- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
Relationship and harm ocd for a two for one win here đ My thoughts tend to revolve around violence and neglect. Or just being a bad spouse/parent overall.
Yes! I struggle with postpartum OCD itâs horrible. Just know youâre not the only one đȘ
Yes! Itâs like the only thing my ocd cares about. Itâs so irritating, Esp since mine showed up 9 years after I had my first child and I have been an excellent mother. But now itâs like I am questioning my entire identity. I am having my fourth. Praying for you! I know the pain! đđ
Before all of this my life couldnât be better. This all started about 4 months ago. Found out we were having another boy and moved into our new house. Itâs went away over the 4 month period and I started worrying about other stuff but now itâs recently just resurfaced and I hate it đȘđȘ
@Anonymous I know exactly what you mean, I know for me it felt like it came from no where but it kinda just switched themes. Because I was really nervous about Covid for like two years and then I made a decision to just stop being worried about Covid and I ended up getting the vaccine. And then seriously like two days later I started having all these harm OCD thoughts about my kids and family and pretty much have ever since February. I go a week or two where I am fine and it doesnât even bother me but then I will have a nightmare about it or something will really trigger me and it feels like day one again. But I am thankful to know I have ocd now and I am trying to learn to live uncertain and just accept I have anxiety. If you ever want to chat we can do a group fb chat or something :) let me know! It really is better with others. I have met a few ppl on the fb app and they are good friends now.
@Mamaof4 mine started with covid too! I had my first panic attack and it just triggered something in me. I eventually got over it too & then I went through a little bit of health ocd I had a lump in my throat and swore it was cancer lol đ ended up being nothing and I went a whole year feeling fine and then all of this started. But I agree itâs nice knowing youâre not alone and other people are going through a lot of similarities
There is a parent support group on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I have only gone once but it was helpful!
Has this made you depressed at all?
@Anonymous It definitely makes me more sad for sure. But I just try to live my values and do what I have always done. Some days are better then others. I do therapy two times a week and I listen to a lot of podcasts and stuff. I am super afraid of becoming depressed and fearful to try meds and stuff so that is a theme for me also. I know what I need to do to be here for my babies and I will never not do it but I am definitely not as happy as before.
@Mamaof4 Iâve went into a depression and felt hopeless and got on meds. I was super against it at first but I felt I needed to.. God heals all though. Through prayer and faith we will get through this!
@Anonymous Yes! 100 percent!đ
Woke up this morning feeling so good, then I had this thought of âwhat ifâ I touched my son inappropriately last night while I was sleeping. Iâve been dealing with Pocd and I never thought something like this before. A little back ground my son is 5, nonverbal and sleeps next to me every night. For me, I am not much of a deep sleeper. I am somewhat of a light sleeper. Is there someone who has been though this? In what ways can I manage this? TIA
I need advice for intrusive thoughts. I used to feel like I could handle them. They werenât nearly as bad as the things that related to my actual life. But now, Iâm suffering. I havenât had a sexual experience in over a year that didnât involve constant intrusive thoughts. Most are somehow related to kids and I keep chasing off the thoughts but itâs so bad. I know youâre supposed to ignore them but I donât know how I can just ignore that and continue what Iâm doing. But theyâre coming on stronger. I had one earlier I could not get rid of just as things finished so the thought came on strongly just before my orgasm hit and now I feel absolutely disgusting. I hated the thought and I know itâs not me and it was not enjoyable but it still feels like I was getting off to it. I feel sick. Iâm so fucking tired of these thoughts. Theyâre in my every day life too and itâs all the time. I just want it to stop but ignoring it feels so wrong. What should I do?
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
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