Anxiety and OCD ?

Hello everybody, So, let's make this one quick, because I really need to go to bed 😅 According to you, are General anxiety désorder and OCD two aspects of the same thing ? I feel quite lost at the moment. I've just started to acknowledge that this anxiety of mine is not a "normal" thing. And while my favorite answer is "I don't know what I m worried about...", I've started to notice these insidious thoughts which are so mean to me. So, basically, can help be found in this place if we're not really sure what we're dealing with ? And does the name really matter? Many thanks.

Stephanie1989

Date posted: 3y

I think (although you should ask your HCP) both anxiety and OCD could be treated with the same approach - after all, OCD is an anxiety based disorder. So it may not matter to know. Either way, there is always help, yes!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

Hi there! I hope I can help you! I believe that OCD is under the umbrella of anxiety. So OCD is a particular type of anxiety. I understand those thoughts and have them too…the ones when you’re anxious and you’re not quite sure why. I have those all the time and it can make you so weirded out bc you can’t fix the feeling if you don’t know why. OCD usually comes with compulsions so when you have an obsession you want to take away the anxiety with a compulsion. For example, checking the stove over and over would be the compulsion. Compulsions make people feel comfort in the meantime and then eventually fear will come back because the compulsions only satisfy a person temporarily. I wish you the best of luck! Have you been tested for OCD yet?

Dolorescresc...

Date posted: 3y

Hello again. Not at all, it's very new to me. My main problem has always been anxiety. Like, the one you wake up with, and is so strong that every simple task becomes a struggle. Only, I don't have reasons in particular to be anxious. My way of coping has always been to breathe, focus and, well, ignoring the anxiety itself. It comes through circles and is often related to a deep belief I am sick. But, since it has happened so many times, I rationally know I'm probably not sick. So I try to go on untill it fades away. The thing is I feel ridiculous and annoying for these thoughts. So I tend to carry them and only share my distress when it's just too overwhelming. Basically, I'm stuck in this loop for years. And psychologists, psychiatrists and such have never really validated my symptoms when I decided to share. At best, they said it was a detail of a bigger picture. Last year, I was diagnosed with ADH/D, and I thought anxiety could be a consequence. Long story short, I talked to the psychiatrist about that on the phone last week. He yelled at me for wanting answers, controlling everything, while refusing to invest myself in a therapy. I've only seen the guy 2 times in my life, but ok, he seems to have entirely figured me out 🙄. So, that's that. A girl who can't find help around her, wandering on the internet.

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@Dolorescrescent I am so sorry you are going through this. You could possibly have health ocd, but it could be general anxiety too. Either way I am so sorry you are dealing with this anxiety and also have dealt with some real uncaring people who should be professionals. Please Don’t give up. Like Stephanie said definitely look for another therapist. Don’t ever feel ridiculous. You just need someone who actually cares and wants to help you. Don’t give up on that because you are very valuable and you deserve a happy life! 🤗

Stephanie1989

Date posted: 3y

Try another therapist - the first one (or even second) is not always a good match! Adhd is certainly accompanied by anxiety, though. I have two very close friends that struggle with it and they've both said anxiety is part of their everyday life due to how chaotic things are in their mind. But it can be managed!

Mike6060

Date posted: 17w

OCD or just anxiety and inner conflict?

How do you know if it is OCD or just anxiety caused by inner conflict that needs to be resolved? Thoughts - discussions?

Calistarwood...

Date posted: 14w

Possible OCD “flare up”

Hi!! My names Calista R. Woodbury-Rabon. I recently got married in March of this year. And have been struggling with my severe anxiety disorder since I left my toxic 3 year relationship about a year ago. Over the past several months, I have noticed that I go through phases where: I have a full body “anxiety attack”. Or at least that’s what I call it. For example : when we went to cookout and they told us they were out of the chili for walking tacos. I had a full blown anxiety attack or at least what I thought was an anxiety attack and starting hyperventilating and crying. Therefore, the only solution (in my mind) was that I wouldn’t be able to calm down until I had the walking tacos. Another example : My husband bought me a pajama set that was only recently put out because it was a patriotic item which means that after the summer it’d be gone… I ended up picking up the wrong size. So that night when I went to put on the Pajamas and realized they were too small I started hyperventilating and crying. All because these $17 pajamas did not fit me and it was no fault of my own. Whenever this happens, I usually end up spiraling and crying and saying a lot at once very quickly. And I usually look crazy and don’t make a lot of sense. Usually after the spiraling is over with I’m very exhausted and usually will cry myself to sleep. My husband more often than not will say stuff like “it’s not that big of a deal you can get something else.” << when it has to do with food etc. OR “we can just buy another set of pjamas the next time I get paid.” << in relation to the pajamas in this instance. But honestly no matter what him or anyone else tells me in that moment. All that matters is that I can feel the anxiety in my bones. And I can’t breathe and in that moment my world as I know it has ended. I’ve tried taking online free “quizzes” to find out if I acctually have OCD and they’ve been negative. I also did some research and learned that you can have all the symptoms for a OCD “flare-up” but present no active case of OCD or symptoms. So I guess what I’m trying to find out is if I don’t have “OCD” than Is this out of body experience caused from my “severe anxiety disorder” diagnosis ? Or just anxiety in general?? Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you also aren’t sure!! Means a lot to me..❤️‍🩹

kenzieisfound

Date posted: 14w

fear of losing control??

I’ve never been diagnosed with OCD, but I relate so much to what people here are going through. I used to think it was just anxiety, and I felt like I could handle that. But lately I’ve been spiraling—constantly afraid that what I’m feeling is something worse, like psychosis or losing control of my mind. I feel so detached and scared, and I just want peace again. I have anxiety doing the smallest things, like the thought of waking up everyday and even eating give me straight up panic. I am afraid all the time, it’s paralyzing. And a lot of people say someone with psychosis wouldn’t worry that they’re in it, but then I convince myself I’ve been in it this whole time, and haven’t known, and that maybe I’ve been doing weird stuff. Idk. I also get really scared of labels. Even the idea of OCD makes me feel like I’ll never get better or like I’ll be stuck like this forever. I just want to be okay. If anyone has felt this way—confused, overwhelmed, or scared of what’s happening in their mind—I’d really appreciate any support or encouragement.

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