Ive relapsed pretty hard with my anxiety and depression, and ocd thoughts. I was doing so well for months and just suddenly everything feels so hard again. This week has been extra hard, I haven't had much energy do to much at all. It's like I've forgotten all the ways to handle my thoughts. I don't think I'm looking for tips or anything I just want to write this and maybe talk to someone here. Anyone here who's in a similar situation?
Totally! I obsess about my meds, Is this a side effect, did It stop working? I also have been eating a lot of sugar, and I’m not motivated to do anything. I want hide from all this but my thoughts won’t let me
Thank you for sharing!
Hey I know how you feel I was doing so good with my ocd and my thoughts and propor It was so bad that I couldn't eat sleep or anything I don't have depression but I do have so much anxiety which makes me so anxious I don't want to do things anyway I had this thought for a year before and I am petrified I am going to have it for a year again and it feels like that so it is making it worse and I feel like I'm stuck in my head today and I can't think right and my stomach hurts from the anxiety and I am just scared I dot. Want to relaps and that is what I am scared if also my family was fighting yesterday about it bc they were asking questions about ocd so I was trying to explain it to them about reassurance and stuff and they ketlpt saying so it's like you can't believe in yourself and say I kniw this won't happen I know it's not true but I tried explaining to them that that wasn't the case and that you can believe in yourself that you xan get through it just not say it's not going to happen because that is reassurance and they still didn't get it so now I'm thinking in my head today we'll are they right am I doing it wrong I just feel so bad today
I’ve been there, but not right now. It’s really tough and I’m hoping the best for you ❤️ Hopefully, you can stick with helpful people (here or otherwise)
Thank you it helps to hear that I'm not alone. I just feel like a failure taking steps back in my progress.
@lmls1305 You’re illness is not your fault. There’s things we can do, but sometimes brains just go br. Take care of yourself
@Anonim0us Thank you so much ❤️
@lmls1305 Glad to help
I am exactly there right now.... i dont have depression but my anxiety level and intrusives thoughts/ compulsions have been very hard .... i know its probably just a relapse but my brain wants me to think it might be something else, what if it never was ocd etc.... small things makes me anxious for no reason :/ but it is definitly not a failure, the progress made it the pass does not vanish, i think we need to not be to harsh on ourselves 💜
Thank you. You're absolutely right. I also question my diagnosis all the time.
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I’ve been having a really rough two weeks. I’ve been great for months and all of a sudden it hit hard out of nowhere. I’m anxious, sad, and my intrusive thoughts have been at an all time high. I feel like I’m trying to do things to combat the thoughts and nothing is working for me. I’m feeling scared and trapped. Each time I hear something bad on the news or see something triggering I feel worse and the thoughts come flooding back strong. Any suggestions?
I am adding a trigger warning, but I’ll still be mindful to censor. So I guess I would say I’m in a relapse. I was doing well (I think). I wasn’t having intrusive thoughts and I overcame a really hard theme. So for a few months I was doing pretty okay. My living situation and relationship took a huge hit and I guess I couldn’t handle the pressure idk. Anyway, one day I was trying to sleep and I got this intrusive thought about losing my mind I guess. Not being able to identify anything, speak, ect. Just being a blank mind or something. (I know, doesn’t my one ounce of sense to me either) Anyway, this really scared me, triggered me so badly that one of my old themes that I truly thought I had overcame came back. Not only did it come back, it sent me spiraling ( still am). It feels so much worse this time. And I’m struggling to overcome it. This thought: “how do we understand words?” And then it’s spirals into other thoughts related to this, but I’ll leave it at this. I can’t cope, my mind is hyper fixated on every word, not just mine. I can no longer watch tv comfortably, listen to conversations, or even speak myself. It’s making me feel like “unaliving” myself. I feel extremely alone in this. Like as if I’m the only person in the world to ever think this or struggle with this kind of theme. Getting some feedback would be great, but I won’t hold my breath.
I’ve been doing really well the past few months. I’ve been consistent with ERP therapy and other exercises to help manage my OCD. However, something triggered my OCD to come back in full force last week and while I know that the journey to recovery isn’t linear, and I know that this is something I will always have to work on, it’s been very disheartening and it feels like all the progress I’ve made has been for nothing. It’s exhausting and I’m struggling with intrusive thoughts that I will never get better again. Anyone else relate?
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