OCD is back!

[Mydogb]

Hi all!

Hope everyone is well🙂

My harm OCD is back! It’s waking me up from my sleep at night thinking I will hurt/kill someone it has my so bad my anxiety is making me sick☹️

I have never had it for a few month now & it’s come back and worse then ever. My heart really hurts thinking I will do something crazy or end up in a hospital due to me feeling like this!

I have just woke up & thought al go jump of that brigade down the road from my home OMG it’s made my ill at the thought of it!

I don’t no if stress can bring this on because I have a bit stress at the minute so thinking it could be that!

Is this normal for me to feel this way tho with a bit stress?? Someone please help me out!

Thank yous ❤️

[Albertina_G]

Stress doesn't cause OCD but it is one of the major triggers. Have you done any therapy before? If yes was the treatment ended or you left in between? Usually, OCD comes back if you don't treat it. So it's better to see an OCD therapist.

[Mydogb in reply to Albertina_G]

Hi I was in treatment but it had to end due to COVID-19

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OCD escalates when you are in stress.

Try to relabel the thoughts as OCD.

The anxiety will be high in the beginning, but it will get lower.

The more you resist the thought, the more it will persists.

Another technique you could use is to sit with the feared consequences.

The anxiety will slowly go down.

The thoughts will lose importance and fade away.

Do not interact or argue with the thoughts.

I hope this helps.

You are a very valuable person.

Your life is very precious for us.

I had hard time sleeping last night, due to my OCD becoming bad.

We are in this together.

We are here to offer hope and give help.

Take good care.

Be safe.

[MothFir]

Stress can make OCD worse. Try to remember that the thoughts are just thoughts and don't mean anything.

I have some contamination OCD and the other day I was in the middle of washing my hands (normally, before eating) and got an intrusive thought about a dead animal. My hands suddenly felt filthy and contaminated even though I still had soap all over them. So although the thoughts and feelings were extremely powerful, the reality was that they had no truth or meaning; my hands were totally clean the whole time. Your thoughts of harm are the same -- they don't mean anything. Try to label them as OCD and get through the anxiety. It will pass on its own and you'll be stronger when it dissipates!

[Carbon21]

All good advice here, just want you to know we care. Please seek help, virtual is available or read a book on ocd. Turn to the book at difficult times. Ate you on a new med or changing dose that causing this? Either way, Feel better and please don’t act on those thoughts. You know it’s the ocd monster not what you really want or should do

[bulldog71]

I have the same harm ocd . I was wound up like a pretzel until I got on meds. Are you on meds? I still have those thoughts and anxiety but both are much much less. I agree stress is a trigger. Hang in there let us know if you need any help. You are a great person just with a problem not of your fault. God bless you.