Any advice for bad thoughts

[EliseBParticipant]

My OCD thoughts have got worse and worse and could not be any more serious now. They’ve gone onto murdering people and almost worse if that’s possible.

These thoughts go on through the night and come on with a vengeance in the mornings, and I’m totally beside myself with them to the point that it’s taking me 6 hours some days to get out of bed. Drs just keep chopping and changing medication doses which isn’t making much difference.

Has anyone got any advice on strategies to manage this? I’m beside myself to the point of suicide as a solution.

[weemanParticipant]

<p style=”text-align: center;”>I’m so sorry you are struggling but understand it’s not forever. Therapies, lifestyle changes and medications will help in the long run. If you are in the middle of a serious crisis please reach out to mental health specialists. In the UK there are samaratins and you can text shout and other sources to people really struggling :(</p>

[EliseBParticipantParticipant]

Thanks so much!! any advice welcome

[weemanParticipant]

Wish I had better advice (sorry I’m not on here much these days) used to be on all the time. Was seeing if familiar faces I remember from before still around. For me it’s important to understand your thoughts as troubling as they seem are just thoughts. They arent you sitting day dreaming or hoping for things. Everyone gets intrusive or horrible thoughts from time to time. Just unfortunately for us we can’t turn them off and those combined with our compulsions are disabling. It’s exhausting but I always encourage people to keep fighting. OCD is annoying and relentless and occasionally I stop fighting due to being physically and mentally exhausted but then realised it’s not helping and got to keep going. Distressing images or ideas are not pleasant, I won’t try to understand how the images make you feel as I don’t have similar thoughts mine are different but they aren’t a reflection of who you are. I really hope the doctors find a solution for you, either get your meds spot on or get you in for some CBT or other types of therapy you might find helpful. Even anything to ease the mornings for you to enable you to not use up so much time and help you mentally would be good. Unfortunately there are no easy fixes but sometimes you will find times where it’s not as bad, learn different triggers you can either avoid or embrace and things will get better. I got diagnosed around 25 years ago and still know very little about what it is but I know how people can feel and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

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