does anyone obsess over staring. i get scared that i’m either staring at people or i will inappropriately, to the point that i rarely look at others. i get extremely anxious in lines or talking to cashiers and almost wish to jump out of my skin. i don’t want to be rude or disrespectful and definitely not inappropriate but it seems the harder i try to fight it the harder it becomes
Try some exposures staring at someone for too long. Then try some staring at someone for too short of a time. Don't judge yourself after this though, stare for as long or as little as you'd like
this is a really good idea thank you
@dshbbpo No problem. It's so annoying I have it too, and it pops back up from time to time. Everyone is focused on themselves usually anyway though! So try not to focus too much on it ;)
Yeah there is a so called staring OCD
Oh wait don't Google that, that's a very specific type of staring iirc. Anyway yes I can relate, at a more general level its kinda social anxiety and eye contact
I have the thought of what if I lose control and do something out of my control like scream for no reason or yelling in a store or just blurting stuff out that’s not in my control and it causes so much anxiety and causes me to feel weird. I always think I’m on the edge of losing control of myself and it’s exhausting living like this. Any tips?
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.
i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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