Sublime

Another reason Harm OCD gets so little attention is that its sufferers may be less easily portrayed in the media than those with obvious physical compulsions (such as excessive washing or checking), so people are not used to “seeing” it.

If you feel like your hand wants to move near a knife, you may interpret that as a scary urge to grab the knife and use it for harm. But this is actually better understood in OCD as a feeling obsession, or an intrusive feeling, not a genuine urge. You may believe that you must perfectly distinguish between a thought and an urge, but as you continue