughts so i can go back to my normal life, and give my family a better life.
Ive had it mildly since my son was born, but over the last 6 months, it has gotten so bad Ive had panic attacks. I start treatment on Monday.
Hey, how is your treatment process going?
@@trulygains it went well. I still have spikes but nothing like it was. Its been getting much better
i have four kids, started to have very disturbing instrusive thoughts when pregnant with my fourth and thought i was the devil in disguise lol but its ok, i really think this is normal when human beings are put under extreame stress...it could be linked to our ancestors who might have had such thoughts as well...dont isolate yourself, that is the worst breeding ground for disturbing thoughts...I wish you all the best toward a clear+pure minded life and you are not alone!!! :)
@@nicolenunes3739 how are you doing
Ppd can cause that x
The moment I started watching this video, I got uneasy because I instantly noticed the scissors and knife in the background. Those are two of the main triggers that cause these types of thoughts to swarm me. If I see one, and especially if I pick one up, my mind instantly thinks to harm myself or someone else, and then I stress about why the hell I thought such a thing because I don't want to. Sometimes I can ignore it and continue on, and other times it gets to the point where I need to put them down or give them to someone else because I feel like my body will go through with the urge to harm. I don't even need an object for it, sometimes I just see a family member walking and my mind instantly urges me to harm them. I don't want to, I'm not trying to, but my mind repeatedly tells me to push or punch or hit them, and so I'll end up really trying to ignore it and act normal or trying to stay away from them. I didn’t know this was an OCD sort of thing until just last night, I barely knew much about OCD beforehand so I started doing research on it and found that I related to a good chunk of OCD symptoms. The harmful intrusive thoughts are one of them. I always thought I was off or horrible in some way for thinking these things, but at the same time I also didn't think it was anything out of the ordinary, like maybe other people think the same things... Nope! At least not to this extent they don't. I'm honestly scared about opening up to my parents about this, I told my partner and my sister about this thing I feel, but not them yet... 😬
I have had this since I was 15 years old. I was so scared that I was not able to tell anybody. I went through such a terrible period that I was suicidal. Finally in my 30’s I told my psychiatrist and found out what was going on. I take medication that thankfully works. It does come and go but not as frequently. I could never go through that again. Just the thought of it sends me into a panic attack. Im so happy to find other people with the same issue.
does medicine work fully for you ?
@@payelmukherjee8733 Yes for the most part. I take Luvox (generic is Fluvoxamine) I could never go off meds and have those horrible thoughts
@@emilyphippen8742 yes i am also suffering with these horrible thoughts . it makes me fear . does medicine have any side effects ? are you feeling any ?
@@payelmukherjee8733 I have been on it for almost 10 years. At first I was a bit sleepy so I started taking it at night and haven’t had any issues. To be honest Id deal with side effects over those horrible thoughts any day 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you for this video..it's a scary thing to tell people I get dirty weird looks and it makes me feel like a psychopath already. I don't even feel like I'm on my own body anymore o get so many intrusive thoughts and weird angry urges now. I put myself in a mental hospital for now ...I feel like like a Monster I'm too scared to be around my family or my pets. I just want to feel normal again it's never been this bad ..😥
How are you doing🌹
I hope youare doing fine
I think I have Harm OCD to like I get so angry at someone and like if they come near me or something I tuck my hands away and like try to distance myself and if they come near my bed or something I feel like i have to basically just freeze because i think if im constantly moving around then somehow the bed will hit them and i think i do it purpose or whatever like I have these tiny things that like everyone else does too but like I think that sometimes i do somethings on purpose and fear im turning into a psychopath or something. I get these bad urges and like UGHH I cant wait to be done with them do I have Harm OCD?
Do you have OCD and anxiety to? Thank you so much for your videos
This video gave me relife Thanks
I’ve been dealing this lately and it feels awful. In 2021, I lost a childhood friend and I cried for a week straight and it shook me to the core. I’ve always had an anxiety of death and I’ve felt like I couldn’t stop. In 2022, I went through a traumatic breakup and I felt alone even though plenty of friends and family talked to me and gave me advice and assured me i was gonna be alright. I came and searched this because I’m tired of being scared and tired of feeling like I’m going crazy and that I’m not a normal person. Thank you for these videos man 🙏🏼
Hey I understand your fear of death but I can reassure you we'll be okay. Just enjoy your life to the fullest, do what you love the most. For me atm, I am dealing with self harm ocd, its so hard to deal with. But fearing death, dont worry, I know we'll be okay
Hi! I took your given OCD test for harm OCD and the result is moderate. I'm still wondering and in doubt, if I REALLY have OCD tho. I don't know who I can talk with especially since I did not talk about my situation with my family and I don't have any money to visit a therapist :'((
Are the items in the background part of exposure therapy? Because I can't stop looking at them and I want to put them away right now.
Well I must say am also living with it sad in my country no access to treatment and if you do its very expensive it give me peace for some years and I was stressed about my examination and then it just popped up back the next day with anxiety hardly sleep feel cold when the place is warm racing heart it's just crazy I even wish they had a surgery to do a brain replacement but I know i love my brain because its humble then I start to google and search nobody to talk to because they lack knowledge about it they might just feel your going crazy.
Just had a harm episode today due to family vacation stress. I’ve noticed when you have OCD and your under an enormous amount of stress + barely any sleep your ocd thoughts can exacerbate.
im still having a hard time finding out my triggers, can it just be random? or is there always a trigger?
Thank you
Thank you for this
When you said that i should sit on the couch with my mom with scissors and tell her that I might hurt her i wanted to cry, is that normal?
I just had an episode a few moments ago. I don't want em anymore.
So idk but a couple of months I started to have these thoughts it started with i wonder what killing a person I like idk it just was a thought then I tried to shaking thoughts off but they god worse
Step 3 - resist doing the compulsions. I'm not sure what compulsions in a harm OCD? Risk harming the person, which is a cognitive distortion anyway? Or running away from the trigger? Thanks!
When I have a harm ocd attack it seems panic attacks come with it therefore making feel that much more weak. Is that common? I’m going to start standing up to my bully. I’m also going to get treatment through the veterans hospital. Thank u so much for your videos
Yes I get a panic attack and anxious when I start thinking these things!
Thanks so much for these real life examples for each instance, this is what I’ve been looking for! Thank you!!
Nightmare isn’t it babe!!! This always helps me so much too!!
crying as i watch this 😭😭 these thoughts make me not want to live
i stabbed an ex through abuse id suffered im scared and fearful so when i cant cope i had these thoughts of harming my child.
he now lives with my mum.
i dont feel safe to be around when im like this
Dawn Cook I understand. I just bought some ashwagandha. Hopefully this helps with my anxiety in my case cause my harm ocd.
ive been doing exercises lately to reduce the stress and when i came to the point of almost feeling no anxiety from these thoughts my brain started telling me that im a bad person because i dont feel anxious about thoughts of harming others and i keep having this debate about wether im a good person or not
hi i think my friend may be suffering from OCD he thinks his ex girlfriend put ground up glass in his clothes, under clothing ,bed sheets, and it gets on his skin hands,feet,and head as a result he starts picking and causing injury and sores,this has been going on for about two years now he tells me the glass gets spread and contaminates new clothing which he buys almost every week have you had a similar case i really want to help him
Hi you're videos really good and I am so grateful for the, it will be really great if you could make one on sexual OCD and how to do ERP for them?
Thanks for the suggestion. What type of fears are you thinking about when it comes to this. It can fit many subtypes.
AMAZING VIDEO. I promise you guys will get through this.
Thank you, Gabriella!
Do you know someone who has fully recovered from harm OCD
Hey just wondering how you’re getting on cheers
@@vksharma3730 I have fully recovered from harm OCD!
@@jamesjohnstone1224 I’m insanely better and I never thought I’d be.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much
I hope I have this and I’m not some psychotic person. I have unwanted thoughts of harming my grandmother... I’d never do that sometimes my feelings go numb and I have urges to do it but I know I don’t want to.. it makes my heart race I get anxious and I start to worry.. my mind feels like it’s heavy and nothing feels right anymore. Please someone am I a psychopath or not ? It’s making me want to cry sometimes and I would never hurt her. And when I watch videos on criminals I get anxiety too thinking I’ll be like them 😔
Edit: three years later it’s gotten better I can go months without it recurring and when it does come back it hits hard but it’s definitely better than before. Thanks for the positive reassurance guys
I have worries like this about my family. I'm scared of being around knives because I worry my mind will go blank and I'll just hurt them with it. I KNOW I wont. But I Still panic every day constantly.
Also... I stopped watching scary movies and documentaries. It's a huge trigger.
Leia Boo: do you have urges? :/
th-cam.com/video/GSzL55WliII/w-d-xo.html watch his TH-cams and you will get help!!!
He has great videos that helped me
I have ocd and the social anxiety discorder. Its very hard for me. When i go outside it make me feel scare of everything else and when im alone i alway have the checking behavior of the ocd :(
I have this thoughts, i always afraid knife,should i go to psychiatrist, should i take any medication????
Thanks to my Harm OCD, I am scared of microwaves. Literally haven't used one in over 4 years. It is ridiculous, lol, but its my Myrtle (what I named my Harm OCD) and the only way I cope is letting my husband keep ours in the basement. He used to have it in the garage, but this was the step forward. Then I was able to request my son to go cook something in it, putting him right next to it and causing triggers, but we are pretty much past that now, too. Every little step in the right direction, right? :D
but responding like you don't care doesn't really stop the anxiety of the thought, does it?
I mean I try, I really do but whenever the thought comes up it gives a lot of anxiety so by me saying just "sure man" doesn't really do anything.
I’m a young macchinist and I work on lathes producing parts for big electric motors. If I feel even a small detail is “off” in my work or if the part I machined is slightly out of tolerance I get intrusive thoughts of people dying because the part I Made was faulty. As a compulsion I continously seek reassurance from colleagues and the boss and I double check everything but anxiety won’t go away 😢
Mine is in voluntarily breaking my nose, what shouldi do
Harm ocd began for me after the use of lexapro (for GAD) which didn’t work well for me. The anxiety it caused has made me constantly fear these thoughts. I now find myself not having intrusive thoughts for no reason. I only have the thoughts once I remember my issue and tell myself to not have the thoughts. Is this normal harm ocd or am I just worried to not have bad thoughts and my brain tricks me into having them?
this is my exact feeling right now, did you deal with it and how?
That’s really interesting as I too had them develop after taking lexapro for a couple of years
I suffered from this from early teens up until my mid twenties. Jesus's that was dark time of my life the guilt and shame I felt for thinking such thoughts and I remember the catalyst that triggered it , I got bullied to shreds in high school I one day snapped and beat up one of my bullies to a pulp and afterwards I had a thought what if I did that to my loved ones when they annoyed me and it consumed me every waking moment for years, constant impulse flashes of lashing out at people I felt like I was going insane.
Thank you so much sir...💛
Just 2 days back it started.
Today while writing, drawing.
these thoughts were coming and while writing this comment too.
I am a mom of 3 my youngest is 4 I was just diagnosed with ocd a few months ago I have been struggling with harm ocd for the past four months and it involves disturbing intrusive thoughts of hurting my children especially my four year old 😔 I have been tryin to do ERP by myself and I have come to terms that thoughts are thoughts although the disgust shame and sadness I feel from them are horrible also was having panic attacks and anyway I was starting to feel a little better and the thoughts were becoming less and then the thought was what if the more you think of them you will sleepwalk and commit these thoughts in your sleep
I’ve had that thought about sleepwalking before but I convinced myself I wouldn’t because I’ve never slept walk in my life but I remember this story about a man killing his wife in his sleep and yea went down the rabbit hole
How do you I get rid of this it’s so stupid that I put so much belief into it? Please help? How do you do ERP for this 😨
It's been 9 months I hope u're doing good mama I have harmful ocd and now I have a baby a 10 months old and I have though about hurting him first was my husband now I have them about my baby u are not alone and u are not u're though those though Don't mean nothing about u and everyone's have them
Thank you for making this video as I have struggled with this fear for a long time. My specific fear is that at any moment, any given second I could snap and hurt someone, shout, push, crash, etc. Can you tell me how to deal specifically with this type of thought?
Bobby G Same here. I try my best to get it out of my mind.
@@nottobecompared4099 Let's pray for each other!
How are you now????
@@hueso5071 I still have it off and on, but it's mostly better. =)
Hey! Um... Would horror movies and death metal count as ERP?
hello there! I made a terrible mistake and i was taking a thing called Kratom for my anxyiety and depression it worked for a time but i got so addicted to it i was like okay this isnt gonna be okay in a long term. Now i stopped taking kratom cold turkey a week ago and my worst panik attacks and anxiety started to kick in...im so scared what if i stab my mom or my dog they means the world to me.. hopefully i can overcome this terrible state of mind.