Ppl with harm ocd do you get this feeling?

My head feels weird all the time, it feels like I have a tight headband around it squeezing , like heaviness and a really weird feeling, literally feels something is wrong inside, I also feel spaced out and this feeling of going literally crazy at certain moments of the day and the anxiety spikes. The thoughts are always there 24/7 even in the back of my mind, nothign I do makes these feelings and thoughts go away which is extremely scary. I can’t go on like this, wish I woke up tomorrow and OCD didn’t exist anymore. Do you guys also feel like this? 😫

Username: MatiasP99MatiasP99

Date posted: 16d ago

This is very common. Even on your good days, don’t expect the thoughts to disappear, it’s more like learning to just live with it. I know it sounds.. almost sad but tbh it gets better. It gets to a point you hardly notice them anymore. Remember that overcoming OCD does not mean not having intrusive thoughts at all. Recuperating from it means learning to not let it control you anymore. Again, the fact that it causes you so much anxiety means it’s not you. Are you doing ERP by any chance?

Username: kittylady96kittylady96

Date posted: 16d ago

@MatiasP99 i’m really scared to do ERP and I don’t have a therapist at the moment :(

Username: MatiasP99MatiasP99

Date posted: 15d ago

@kittylady96 I see. ERP is scary but it does help. You have to trust the process. It’s not easy to trust because OCD makes you doubt even yourself but it does help. What id recommend is looking for an OCD organization near you and they usually recommend therapist in the area that can help. Also, NOCD is a great help if you feel comfortable with virtual therapy. But don’t give up! It’s hard, I know, but it gets better 😊

Username: jaydenidkjaydenidk

Date posted: 16d ago

YES thats when i make sure i eat and or drink something, its usually a headache for me. when i space out i do something to keep focus, or take a nap if it doesnt go away. my thoughts are also nonstop, even when zoning out :/ unfortunately ocd cant go away but we can definitely manage it!

Username: MatiasP99MatiasP99

Date posted: 15d ago

@jaydenidk Yeah! My therapist recommended me to drink or eat something really sour to make you snap out of it if you will haha and it helps tbh.

Username: HavilahismynameHavilahismyname

Date posted: 16d ago

This sounds almost exactly like me!

Username: NgullNgull

Date posted: 16d ago

YESSS!!!! OMG one time I was babysitting and I got this really weird feeling just like how you explained it where it felt like there was a headband around your head, squeezing it, and I felt like my head was going to explode because I felt like I was thinking about too much at that time and that my head was just gonna explode it any second and I was panicking and I didn’t know who to ask for help because I was like what if I’m just faking all of this and this isn’t actually really happening. But I truly believed that something was wrong and at the same time I knew that I just had an anxiety about “thinking about too much”if that makes any sense.

Username: Ocdsucks

Date posted: 4y ago

Can ocd make you not feel right even when your feeling normal? Like I felt semi normal today and I started to think what If this means I want to do these bad things that I’m thinking about and get I get all anxious, I also have headaches all the time now and I just wanna sleep now. I can’t stand these thoughts and now I feel like I’m a schizophrenic and on top of that I have had harm ocd too. Sometimes I question if I even have ocd and what if these is like another mental illness, my harm theme makes me feel so fucked up and I find myself always saying “no no no I don’t wanna do those things” or “ why would I even think that I love my mom so much”. I don’t even feel like myself anymore and I’m just so tired now.

Username: yaya_zz

Date posted: 33w ago

Good afternoon HARM ocd beating me up fr

Does anyone else suffer with harm ocd the way I do, sometimes I feel like I don’t even have ocd and like these are my actual thoughts when I started ocd I would feel so bad for thinking what I was thinking and I would cry everyday but now I just feel numb and like I don’t feel nothing I can’t even cry I’m also on antidepressants so idk if that’s affecting it but it’s like the only thing holding me back from doing my actions is like thinking I could go to jail or ruin my life or regret it later in life & it’s like I tell my self or my mind that whatever it is and it like gets mad that like I can’t do it and it makes me feel worst because it makes me feel like I actually wanna do that and ugh it’s like a constant battle everyday because it like gets mad for not being able to do that because I obviously know it’s something bad and will ruin my life.

Username: carol.xxx

Date posted: 14w ago

Vent about HARM ocd pls reply. 👍🏻

Hello, I think it’s fairly obvious at the moment I am struggling with terrible harm related intrusive thoughts / harm ocd. I feel so distressed and anxious about these horrendous thoughts its to the point I’m crying out of panic or avoiding anything that may cause harm, but the thing is i have this horrible like “intrusive feeling” throughout my body that feels really strong despite my distress to the thoughts I just have this feeling of what if i snap throughout my body. I also feel whats severely effecting me is that if i did it like “What if I actually did it” “No but what if i did” “Anyone is capable of it” and then the feeling gets worse and stronger and it makes me even more anxious. I know it is Harm OCD but i feel so distressed so anxious even to the point im waking up in the middle of the night with horrid thoughts that distress me and i find it hard to sleep due to the feeling / thoughts. If anyone can relate to this I really hope you can reply, offering advice or sharing your experience because the worst part of Ocd is feeling abnormal and alone and this is what I am feeling and its hurting me so badly. I feel low , exhausted. 💕

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