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- 6y
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I think the biggest thing to realize is sometimes you can try to connect 2 unrelated things to make them seem related. Even if things seem to be affected by compulsions, you have to realize that this is just your mind shaping that to be the case. Remember: just because you do something and something happens doesn't mean the two things are related. You also have to remember that likely you have done the compulsions more anyway, so you get used to the results of those but have more heightened notice of what happens when you don't do them. I would say continue resisting them (which will be tough, just try doing so in a gradual way) and then you can have a better look at results.
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- 6y
As far as your obsessions about your appearance goes, I would say to seek the advice of others. Sometimes it helps to know what others think as well, of course others that are friends or family. Maybe you actually do look really good when you only spend a few minutes getting ready. Remember too that when talking to new people, confidence can play a factor. If you think you look nice, you're more confident and will likely be more able to talk to others. If you don't think you do, then you won't be able to do so as easily. I'm a guy and don't really have the same things as you, but just know that you're beautiful without having to spend so much time putting on clothes and makeup. Ask your friends and family for advice and have some faith in yourself, and you'll find that people will appreciate you. If they can't find you attractive, then let them go find someone else and move on from there. Also: that's sad about your mom. If you ever feel that way yourself or feel like you're unattrative, please reach out for help as soon as possible, with close friends/family, post here, or seek out professional help by calling 1-800-273-8255 as soon as possible. Hope I was able to give some good insight, have a good day, value yourself and your beauty, and go for it!
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- 6y
Reading that helped me so much @CUFan, thank you. I’m so sorry about your mom as well. You are always stronger than you know! Tap into that when you forget❤️
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- 6y
Honestly, when I downloaded this app I felt so completely lost and I thought right I’ll try one more thing. I’ve read every book, every article and nothing seems to help. I live in the UK so have to wait 6 months before I can start CBT, and can’t afford to go privately at the moment. All of your comments honestly, have made me feel so much better, just knowing that someone can understand me. Thank you!
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- 6y
Have you read any books on ocd yet?
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- 23w
Hi everyone sometimes when I try to do something or do something my ocd tells me if I post a certain things or wear certain clothes that that some people in my life won't talk to me or distance themselves away from And I know it's sound crazy, but I feel like it's real what should I do I don't know how to fight it or stop I've been like this since I was 13 I went to therapy and iam taking my medicine but still those thoughts won't stop I don't know how to deal with it
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- 21w
I can't figure out what type of OCD I have. I must be the only one who has mental hoarding OCD with some Just right and death themes. I've never seen a description of someone's symptoms that match mine. Mine are a combination of Just right and mental hoarding of a memory. Like if I have dinner, I need to do a routine where I take in various elements on the environment - the food, my phone, the people around, pets, the coolness of the air con, and think of them in a specific syntax. I need to go through this thinking cycle without also thinking about certain people, deceased people, any themes of death, certain colours (red and black mostly) and then when I get to the end I deliberately have to think about something that is anti-death, like a particularly person who is younger, a certain good colour. But there are other conditions to prevent having to re-do the routine. The phone can't give me a notification or ring. Then I have to touch the phone and think of a supporting person or colour. On top of this, if I go to Youtube, Facebook or anywhere else and I see something related to death first I have to re-do the whole routine. I have a pre-thought that protects me if I do see something in the theme of death. Touching a cat tail will re-trigger the routine and so will touching a certain matt or matts in my house without first say '1,2,3,4'. I do these mental hoarding routines every time I eat, every time I leave the house, every time I leave work, before I go to sleep. The other element of this is protecting loved ones and pets. In some of my routines, around food, leaving the house and going to bed, I have to mentally think of everyone in the house and all of my pets in the same way as above. I dont even know if it is OCD. It's mostly mental compulsions. I don't get anxiety, just discomfort. As exotic as my symptoms seem to be, I don't think my OCD is as bad as it is for others. it's a bit Just right and thats it. My symptoms do not fit any of the categories.
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- 17w
I don't know what this is, I don't know enough about OCD, my psychiatrist put me on a medication and told me I have OCD and a mood disorder but I didn't ask any questions because I didn't want to be annoying. I have "evidence" that every year, when I think about death, the world kills someone I love, and it always happens twice. I have nothing to help change that, like, I don't do anything with my thoughts or anything numbers or ritually, so I wasn't sure if it even was OCD, but I do move my hands in certain ways to make my friends happy or improve their lives. Also I cant turn off my fan or something SA related will happen (i dont know how) I think that the world is threatening me, and that if I do something wrong or involve myself with certain things, the world will punish me and the people around me, so all I can do is apologize I've tried looking into the different types of OCD, and all of them are things that I've been anxious about before, but I haven't really been so anxious about any one of them in particular or held onto it for so long, or done any rituals, that I would probably not even say I have OCD. Like, I worry that I'm a nazi, I worry that I like kids, I worry that I killed my friend, I worry that I have schizophrenia or am somehow giving myself it, I worry that I'm going to abuse someone, I worry that I've already abused someone, I worry that somehow I might die, I worry people can hear my thoughts, I worry about ignoring my friend when he cried out for help, I worry that God has already rejected me from heaven, I worry that I like women, I worry that if I don't hit the hammer 9 times on the wall when Im using it that just something bad will happen that I dont know what and I don't know why, and I feel like I don't have a single compulsion that can even "fix" or bring relief to any of these things besides saying sorry, because if I say sorry at least people know that I am apologetic for the crimes I've committed, but saying sorry doesn't fix anything except my own guilt so I'm just a bad person looking for sympathy or seeking attention I don't know enough about OCD, and I don't know how to seek help for my condition because I don't even know if that's really what I have, if I'm not just simply anxious, or possibly schizophrenic Does any of this seem familiar to anyone? Can it be this varied and unfocused? Does this really sound like OCD, or can it be anything else, because I don't want to bark up the wrong tree when I could just be taking medication for something else.
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