by Sunil Punjabi | May 16, 2023 | See Additional Resources
In your struggles, you may have experienced the following three states from time to time: Anxiety without intrusive thoughts Intrusive thoughts without any accompanying anxiety. Anxiety with intrusive thoughts. The above three states show us that anxiety and intrusive...
by Sunil Punjabi | May 16, 2023 | See Additional Resources
Sometimes it helps to give your Harm OCD a name (Prudovski, n.d.). That is, think of your Harm OCD as a separate person. This has been recommended for children but it helps equally for adults. You probably already think of your Harm OCD as another person because it...
by Sunil Punjabi | May 16, 2023 | See Additional Resources
We often say I got triggered by this or I got triggered by that. But what are these triggers? Triggers in Harm OCD are those events that bring about obsessions, which in turn lead to compulsions and keep the cycle of Harm OCD alive. Identifying triggers will prepare...
by Sunil Punjabi | May 16, 2023 | See Additional Resources
Based on the cues, identify your thoughts, and write them down in the space provided. You can have more than one obsession for one cue. Sr. No.CueTriggerObsessionEXAMPLESensoryViolence in moviesThe violence in movies makes me feel I would like to be the villain and...
by Sunil Punjabi | May 16, 2023 | See Additional Resources
There is a paradox in Harm OCD that you should be aware of. Harm OCD makes you fearful of your obsessions. You do not want the obsessions and wish that they would go away. For example, the thought, ‘what if I want to drown my cat?’ is an obsession that you do not...
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