Doctor Explains Harm OCD
And that’s that’s about it. Well, after that 2-hour assessment, I can definitely diagnose you with OCD. You mainly suffer from harm. OCD? What if everything I just talked about wasn’t true? Uh-oh. Well, was it true? Did you make that up? No. I I believe that it’s true. But what if it wasn’t? Oh, not all OCD involves people washing their hands 15 times a day. So, here’s what you need to know about harm OCD. Begin with not a separate diagnosis. is still part of wider OCD, but the harm describes the types of obsessions and compulsions that a person experiences. That could be a preoccupation with having a harmful identity even though it’s not aligned with your true self or that you’re going to harm others or yourself in some way. The problem here, though, is not the thought itself, but how you interact and respond to it. You can think of it as the difference between inviting someone in through the front door or them climbing through the window. Now, if they are intrusive, persistent, or cause distress, even though you’re not going to check the back door 10 times to make sure it’s locked, then it might be time to seek support because there are ways to help with OCD symptoms, such as behavioral therapy, exposure response prevention, and mindfulness techniques before medication.
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Harm OCD is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder where a person experiences intrusive, distressing thoughts or images about causing harm, either to themselves or others, even though they have no desire or intention to act on them. Unlike the more familiar types of OCD that involve visible compulsions, such as excessive cleaning, handwashing, or checking locks, harm OCD may occur without any obvious outward behaviors. People with this form of OCD often engage in mental compulsions, such as replaying scenarios in their minds, seeking reassurance, or analyzing their thoughts to make sure they’re not dangerous. Because these rituals are internal, harm OCD can be easily misunderstood or overlooked, even by those experiencing it. Recognizing that OCD doesn’t always involve physical checking behaviors is important for proper diagnosis and treatment, as harm OCD responds well to therapies like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP). #ocd #anxiety #mentalhealth
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they really do call GAD generalized for a reason, i relate to these symptoms quite a bit and wouldn't be surprised if i felt the same for other anxiety disorders
or i got misdiagnosed idk
I have been diagnosed with “ocd tendencies” which is basically like my brain flirts with OCD ideas but never to the point that it ruins my mood entirely. I think of it like having a drain gnat infestation. You’re just perpetually swatting at small thoughts and they never truly go away.
This is EXACTLY how I react to most situations like this. Fortunately I am currently being assessed for OCD and more. It's all so hard to process 😅
It doesn't need to cause distress? It just needs to be persistent and intrusive? Because I always though it was normal so long as it didn't cause distress.
I don't have an ocd diagnosis, and I don't really think I have ocd, but I often have intrusive thoughts when I'm working with children that I'm going to hurt the kids or do something inappropriate even though I would NEVER do it 🥹. It scares me when the thoughts appear in my head because it makes me think I'm a bad person.
My family since I was a small small child has assumed I have OCD but YK we never really talked about ever getting that diagnosed eventually, and we never really kept up with looking into at actual effective ways to like…cope with that.. and honestly as a kid I thought they were just being mean or misinformed about what OCD is. But now I'm an adult. And everyone in my life is like "no…I think you have OCD dude. It's very obvious"
And so now I'm kinda just like, damn. Idek what the fuck to do about this now actually.
My husbands OCD had me driving to the carwash while im insanely sick with a flu and im 7 months pregnant to throw out some garbage because the trashcan is full and he didnt want to get an angry text from our landlord from me storing the extra trashbag on the porch in a seperate bin till garbage day. And he isnt capable of proccessing the steps to take himself to get rid of the extra garbage bag because his OCD has him so wound up over there being an extra garbage bag. Our bloody landlords need to pay for an extra garbage bin cause there are two households in the same building and the landlords dont know how to recycle properly so they fill up the can before we can toss out our trash too. Sorry i had to rant about it a bit.
Is POCD a harm ocd?
I have autism and anxiety related skin picking OCD, germaphobia, emetophobia and generalised OCD. A lot of my "habits" therapy has helped with but my OCD Skin picking disorder is super tough to battle as its also how i have learnt to stim when overwhelmed in public and while i know its not healthy, after 30+ years of it, it is a daily struggle to not pick. Its jot as easy as cutting your nails or ignoring the urge, it is literally an OCD and trust me! As the person who has to live with the constant urge, the infuriating itching from scabs, NUMEROUS scars and my arms being absolutely COVERED in marks and scabs and ive had so many people assume im an addict because of the state of my arms :-/
what makes ocd any different than paranoia + anxiety + low self esteem?
Seeking support killing me and erased my whole identity 😭 stay away from therapists!
I dont believe that's the point she's trying to make
OCD is vicious because your brain knows you, your fears, your loves. It can bale the worst shit.
OCD takes the thing you value the most and turns it into a weapon against you, it truly is hell.
Not OCD but me getting diagnosed with anxiety: To be honest, I am kind of worried about getting diagnosed with anxiety because what if I dont really have anxiety? And all this worry is just in my head? And then I get on medication for something I don't actually have, and the medication changes the chemicals in my brain, and then that gives real anxiety? I lose my job and will to live and that nega-"
My doctor – I don't think someone who isn't anxious would be this anxious about whether they are actually anxious.
Ngl, psychedelics mainly psylocibin helped curbed majority of my symptoms for years but the disturbing intrusive thoughts won't 🤬 off
Wait, washing hands 15 times a day is a lot? I actually have OCD and the thought of only washing my hands 15 times a day is mind boggling, I’d think this would be average for a normal person.
I got OCD -.-* I HVE to chek the dor EVERY time i go past it or else it will magicly spring open and there is 2 lucks on -.-* And numbers…If its not 5,10,15,and so on i canot think before its even -.-* Its SO anoying my brain just makes blue screen of doom -.-* I also have this…I dont know what it is but every time i see a wiiiu car i think they are here for me…Im not hurt and theres no fire and i did not do anything but i STILL think its my falt somehow…Also i am SO scerred i acsedently shoplifts somthing…I havent and im not…But DANM one can f that stupid brain up -.-* Like if a guard moves i IMIDETLY think i have robbed a bank or somthing but just forgot…My normal brain tells it to shurt tf up…Its like there are to of me in there…3 actelly cuz i got a mean one too…the deprasion voice O.O It tells me bad thinks and me-me voice tells it off…and then there is the…wired? wice…The one whit the OCD and all the stress and scaredness…Somtimes it gets scarred and me-me tells it to calm its boobs…Its SO godanm wired O.O I have no clue WHAT the hell it is but…I think i gor 3 somthings in my brain and they do NOT like eachoter hehehehe 😀
Sorry for my bad spelling i got the…dys..lexia??? 😀 😀 😀
OCD is such a nightmare because it's all built on doubt. it tells you that you can't trust yourself and that you really do want to act on terrible things, even though it goes against everything you believe and value
My daughter was diagnosed as a child. It so much more complicated than is usually depicted in pop culture. Let me tell you – you haven't earned your chops until you've tried to throw away the box the Barbie came in when your child is struggling with hoarding tendencies, LOL.
Thanks for giving me another thing to ask about. 😅
My OCD tells me that everyone is talking behind my back and hates me because I've actually been horrible to them and I'm stupid but they pretend to be nice to me to my face.
have you made one of these about ocd where your obsession is about harming others sexually? cus ive seen the sympathy and understanding fly right out the window when the topic comes up, esp pedophilia ocd.
i dont have OCD but i do have the harm intrusive thoughts, they are absolutely awful. ever since i was 6-8 years old id randomly get pictures of my family dead in brutal ways in my head and never knew how to stop it, i thought i was evil and insane. i still have these intrusive thoughts and i believe theyre trauma based, my therapist says it’s my BPD but i’ve had them for so long i don’t believe it’s related.
i wish people understood intrusive thoughts more. tiktok has watered it down to “omg i dyed my hair!!” so whenever anyone says they have intrusive thoughts of hurting people, children, or animals, they’re immediately told thats not how intrusive thoughts work and theyre just bad people. its extremely harmful to anyone with intrusive thoughts because we already believe we’re evil because of them, saying “you dont have intrusive thoughts youre just evil” makes it so much worse. i will never forgive tiktok for its harm to mentally ill people.
I had a terrible period of harm OCD for a couple years following a major surgery. Started with vivid mental images of ripping my stitches open or cutting my stoma off, and progressed to images of attacking my then husband with a knife. My therapist at the time had read a paper that the max dosage of Prozac could help, so I brought it up to my psychiatric nurse practitioner, who'd never heard of it so she googled it, and after skimming an article said "so are you suicidal or homicidal". NEITHER, man, that's my point. Since her only knowledge came from my therapist's suggestion, she quickly titrated me up to 80 mg a day of Prozac. I ended up with stroke-like symptoms, and after a neurological workup it turned out I had serotonin syndrome. Most of the symptoms resolved quickly once the Prozac was stopped, but I had a severe left side tremor that took about a year to go away. On the bright side, I haven't had trouble with harm OCD since then — my leading theory is that the whole process fried the sh!t out of the part of my brain that was responsible for it. Not worth it y'all, just find a better therapist. And a better psychiatrist while you're at it.
Is 15 times too many? Hands are so dirty…
This is the type of OCD I have and it's way worse when I'm depressed or panicking. It's hard to explain to people because they have the "obsessively locks doors" or "has to clean everything" type of OCD in mind.