Hi all.. I’m new here and I’m glad I found this platform. I already have crippling anxiety but recently I have been having more ocd tendencies. Not really sure what to do or go about it… anyone have tips?
what kind of symptoms have you been having? there’s definitely a fine line between anxiety and OCD, and sometimes not even a line at all. i think it depends on the tendencies but maybe i’ll have some tips!
I think the biggest one which I’ve always struggled with deals with cleaning. I get called a “clean freak” as I’ll spend hours cleaning and it just never feels enough. Everything has a place and if it’s not in its place or even if a cup in the cabinet isn’t stacked right I get very bothered and have to fix it. Things will get out of place throughout the day and I’ll fix it each time and if I don’t I will continue to think about it and be bothered
@OCD-overload that’s interesting, sounds like order & symmetry + perfectionism OCD. i relate in some ways - i definitely need things to be just right and this sometimes prolongs my routines by a very long time. hopefully you have some okay coping mechanisms and can figure out how to sort of get around it, i wish you luck
Hi I kept seeing this app on repeat on TikTok over and over and I thought I give it a shot. I have never been diagnosed with OCD but I know that I have it. I’m a young adult and I found out the first time I had OCD was watching lelelons truth video? I was 14 at the time She had to resist sitting back down in a chair after her having sat down she started having a mental break down when she was told to resist. That’s when I knew. It started with myself going up and down a staircase twice buckling unbuckling my seat belt everytime I’m in the car ect I have always been super anti social but trying my best I can socialize but my mind wants to make it sexual with family and friends ughhhh I hate it because that’s not me when I graduated thoughts of hurting my loved ones corrupted my mind I broke down outside of church one time asking if this was really me or not i question if I’m a good enough friend or person in this world to begin with thinking everyone is judging me so so close how can I make this situation better did I do something wrong I struggle with depression as well not to bad but it’s there I come from a loving family but broken as well i believe in god and my OCD makes me go often he’s not real that stuff isn’t real no one is there to save you the list goes on. Anyway I struggle a lot and I really hope that this will help me because I feel extremely hopeless. Lucky for me I do have the ability to seek therapy and I am excited. The only person I ever tell my thoughts to is God no other human has heard so I’m really really hoping this helps me out if your reading this thank you it means a lot because this is my first time ever admitting all this it’s a lot to take in I know and I hope you are ok and that you have a great night and know that we got this
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
Hello there. I’m new here and think I may have OCD I’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. However, in my early teens, I started experiencing obsessive fears and engaging in compulsions because my brain convinced me that if I didn’t perform a certain action a specific number of times, it would “prove” that I wanted something terrible to happen. When I was 17, I began seeing a therapist and opened up to her about this. She diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and I accepted the diagnosis But last night, I became curious about whether people with GAD engage in compulsions and have specific fears, so I looked it up. I was shocked to learn that these are not typical characteristics of GAD Now, I would love to find a therapist who specializes in OCD so I can get a formal diagnosis and the appropriate treatment
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