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It's quite common and not something you should worry too much about. When people say OCD "thought" they can mean a thought with words, mental image, urge, intrusive feeling... An OCD spike is usually three parts, a trigger which is noticed in your physical or mental world, the obsession the thought triggers (the theme) and finally the negative feeling it activates (anxiety, guilt, shame, depression, anger...). When an OCD spike occurs those three activate at almost the same time, which coupled with sneaky mental compulsions can make it really hard to define the thoughts but that's not even required nor important. That's one of the reasons why working with a therapist on your OCD can make your life much easier.
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thank you 💗
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Right like my mind is constantly thinking sometimes I can’t even remember the intrusive thought I’m anxious over??
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That was very informative
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I'm the same way....feel emotionally numb.
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- 22w
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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i’m back in a cycle of having harm related OCD thoughts and feelings and urges and i get these episodes where it’s like i’m disassociating and feel like i’m about to snap and go crazy violent. does anyone else experience this? i need help
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Alot is on my mind u feel like I’m going to lose my mind , not really a lot but if I think too hard I think I’m gonna lose my mind , I was trying to slp n I think I’m gonna lose my mind , I’ve always been having thoughts about going crazy it never really changed , I have other thoughts and triggers but they always somehow lead Bk to me thinking I’m going to lose my mind , guys I’m so tired , do I even have ocd
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