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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y
yep! totally common. went thru it bad past month and a half and i’m slowly feeling like im doing a little better but still sometimes bothers me. as you mentioned it is temporary, are you doing ERP?
Just been so exhausted and tired of dealing with OCD lately lol kind of jus put me in a depressive state of mind like it’s not gonna get better and then that’s where the suicidal intrusive thoughts came? Which then makes it 10X worse…I love life but being depressed just makes it hard to look forward to stuff and see past it ya know?
@Anonymous are you actually depressed or do you think it’s more of depressive emotions itself? there’s shockingly a difference
@username255 Not been diagnosed with depression. But just feel anxious and hopeless right now. Hard to see past it. Been feeling like it for the past 3 hours
@Anonymous i competely understand that. i was like that for 4 months. it’s not fun but there’s light!! that’s something i can promise you.
@username255 Good deal man. I appreciate that foreal. I got two boys and one on the way and I love them more than life itself and just need something to hold onto bro. Any tips?
@Anonymous you just gave yourself one. you wanna be a good parent. you got them to hold onto. its against your morals, that’s why these thoughts bother you so much. they are just thoughts man. the fact you’re on here anxious and stuff shows that’s probably the last thing you wanna do. maybe you do, maybe you don’t. quit trying to figure it out it’ll save you tons
Yes! I was diagnosed with S-OCD, MDD & GAD in March after being hospitalized for suicidal ideations (which wasn’t a true diagnosis). I definitely have days where I feel the depression more or feel the OCD more and anxiety is just a constant. You’re already starting with the right mindset that your current obsessions are temporary and things will eventually get better. I think we all forget this too often!
Would I know if I was suicidal man? Like I’m super scared of it. Idk I just feel like I’m in a dark place because of OCD lately. And it’s hard to see past it.
@Kids4Christ You’ll know. The intrusive thoughts become wayyyyy more convincing. People who are truly suicidal have a firm intention and plan to end their life. https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/suicidal-ocd-2
yeah it's possible to have intrusive thoughts about suicide, if that's what you're asking! I don't have them myself but I'd assume they'd take the shape of like "i don't want to die/kill myself, but what if I did/what if I secretly do?" in the same way that most intrusive thoughts suggest you might want or do something that you fear
Yeah I know it’s just the depression that’s kind of just making it super confusing. I don’t want to die. I love life it’s just been very stressful these past couple months
Yes, many have it on here.
Can you have an intrusive thought/feeling about not wanting to live or feeling like there’s no purpose?
Yep I had a brief moment of suicidal ocd a few days ago. I’m kinda depressed but I don’t wanna kill myself but it’s normal to have because ocd can latch onto anything at anytime
Yes. I was diagnosed with depression and intrusive fair of committing suicide was my very first reason to visit psychiatrist. Cured from depression, trying to deal with OCD.
I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
I’m not suicidal by any means, I had a thought one time when I was going through some stuff and ever since then I wake up every morning and think about it all day I have thoughts like “did I mean that?” “Did I want that?” “Am I gonna think this all day” “would I really do that” and literally it’s to the point it’s driving me nutssss please tell me I’m not alone and please tell me how you got through this, I started antidepressants about 6 days ago it’s called Effexor for the mean time I need some advice
Hi guys i hope someone will help me with this one. I have fears around suicide/mental health/ depression. From the moment i wake up to a moment iam going to sleep i have these crazy thoughts in my head: what if i will be so sad that i will commit? what if my life has no meaning so i will commit? Also i have this mixed with existential/depressed thoughts like: life has no meaning, why iam doing this it has no meaning. So i cant enjoy litterally anything anymore. I have great day and my mind always trying ti convice me that iam suicidal and nothing is going to be the same. My mind has own patterns and i feel like i cant break it down and i know iam not like this. Also words like: mental health, suicide, mentall illness, sadness trigger me so much. Can someone help me? also i have googling compulsion, i spend 24/7 on this app, watching youtube content.
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