Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Somatic OCD about closing eyes

Has anyone here ever had an OCD about closing your eyes and noticing that it’s black and not be able to unnotice it? I never had ocd I was aware of until 4.5 months ago when I had a baby. It all stemmed from postpartum anxiety and then sleep deprivation which turned into thinking I’d never sleep normal again on my own. The ocd has been so bad I convinced myself I can’t rest, can’t nap- one day I started to notice it was black and I felt wide awake in my mind and from then on I’ve been noticing it. It’s extremely hard to do ERP for this since we close our eyes ALL day. I feel like I’m stuck with this forever :( I also developed a somatic ocd about noticing myself falling asleep- my breathing, sensation of falling into sleep, forcing it…etc

.anonymous.

Date posted: 3y

Yes

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Wait really?? Can we talk?

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Hi! Just following up! Would we be able to text ? I’m so curious about this because I feel like there’s no end

.anonymous.

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Sure

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@.anonymous. My number is 703-980-3358!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

I swear I was the ONLY person who felt this

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

Yep!! But i had this subtype mildly.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Ahhh did you really? About closing eyes and noticing black? I would love if we could connect. I’ve been living months like this with no relief or end in sight.

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Yeah!! Exactly as you describe it. I've also had a problem noticing how my eyes felt like closed.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@LydiaK Can we connect via text? I’m really interested in talking- I feel like it isn’t going away it’s been 2 months

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Sure, we can if you'd like

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Do you have messenger?I can search you via your phone number if you have

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Or line

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@LydiaK What’s app? Or Facebook?

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@LydiaK Did you want to do WhatsApp or Facebook

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Facebook messenger! But i can download whatsApp too if you have it

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@LydiaK Ok fb is fine- search Jennifer Douglas

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous What's your profile picture? Because there are a lot

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@LydiaK Pink outfit with a hat

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous I can't find you but you may be able to find me via the Facebook messenger app in the search bar. It's "Lydia Sunny" and my profile is a black and white selfie. If you find me send a message like: nocd or something and I'll reply!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@LydiaK Are you in Greece? I only see one lol

LydiaK

Date posted: 3y

@Anonymous Yeah!😂

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Date posted: 3y

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Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Yes exactly, it is. But it’s the fact that I’m over noticing the fact that it’s black. It’s so weird.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

I associate it with not sleeping because for months I had panic and sleep deprivation where I was convinced I wasn’t sleeping and my eyes were closed

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Date posted: 3y

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Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Thank you! This is what my therapist has me doing but it doesn’t feel like it’s working :(

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@Eppp11 I hope so thank you

May :)

Date posted: 14w

Hyperawareness of My Body

Hey there everyone, first I would like to say I am very grateful for every single one of you on this platform and it feels so much better knowing that I can be heard. I’ve been hyperaware of my swallowing for 1-2 month. I feel like I have so much saliva in my mouth and I have to swallow and swallow. I feel the urge to swallow even I don’t NOTHING in my mouth, so I just swallow air. This has been really overwhelming and I feel like I can be so easily latched to other body part of my part. For example, I was conscious about my blinking and breathing for a few days, and now I get so anxious when I heard a weird sound my ears make after each sentence I speak. Is this somatic ocd or health concern ocd? I am so helpless and having a hard time to shift my attention. Does anyone have any suggestions or just words of encouragement would really help me at this moment. I REALLY appreciate your help. 💗🙏 Thank you !

Anonymous

Date posted: 13w

Blinking & fluoxetine

Hey everyone, I've been struggling with severe obsession over my blinking for more than a month now (&24/7), fearing I will never stop thinking about it. It came out of nowhere while I was walking (can OCD come like this without a reason ?). I'm starting to take Fluoxetine. I'm scared it won't help with the "hyperawerness". Does someone have a similar experience and can help me ?

Somatic OCD

erinp05

Date posted: 13w

Somatic OCD relapse- peeing/bladder

Hi I’m new to this group. I’ve had ocd and very bad anxiety disorder since I was a kid and only got progressively worse as I grew up. I’m 26 now. I had some somatic/sensorimotor ocd while growing up and feeling or worrying about health concerns that aren’t actually there… anyway about 5 weeks ago I randomly started feeling like I had to go pee all the time? I don’t have any pain or anything just the horrible constant feeling like I need to go pee. I’ve gotten checked for a uti multiple times. My pcp suspects it could be being exacerbated by the anxiety because it’s so distressing to me it’s almost all I think about. My ocd has convinced myself that I now have some chronic bladder problem. I notice it’s not as bad at night when I’m relaxed (thanks to medication) and about to fall asleep. I just am so scared that it’s never going to go away and I’m going to have to deal with this for the rest of my life and I can’t do that…. Was just wondering if anyone else ever dealt with this symptom? I know our brains are powerful but sometimes it just feels so real. 😣😣

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