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Topic Title: Please help, is this OCD or not?
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trusteasy said 4 years, 6 months ago:
So I’ve been having very disturbing intrusive thoughts which are so scary they disrupt my sleep.First they were just images of me hurting my family member and now almost everytime I see my family member I get this “I want to hurt them” thought. I can’t get help like therapy or sth in any way but please help, the thoughts won’t go away and they sicken me so much I can barely sleep and eat. Is this OCD?
enya2019 said 4 years, 6 months ago:
This sounds a lot like intrusive thoughts that you seem to have no control over at the moment, you should know you can’t control these sorts of images, and because you are experiencing them doesn’t mean that it’s your fault and you’re a bad person at all. Try to let the thoughts be there because you can’t make them go away, the more you try to make them stop and keep focusing that they’re there the more often they can happen, so sadly you would probably need to experience the anxiety, and realise you don’t have control over the images or the thoughts, ocd for a lot of people focus’ on their fears, especially pure O ocd, which is purely obsessional, the repetive thoughts is just because you hurting a family member is a big fear for you so your brain is focusing on it, it doesn’t mean that you will act on that or that you want to have these thoughts, therapy would really benefit this in a good way, you will get through this and you aren’t alone, best of luck
trusteasy said 4 years, 6 months ago:
Thank you so so much for replying, although I try to know that these thoughts aren’t me but I’m getting a feeling I’m a schizophrenic just for having thoughts that aren’t me?
I’ve learnt to calm down from them but sometimes as I calm down, it will come back in a few more hours. Im worried that I might actually be enjoying any of these thoughts since I’m calming down from them? I also get thoughts that if I stop worrying about these thoughts, I might give in to them and it’s scaring me.
I am not on medication BC I can’t seek help and I worry that one day, I might develop psychosis since I have no help. I feel so backed out in life since I’m experiencing this at the age of 14. Is there any way I can fix all this without medication? Thank you in advance.
butterfly1 said 4 years, 6 months ago:
Hi, I am no expert but I have intrusive thoughts too and it helps me to remember that, as my thoughts upset me, I am not a bad person. In fact it means you really care about your family. So i would follow enyas advice and let the thoughts be all the best
enya2019 said 4 years, 6 months ago:
Ocd is based a lot around fear, and "what if" there has been a lot of times I've worried that I've had physcosis but In reality I know that I don't, it is just that you have a fear of having those mental illnesses and Ocd is making you have obsessive thoughts about it and trying to make you believe those thoughts, but try your best to just let them be there, don't pay attention to the thoughts, therapy would really help you with managing these thoughts, OCD can come and go, I'm currently suffering from a relapse and I haven't had thoughts this unmanageable since I was 12 and now I'm 16, you aren't alone at all, there is a lot of judgement based around mental health sometimes but don't let that hold you back from getting help, there is a lot of youtube videos about Pure O Ocd that may help you, but therapy would be a really good thing, so when you're ready, I would really advise you to see a doctor. Just remember that thoughts are actually just thoughts, not always facts. everyone has intrusive thoughts it's just that people with ocd struggle to let them pass and obsess over them so don't think you're a bad person at all because you aren't this is why people with OCD do struggle a bit more, and there is plenty of help out there for it, you're never alone