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- 3y
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Thanks for your input. I believe being constantly in an an anxiety state, worrying and having your mind race with obsessive thoughts trying to convince you some physiological issue is causing the problem just overloads your mind. I think the cognitive issues and the brain fog are just a result of fatigue and exhaustion. Iv found some comfort in just accepting the uncertainty. I know it’s very unlikely I’m losing my mind but I have to accept that I can’t be 100% certain and I can’t do anything about that. Somehow that has eased the severity a bit.
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- 3y
Yes. I’ve been experiencing this for almost 3 years, and it got somewhat better last year but then my harm OCD hit and now I’m all over the place, full of extreme brain fog. I fear what if I act on my thoughts because I’m so full of brain fog, or what if I don’t love my family. Im not sure where my brain fog is coming from exactly but I think it may be coming from my depersonalization/derealization.
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- 3y
I also thought I had a brain tumor last year because of it, and I went to the ER and got a CT scan; everything was normal though.
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- 25w
Yes, my main fear is losing control either by going crazy, forgetting who I am, or developing a problem with my brain. My ocd bothered me all day today and at the end of the day, I had a hard time pinpointing exactly what I was obsessing over today. That started me down a spiral that something must be wrong with my brain to not remember exactly what I was thinking. It’s a hard thing to accept uncertainty to.
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- 20w
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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- 19w
I don’t know how to deal with the thoughts that come and barely gone. Usually, the brain often remembers and forgets things. People with OCD however struggle with trying to forget the intrusive thoughts because of the imbalance trying to convey what is real and if the thoughts in your head will come true. Just for the past few days, I was having fun and suddenly hit with a wave of obsessive thoughts and making me stuck with nowhere to go.
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- 18w
im going to be vague here, but basically i did something in the past that i regret and it became a huge point of my OCD but i have talked to my therapist and i have mostly moved past it. i watched a video by an OCD youtuber that really put it into perspective. anyway, i have been with minimal worry for a few days, but now im having worries related to i think false memory? basically it’s like “oh but what if i said/ did this and just forgot that means i harmed this person im a bad person”. to me it sounds like textbook OCD but im just wondering if anyone else has experienced false memory / real event at the same time. i have a really horrible memory which is making it even more stressful. any responses are appreciated!
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