when you’re in public like at work or a restaurant, etc do you ever watch other people live their lives normally like laughing and talking with other people and think “wow i wish i could be like that.” like does that make sense? it just feels so isolating and it feels like you’re the only one who has certain thoughts or feels a certain way and you’re just obsessing over why you can’t just think or live the way you should be.
Totally relate. It's been easier after prozac tho
I feel this way all the time. I always feel like I'm being left behind while everyone else is way ahead of me. It's hard for me to accept that I have a mental disorder that just makes it harder for me to do the things they do. In fact tonight I was at a park watching people, and all I could think about was how they don't have the strongest urge to wash my hands a billion times just to feel like I "cleaned" the thought away. I also live in Utah, which pushes people to grow up quicker than everyone else, which doesn't help at all. I completely understand and relate to this :)
i feel this very intensely when i go out to crowded public places i.e. the mall, a restaurant. i wonder how people aren't obsessing over their mistakes or worrying what other people think of them. it makes it very hard to enjoy life :(
Ocd is unfair. It makes us believe we are the only ones struggling while everyone else's life are perfect. We never know about other's sufferings until we know them.
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Good news, you can. One of the most therapeutic things I did about somatic OCD is doing things that my brain tells me I wouldn't be able to. Whole doing them I also actively try to remind myself to not get distracted and keep doing whatever obsession I have in order to prove this isn't a one time thing
You know when you have weird thoughts about a coworker and because you have OCD these thoughts really stick and you panic and feel sick? Yeah that’s me and I’ve struggled with having intrusive thoughts about my coworker and now he just got in a relationship with my coworker and my intrusive thoughts are WORSE I thought they would be better? And initially they were because I was relieved that he couldn’t be weird with me now because he has a girlfriend. But this is the thought that i cannot get over- my OCD is like you’re jealous that he doesn’t like you and he’s not with you instead and i envy this girl he is with. Why the fuck am I having these thoughts while I’m in a healthy relationship and love my boyfriend to DEATH- like I know he is my forever. I couldn’t look at him today because I’ve been obsessing over this thought I’ve had in work and now I have to find a new job I hope no one will judge me for these thoughts or maybe someone has had this weird thought before? :(
Anyone ever have a conversation and think you said a intrusive thoughts out loud. Then you panic and go over and over the convo , reviewing it and remembering people's reactions,to see if they noticed your thoughts or read your lips? Sometimes it feels like I have to look away when talking as the thoughts could be shouted out if we make eye contact .such a powerful erge to say thoughts out load . . It's like the more you fight off the thoughts the louder they want to be . You can feel your self bubbling up inside . Then you get one and boom ,you think you've said it out load.
OCD can be an incredibly lonely experience, especially when people around you don’t understand the thoughts and fears you’re facing. But you’re not alone—others have been there too. What’s something about OCD that makes you feel isolated or alone?
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