Does anyone have ocd about what the vaccine could have done to their body? This isn’t an anti vax vs vax post. It’s more about the hypochondria ocd of constantly worrying about your body/health. I even wonder if the vaccine is changing chemicals in my brain. I obsess about it. Now after having it, I obsess about wondering if any health issue is related. I was damned if I do damned if I don’t during this pandemic as a hypochondriac and I felt so judged by everyone on both sides of the issue. Anyone else like this? Health ocd is no joke. I got the vaccine out of pressure from family but I knew it would swing me into an OCD spell. It sure enough did. They don’t understand because they don’t have OCD. They just feel good about getting vaccinated. I truly wish I could too 😞. Any encouragement would be appreciated!

Hey I don’t have this type of OCD so what I say might not be helpful. But you could perhaps try to read extensively on how the vaccine works and why it’s not possible for it to be changing chemicals in your brain. This might just fuel your intrusive thoughts, I know, but the reason I’m saying this is because I find science and facts quite comforting. And so maybe you too will take comfort in the work of scientists that say that this I not actually something you need to worry about. But please take this with a pinch of salt and only do it if you feel like it would empower you to dismiss the intrusive thoughts - i.e. if you start obsessing over the harm the vaccine might’ve caused you, you could just think “this can’t be true, I know it because it is science, it’s a fact, so I don’t need to worry about this” and then just try not to think about it (not as in avoiding the thought, that only makes things worse, but going like “yeah well, it’s there but I don’t agree with that so whatever, it can stay that since it doesn’t matter”. I hope that this makes sense and that you get better soon x

i remember when it was really bad last year with the whole vaccine situation and the what ifs that go in the body. i obsessed over this for so long. "what do they see that i dont" "why are they thinking like this but im not" i would try to rationalize their behavior and thoughts for so long. i then came to the realization that IT MAKES NO SENSE BC I DONT THINK IRRATIONALLY! you've been exposed to so many what ifs by conspiracy theorists out there you have literally began the obsession over it yourself. you know you are healthy. i know u will be okay and this obsessive thought will also vanish.. watch videos of people explaining how it is literally impossible to harm someone with the vaccine