[Zor-el]

Does anyone else suffer from these kinds of thoughts? About harming people. I'm seeing a therapist and she hasn't put me on medication yet. I asked her not to unless she absolutely felt necessary. Sometimes I can control them. Other days are worse. When you have these thoughts, if you do, do you ever feel like you hear voices or your scared of hearing them? I don't know if I hear them or not. I think I see the words in my mind. And a voice just goes with the words. Kind of like how you read. You hear your own voice reading the words aloud in your mind. Anyone experience this?

[CANDC]

Hi Zor-el. Welcome to Psych Central. Sorry you are plagued by Dark Thoughts. Driving home I heard this show on NPR radio entitled Invisibilia with a one hour show on Dark Thoughts and how a couple people have struggled with them and got beyond them. I thought it might be of interest to you if you are doing Freudian, CBT, mindfulness or other alternative therapies. Even if you are not in therapy and have thoughts that bother or annoy you, this presentation could offer insights how to go beyond that.
Dark Thoughts : NPR

You can listen to the story (an hour or so) and or read it. I think it is very insightful show. If it is too much to read or listen in one night, come back to it. It is a lot to digest at once.

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[squishsquash]

Hey, I know how you feel. A few years back when my ocd really started to surface, I had scary thoughts like that. I kept obsessing over why I was having them and what that could mean and they definitely got worse. I even started writing about voices in the same way you described.
What really helped was my therapist at the time assured me that I had ocd. I wasn't crazy or hearing voices, it was just ocd making me worry that I was. She helped me see that I am a good person, and i wrong intentionally harm anyone. People that hurt others don't worry about doing it. They like to do that sort of thing, it doesnt cause them intense fear/worry. People that hear voices don't worry they are/ might be hearing them. They just listed to the voice. Your brain is just trying to scare the crap out of you right now. You have to get to the point where you can say to yourself " wow brain, you are so creative, making me think up all these bizarre things. What a weird thought. " but then just accept that the thought was weird and MOVE ON. Everyone has weird thoughts like these. The problem with us is that our brain gets stuck on "why did I have that thought?" You are not your thoughts. Don't believe them. Accept them as thoughts and think about something else. Eventually you will give your thoughts less power and the worry of hearing voices and doing harm should subside.
Good luck. I know how hard and scary this is. You will be OK. <3

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[joshuas-mommy]

Originally Posted by Zor-el

Does anyone else suffer from these kinds of thoughts? About harming people. I'm seeing a therapist and she hasn't put me on medication yet. I asked her not to unless she absolutely felt necessary. Sometimes I can control them. Other days are worse. When you have these thoughts, if you do, do you ever feel like you hear voices or your scared of hearing them? I don't know if I hear them or not. I think I see the words in my mind. And a voice just goes with the words. Kind of like how you read. You hear your own voice reading the words aloud in your mind. Anyone experience this?

I sometimes get thoughts about harming people. I feel like it is my fault that children are prescribed seroquel. I try to explain to people that these little kids shouldn't be prescribed this medicine. I think that the reason borderline personality disorder has a bad rap because people dislike me. I think that the mental health workers put thoughts in my head.