Bad thoughts

[Mydogb]

Hi all hope everyone is doing well! Havnt posted on here in a long time

I have been suffing from harm ocd but now I have thoughts of bad things happen to my loved ones like what if they get hurt or killed when out and about what if my children get hit by a moving car? Can this also be part of ocd??

[Hidden]

I do not think that it is harm OCD.

Usually, in harm OCD, we fear that our actions will cause harm to others.

The symptoms that you are experiencing is referred as "Generalized Anxiety Disorder". (GAD).

Below is a link explaining what GAD is about:

Title: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

psychologytoday.com/us/cond...

Hope this helps.

[Mydogb in reply to Hidden]

Yes I have had harm ocd be for I know what that is a was just wondering if this new thing am having is part of ocd. My post must have come over wrong i sorry about that.

[Hidden in reply to Mydogb]

Your post did not come over as wrong to me at all.

I just wanted to share my opinion, based upon my research.

Anyways, the correct diagnosis must be given by your Psychiatrist only.

[Selesnya]

It absolutely could be OCD. Do you end up doing things as compulsions to keep them safe? Ruminating could even fit in as a compulsion. At its base you have to learn to lean into the uncertainty that anything could happen and you have no way to be absolutely certain that anyone will be 100% safe.

[tk84]

do you have to do things in a certain way so therefore the bad things won't happen? or do you get the thought that you cant do this or that otherwise the bad thing will happen?

[LuvSun in reply to tk84]

tk84- You described exactly what I go through 24/7. My OCD is constantly telling me that I can or can’t do or say this or something will change for the worse or I will lose something about myself or life that I love. I am trying to ignore these thoughts and carry on. As far as I can say my fears have never come true but I still always have to battle it for fear that “this time it will.”

[thyroidmom84 in reply to LuvSun]

I have this and I would definitely describe it as OCD. You have obsessive thoughts about something bad happening and you just expressed it results in compulsions. Although I’m not good at this yet, I have read that the best solution is to “test” your illogical thinking- as in, don’t give in to the compulsion and see that nothing bad happens. Good luck to you!