Tips on anxiety pls ):

Hi guys, my ocd is starting to become disabling for me, everything I used to love to do now brings me into the most panic, driving, even just being in the car with someone, going out to events, socializing, working all of these things bring me into 10/10 anxiety and it’s really just coming at me in every direction of my life & my feelings are just crushed because this is not how I like living, I used to be the social butterfly with so much energy now I’m just irritated & mean all the time ):, I used to love late night drives/rides, when I have convos with people I can feel my anxiety rise, when I’m in a crowd I feel my anxiety rise really just most everything gives me so much anxiety now & I can’t understand ):

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Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s nice that you are expressing, however possibly try to use this moment as an opportunity to do the work, ERP! Don’t analyze or judge the feelings you feeling and try your best to just get back to doing things you prefer with! I hope that maybe helps, but in general there are so many resources NOCD has to look into from therapy to support groups that can be an option if your interested in this. It may help to reach out to NOCD as they have the training to really help facilitate education and therapy in a way to help you! I hope this helps.

Alexis

Date posted: 3y

Thank you!! I’m starting to have thoughts that I may not even have ocd & I might have something far worse & my harm ocd might become reality): it’s so hard to realize that my thoughts aren’t true I’m trying to do erp but I just keep getting more & more new themes/thoughts

Kiddd

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

I have been agoraphobic before but I’m not anymore. My advice is to keep doing the things that make you anxious. You need to do things that ur ocd is preventing you from doing. I noticed that the longer I went without socializing or going to work, the more control my ocd had over me and the worse my symptoms got. The pandemic really forced me to be scared of everything and the world. Even a baby step works. Maybe try thinking about volunteering at an animal shelter or somewhere. That was my first baby step, it was easy to just get an hour in of volunteer work so that I could get out of the house

Alexis

Date posted: 3y

I still do these things but they just feel sooo hard especially if I’m out with friends who don’t know I get these attacks just trying to stay calm & cool while freaking out in the passenger seat of my friends car is so hard & embarrassing ):

Kiddd

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3y

@Alexis It sounds like you may be ruminating which is a compulsion https://drmichaeljgreenberg.com/understanding-pure-o-you-are-not-having-intrusive-thoughts-all-day-you-are-ruminating/ Please check this article out! When we feel in danger, we perform compulsions, mental or physical, to relieve distress. The problem with this is that we’re telling our brain that there’s actual danger. When we stop performing compulsions, our brain starts to realize that we’re not doing anything about this “danger” so we must actually not be in danger. Over time, our fear response starts to lessen. We know that we’re getting a false alarm, but we need to let our brain know that by not performing compulsions or mental tricks, we have to allow ourselves to be anxious

Flower1004

Date posted: 25w

It’s been getting worse..

Just sorta to vent and maybe get advice… I normally struggle with OCD and other MH/ medical issues.. I’ve sorta become acclimated to the stress, pain, mind games, and constant perfectionism. I thought I had it under control but this OCD has just been creeping back in small ways over time. I’ve caught myself doing behaviors and not feeling able to stop it. (This is combo of OCD but not sure how to categorize it all) - compulsively counting body movements til it’s the right number and feeling - adjusting papers/rewritten notes numerous times - irrational thoughts of my new pup being dead when I check on her - irrational thoughts that I don’t love my partner or he doesn’t love me after almost 10 years - every plate, cup, utensil has to be properly inspected before being able to use it - food can not have day of expiration (or even close to it) or a weird look or smell = it is inedible - recent close call accident led to dread driving and constant thoughts of a crash even though I did what I could and didn’t crash The list just keeps going.. but it has simply been a struggle that has lead me to feeling self conscious, unprofessional, childish, ashamed, and crazy. It’s a hard thing to accept that this has begun to return after finding ways to cope and manage in the past. I am struggling with finding ways to cope with it all cuz it is constantly disturbing my relationship, work, and personal well being Well that’s my truth for the day

J.E

Date posted: 23w

Idk what to do at this point any tips help.

Hi I’m 17. My life since I was born has been full of exploring and tons and tons of hobbies. I have adhd. But about 1 year ago is when it kinda started or at least when I started to notice these thoughts and compulsions. I got in a relationship with my girlfriend. And about 2 weeks into that relationship my I started thinking “what if I don’t love her” and I didn’t even know that that’s what ocd was at the time and it ruined with gut wrenching anxiety for months. Then I started titling it as ocd. After we broke up I started to notice that my ocd was starting to flare up a lot. Like when I was snowboarding and normally when I was having the most fun is when I would ask myself things like “what if I hate this” “what if I’m not having fun” then I would try to feel if I was having fun. I would use chat gpt a lot to try and help it but it didn’t really help. I have lots of other ocd thoughts aswell but at the time this one really caused be anxiety and I just felt numb and I became not social. To this day I’m still not as social and I don’t feel like myself anymore. This is the opposite of who I was a year ago. Then I started questioning everything I do and people I love. So it feels like from the moment I wake up my mind just starts spiraling. I can’t seem to find peace or joy in anything anymore and I just feel like my life is going to continue like this and I’ll never be happy. I’ve accepted it at this point. I would love some help. I haven’t really told anyone I know so any tips would be appreciated. I’d be surprised if you even read this far haha. I’m also Christian and love to approach things from a Christian standpoint. I don’t want to sound like a baby who isn’t experiencing real ocd and it’s hard to put into words how much it affects me I just really hope yall understand and can help.

polish_germa...

Date posted: 14w

OCD and driving

Hi all! I wanted to share something that’s been bothering me for a while, and maybe some of you can relate. I’ve had my driver’s license for 2 years now… but I don’t drive. I’m honestly really scared of getting behind the wheel — I’m afraid I’ll mess up, panic, or cause an accident. Sometimes I feel embarrassed because it seems like everyone around me drives without a second thought. Are there any of you who have the same fear or have gone through this and managed to overcome it? I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences or any advice. Thank you so much in advance!

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