loo2367
- Date posted
- 3y
Sensations/feelings
Can ocd be recurrent unpleasant sensations and feelings rather than thoughts?
anihanih
- Date posted
- 3y
i struggle a lot with unwanted feelings with my ocd and it is difficult, just know you are not alone in your battle!
NicaNica
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes
loo2367loo2367
- Date posted
- 3y
My existential ocd triggered from weird though during panic attack that I wasn’t myself …. Now I get actual feelings of being someone else trapped in my body and hopelessness and fear … I didn’t even think that could be possible just from ocd
chilliganschilligans
- Date posted
- 3y
Yes feelings are a big part of the picture for me. It plays hard into the "what's ifs" because I ask myself whether or not my having a certain feeling means I would act on it. It's the same process. An overreaction to either a feeling or a thought. "I'm angry at someone" -> "this is the same anger someone would feel when they attack someone" -> "I might attack this person" ... or something like that. Of course neither feeling nor thoughts are any indicator of who you actually are or what you'd do. In terms of OCD you should treat thoughts and feelings the same - they aren't you and so there's no need to give them any concern, they just exist and you happen to be aware of them. Your feelings are no more your responsibility to "control" than another person's feelings.
loo2367loo2367
- Date posted
- 3y
Thank you I just feel like my theme is different to everyone else’s which gives it strength x
chilliganschilligans
- Date posted
- 3y
@loo2367 I get that! Remember that the uniqueness of your theme is not an indication that it's more serious and scary than any other. That's just your brain looking really hard for a reason to feel doubt. If it helps, a lot of my themes in the past have been existential in nature. For me is was about either the world or myself being real, or anything else you could think of existentially. Happened after a really bad drug experience left me feeling dissociated for months. In the end we're all suffering from the same disorder and the solutions are very similar, even if it might seem like you're alone you truly aren't:)
loo2367loo2367
- Date posted
- 3y
@chilligans Thank you it means a lot xx
chilliganschilligans
- Date posted
- 3y
@loo2367 Of course, I'm glad my words resonated with you!
anihanih
- Date posted
- 3y
those are common with ocd. not a lot of people talk about the “disgust” part of it!
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- Date posted
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