any tips on health ocd or somatic ocd while driving ? want to travel 3 hours this weekend but always fear passing out while driving and end up having panic attacks. i don’t want to let my fear keep me from the trip but also no clue how to go knowing i’ll get panic attacks :/
i stopped driving lately cuz of that only ,its so bad the fear im going to make an accident or hit somone ,panicing while driving even that im a good driver
It’s ok. This is a sign of fortune telling. Do your best to be present. Are you traveling alone? You have control of your body. If you’re driving and you have a a moment, you have the control to pull over and gather yourself :) and breathe and know that you’re overcoming and you will have a great time. I had a lot of fear of traveling because of panic attacks and what I learned is telling my friends that I have anxiety and I might panic and they were so wonderful about it and/or letting the travel and what I’ll experience win over my fears
Yall these panic attacks are getting FOUL. please give some good advice. The ocd brain in me be telling me I’m dying and bout to head to the Gates of Heaven. Helpppp
Does anyone have any experience with this? I wake up early with severe, severe anxiety and nothing seems to help. I try embracing the anxiety, breathing, and exercising. But these things only seem to help a little. Fortunately, I do think the length of the attacks are getting shorter (mainly because I'm still trying my best to live normally in spite of them), but they are still lasting a good 5-6 hours. They are quite debilitating. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with these? I've read much about potential solutions (being okay with the anxiety), but I was looking for some personal antecdotes. Thank you
Hey guys! My boyfriend has said recently that he doesn't know if he's strong enough to continue with our relationship because of my OCD. He wants to see me overcome my symptoms and learn to live a healthy life with OCD, but my anxieties and obsessions are starting to really affect his life. I understand his reasoning, it's hard to see someone you care about struggle with OCD, especially when it starts to affect you too. I'm asking for tips to deal with my compulsions in the relationship. I HAVE to know the answer to things and sometimes that leads into arguments because even with apologies and discussions I can't let things go, even if they genuinely don't matter or are miniscule issues we have. It's a healthy relationship otherwise but I feel horrible because it's impacting him so negatively, that's the absolute last thing I want to happen. I care for him deeply and he cares for me too, so I don't want my OCD to be a reason we break up but I fear it's headed in that direction. I'm starting therapy soon, but until then what are some things I can do to stop my ROCD from impacting him? I know sitting in the guilt and anxiety of not completing my obsessions will help, but I'm wondering if there are other things I can do to maybe remedy some of the damage already done.
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