Hello - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Message Board

SullenlyIfadE · 02-23-2004, 06:22 PM

Hello, my name is Doug. I have been dealing with OCD for about two years now. I know that that doesn't sound like a long time, but to me it has been an eternity. In fact on the tenth of April, it will be the two year anniversary of the day my life changed forever. The way I aquired OCD is probably drastically different than most, if not all, of you. I aquired it after I had two really bad trips on mushrooms. Actually, it was about three weeks after I took those mushrooms. Anyway, sorry to tell you my OCD story. Basically, I have Obsessional OCD, and have thoughts of hurting people everyday. And the vocus of my obsessions constantly change focus. They can go from harming my mom during one outbreak, to harming complete strangers during another. Once again, sorry to ramble on, I just cannot talk indepth to people in my everyday life. I hope to get to know some of you in the near future, even if we don't ever see each other personally.

Flutegirl7 · 02-23-2004, 11:19 PM

Hi Doug, welcome. You'll find lots of nice people, and good info here. Nice to meet ya.

~ Monika

fm5 · 02-24-2004, 01:14 PM

Hi Doug!

And welcome to the Board!

As far as your harming obsessions go, I attached my quote from the "violent obsessions thread":

There is a particular case in Edna Foa's book "Stop Obsessing" about a guy who had these thoughts regarding his daughter. Get the book and read it!

What Edna Foa suggests is to actually picture the outcome of your actions in your mind. An example would be:

I am now in the Courtroom. Everyone I know is staring at me horribly. My family thinks I am a dirtbag for doing this. I have alienated all of my family and friends forever. It is now in all of the newspapers and everyone knows about what I did. I will go to jail where I will be by all alone and where I will probably be abused. I will then go to hell where I will be tortured forever, etc.

Go into all the horrid details of what would happen to you - this is important. I only wrote a few sentences. You can write paragraphs! Write them down or record it. AND GO OVER AND OVER IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. You should spend at least 2-3 hours a night on this for weeks or even months until the obession fades away. If it comes back, do the exercises over again.

You will soon see how totally absurd these thoughts truly are and they will lose their sting on you.