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I feel the exact same way. It is terrifying but you are not alone!!! ❤️
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Definitely!! My intrusive thoughts make me feel like I lost my identity and my whole life was a lie. It’s so hard to deal with. I totally get how you feel 💕
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I know I don’t know how to act anymore or anything I just feel like I’m here and not existing anymore and I just don’t feel good at all and am scared and like feel like im living on autopilot again
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@khm I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Ocd can really effect you so deeply 😞 these thoughts are just thoughts and don’t define who you are. I suggest trying mindfulness even for a few minutes. It will help give you some clarity. I know how terrifying it feels but you got this and I’m right here with you
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@blazed I will definitely try! I think I just get so confused because I feel like my ocd inserts itself into my mindfulness idk I just don’t know I’ll think to myself like maybe I am a boy and it just makes me feel awful and also thinking about saying those words out loud scares me like I’m confirming it or something idk I just don’t feel like myself anymore and I don’t feel like a girl
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@khm i cant tell if I’m on autopilot like some days are good and ok and I feel like I’m here but other days I’m just not in a good mood at all and just don’t want to exist anymore and I feel like I’m in a constant loop of trying to like “figure myself out” or like “trying to identify myself” and I’m just tired of it like I just don’t know anymore, I don’t want to be a guy but I don’t feel like a girl either and so it makes me feel like I have to identify as a guy but I just really don’t want to but then I think like I’m lying to myself or something and that I do but I’m just in denial
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- 3y
@khm I know how you feel :( OCD will come at you whichever way it can, making it much more difficult. My intrusive thoughts come into my mindfulness too but with practice it may get easier. OCD will feel as real as it gets and makes you believe anything. But if you’ve always been comfortable as a girl then chances are that’s who you really are! Thoughts can’t change you even though it feels so convincing. I have the same fear that I’d confirm my thoughts and it’s so stressful because that’s not who I wanna be. What I realized is that it’s the anxiety taking control which brings up all sorts of emotions and keeps you in this cycle. Since you’re in fight or flight more constantly, it makes sense that you feel like you’re on autopilot. What helps me calm down is accepting the thoughts instead of pushing it away. It’s so frightening at first but it doesn’t mean that you agree with it, you’re simply just acknowledging it. Recovery isn’t linear so it’s ok that some days are harder than others, do what’s best for you and your well-being. And I know how you feel about wanting to figure things out, it’s the worst :( we can’t be 100% certain so the only thing we can do is be open to all possibilities. Feeding into it will only make it worse so it’s best to tell yourself “maybe, maybe not”. And you don’t have to listen to what these thoughts or feelings are telling you, label yourself with what makes you feel most comfortable! I’m sorry you’re going through this, I understand how confusing it is :( I hope you feel better soon and remember you’re not alone
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i was doing so good and felt so good about myself and my life and now I just don’t know what’s happening
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I feel like just a different person and can’t feel comfortable in my body anymore
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@khm i also am constantly aware of my existence like more so than usual and it just gets super overwhelming at times thinking about that
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@khm i feel so inward but feel like I’m still seeing everything or feeling like I’m still very aware of myself if that makes any sense idk?
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That’s good to hear!!! i hate this feeling so much, I’m so scared it might have to do with the whole like not in control thing I guess because that’s just how I feel all the time now and not feeling like myself is not helping either!!
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- 20w
I feel different from others, I don’t feel as feminine and I feel like I’ve changed. I’m not sure why I feel this way. I also don’t think my ocd is ocd, it’s just something I told myself to feel better. I know! What if I am what if I’m not, I get it, but I don’t feel like i have a choice in the matter anymore. I have soocd and it’s eaten me alive for years. I woke up out of my sleep and got triggered and here I am. I don’t know what I feel anymore. I always wanted a boyfriend and now It seemed to change. I don’t want a girlfriend, it’s just that I don’t see anything for myself and I feel like I’m hiding. It’s hard to explain. Plus sometimes the way I move or speak makes me feel more masculine and it kills me. Im feeling so lost and alone right now. I know what I want deep down but I feel incapable of having those things because I won’t be able to have feeling. If that makes sense.
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Is it normal for this theme to legit make you feel like you’re the opposite gender and that’s what you want to be and it’s very convincing? And you just keep getting images and scenarios in ur head of you transitioning and actually going through with it? This is sooo scary and i don’t feel like myself at all anymore. It’s making me not feel like a woman or myself of how I’ve always been my whole life. I’m really nervous and scared, it’s really make me feel like this is my true feelings/ self ): it’s causing me to feel weird k. My own body and feel weird about my body parts. Like my brain is literally thinking as a trans person would feel or think like wtf??? Is this normal?!? Pls someone let me know. & and it’s making me feel like I’m attracted to woman all the sudden and i keep getting flashes of that in my head. I’m in a relationship and im scared this is gonna ruin things bc the way this theme is making me feel and my body. Ugh ihml, need some advice. Has anyone experienced exactly this??
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Hi all it’s been a bit since I’ve posted. I’ve been doing ok ish Today has been weird, idk if it’s cuz I upped my vyvanse to 20mg and it’s making me anxious or if everything is just colliding rn It feels like idk myself anymore. I’ve been flipping between ROCD, soocd and tocd the last couple of days/weeks. Rn I just feel horrible and idk why but I’ve been on my period for 11 days now. My period usually lasts 7. When I’m not on birth control. I’ve been on birth control since October of last year and hadn’t had a period till coming home end of April/early may and now it’s back again. I’ve been ranting to chat gpt (Ik it’s bad, I just didn’t know who to turn to) Rn I’m just really in my head about my gender and I’m anxious and crying and I just don’t feel good. Context for tonight’s thought I was doing my skincare, I’ve been trying to develop a routine cuz I’m bothered by the texture on my face and how it makes my makeup look. I’ve always felt less pretty than other girls tbh. Anywyas. As I was doing my skincare I had this thought just happen across my mind of “what if I dislike my skin and face so much cuz I’m trans? What if the reason I’ve been depressed lately is cuz I’m slowly becoming dysphoric and hating myself?” When in fact I think the issue is: I haven’t seen my bf in a month and a bjt. I’ve been bleeding for 11 days. I’m in summer classes and stressed about the comjng semester and how much work I have to do to catch up cuz I’m in pre med and I’ve been fucking slacking lately and I truly hate myself for it. I miss being hugged by my bf. I’ll admit I need a good dicking down tbh. My brother is a whole other story while I’m home. I just feel. Gross and bad. And I’m worried I’m trans. I’m worried I’m a lesbian or smthn. I’m worried I don’t love my bf deeply enough and it’s all just circling in my head a lot and I just feel like curling into a ball. I’ve always been a tomboy, I mostly hung out with boys cuz the girls never liked me. I was weird. I loved dragons. I had imaginary friends. At one point as a kid I tried a different name, I think it just didn’t fit and I grew out of that and just went back to my normal name. But now I’m worried I just repressed that. But I see a lot of girls who also went through the same thing and are also just women. But I’m so scared that I’m “not letting the TV glow” like that trend (that shit made me so anxious. I have trans friends and I love them but im scared of it for myself) I feel still sorta tomboyish but dress feminine, once in a blue moon ill dress semi masculine and now I’m worried that means im either trans or a lesbian who wants to be masc. but I’m not. I don’t think I am Idk who I am anymore. Idk if it’s just ocd or if im actually discovering smthn Im just anxious as hell tbh. So I don’t think that’s the case. I’m just sitting here. Looping in my head. My typical “drown out the noise” tv shows won’t load properly cuz of our new wifi and it’s really irritating me. What if I’ve been lying every time I try to do a “are you trans/genderfluid/non binary?” quiz. What if I’ve been lying to my bf. My friends? My family? I keep thinking to myself, if I wasn’t with my bf would I dress the same? Yes I would. I’d still wear my cardigans. My sweaters. My dresses. I’d try out new styles like I want to rn with him. I’m just worried that teying smthn would make me realize smthn about myself but I don’t think it would. Idk. I’m just in all these irrational thoughts. Jumping to conclusions Any advice would be appreciated. I mostly just needed to vent about this.
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