Suicidal OCD is a topic of OCD that many struggle with. An individual can have intrusive thoughts of suicide. This doesn't mean they are suicidal; but rather OCD causes extreme fears and doubts. It even will mingle these intrusive thoughts this with anxiety; making it feel very real and scary for the person suffering.⠀
Suicide is a real thing. Here is the national suicidal hotline.⠀
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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.⠀⠀
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I have suicidal ideations all the time. I won't act on the thoughts but it's really frustrating to have those thoughts running through my mind all the time! I never looked at is as an OCD issue. thank you
I struggle with this and I feel like it is textbook OCD but my therapist does not think I have OCD. I literally obsess all day about it and do research and watch videos for reassurance. I feel like if I don’t find someone that understands this, that can help me, I’m going to get sucked further in. I want to learn to beat this, manage it, not let it control me. I have not had any luck finding a specialist near me.
What’s the video called? The link won’t work for me
But omg I can’t thank you enough for posting this. I’ve thought I had suicidal/self harm ocd for a while now but thought it was impossible, and when I brought it up to a therapist she brushed it off. So it’s nice knowing I’m not the only one
Wow, I've seen your videos online and they have been super super helpful. I was so mistreated in my last hospitalization, and all I was trying to do was to prevent suicide, which actually gave me a panic attack. But the providers in the hospital told me that i was not working hard enough, and actually made me say that, actually I am suicidal, I am just in denial. For these past three years I have been beating myself up with this statement because my mom died of suicide. I was thinking why would I even have thoughts like this, I must be a monster. But the truth is, I have suicidal OCD more than anything. From the literature that I have read around suicidal OCD, every single symptom fits. I just talked to my therapist today and she couldn't agree more about this. I was just so shocked that in our current healthcare system, no one cares to give people some guidance and help on suicidal OCD. Basically the minute that I say the word "suicide", they would be like, okay go into in-patient, and you are not working hard enough, and you are just a failure, and you are just one of the data points in the statistics. My healing journey starts now...
Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm so glad to hear that you've gained some clarity! I wish you the best in your healing journey!
for anyone struggling with this, it's TOUGH! Especially when you don't want to die AND you feel good! For those of you looking for a specialist, try Dr. Steven Phillipsons office in NYC. I am doing online therapy and recently JUST started ERP with this. She works directly with Dr. Steven Phillips and she started me out at like Level 1 this week with an index card. KInda funny, and not, of course I questioned, do you think you have examined me well enough to know that I am not suicidal because of my thoughts, and as she is writing, she looks into her screen and says to me, nonchalant, "Do you want to die?" I immediately said "no!" and she went back to writing her notes and said well there ya go... She must hear this quite a bit.
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