- Date posted
- 3y
Blinking ocd?
I had the fear if I blink at someone twice that they would die, so I use to blink at people once or three times. Is this ocd? I did this after watching a movie
I had the fear if I blink at someone twice that they would die, so I use to blink at people once or three times. Is this ocd? I did this after watching a movie
Yes its ocd ! Its giving you a fear of what could happen (even though it won't) if you don't do the compulsion. You can blink normally and nothing will happen trust me !!! Its just your mind getting to you to believe that it may happen if you don't do it :) Even though again it won't ! Ssslloowwlllyyyy stop doing the compulsion not all at once unless you can, and you can hopefully see it was just all ocd :)
Ohhh I had this when I was younger. The reason I ask this is I'm scared I like my hocd thoughts and it's like I'm doubting I have ocd.
@Lukej91 classic ocd !!! if you don't like those thoughts, you don't !!!! dont let your mind get to you :) <3 you got thid
So ocd is basically trying to get us to believe a lie? …. I’m asking this because I think we all know no one will die… but our ocd try’s to convince us…. I’m just finishing out about ocd, so reading this is interesting.
yes ! many compulsions do this ! some people may have to close the door a certain amount of the times, if not their mother will die. Thats a scenario that could happen with someone who has ocd. Not all ocd is the same though but its all linked to one thing: OCD ! Your blinking one is actually what people usually think about when you bring up OCD. What they don't know is that OCD is MANY things and just like us rn, we are suffering from intrusive thoughts ! Yours would be your HOCD ! Hang in there <3
@InkJoy123 It's so frustrating I literally can be like before Feb 22 I had no issues and this has turned my life upside down
@Lukej91 oh i have said that SOOOO many times, me in July 2016, me in November 2016, and me in May 2022. These were the major OCD changes in my life. Not to scare you !!! I just never got proper care and teachings during childhood HAHAHAHA so I couldn't receive or talk about any of this. But trust me for you I know you'll get better :) Your already on this forum, thats better than what I did before !!! Keep pushing <3
@InkJoy123 Did you ever feel like you're faking compulsions to prove you're not gay
@Lukej91 i did not suffer from hocd ! but you can say pocd is pretty similar ! just different people BAHAHAHA could you describe faking compulsions ?
@InkJoy123 Like when the thought feels real and you want it , you do compulsions to make sure it's not real, like
@Lukej91 Hmm still need a bit of context, like if the thought feels as if I wanted the thought and it was real, I did a compulsion to prove that its not me ? Could you describe the compulsion ?
@InkJoy123 It's hard to explain... It's like am I just doing the compulsion to lie about this being ocd
@InkJoy123 Like I'm scared of doing ERP to find out I'm not straight
@InkJoy123 And would rather research on my phone all day and not face the realness of the thoughts
@Lukej91 OOOOHHHH no I have did not do that but thats because when I had POCD, I had no help at all. I was alone with my thoughts. But I understand why you would want to do that. You are trying to prove, which is an compulsion. Trust me your therapist will help you along the way with your OCD. Honestly finding the right therapist for our kinds of OCD is a bit tough, but just know people here understand what you are going through. Do not fake the compulsions even though faking the compulsions is still showing that you are trying not to believe the intrusive thought even though its just intrusive thoughts ! If its constantly plagueing you with you not wanting them, I can swear to you thats not a normal healthy mind haha. If they seem real and you experience no anxiety, thats what many of us faced too ! Its not you !! Its OCD !! Hope this helps a bit !! <3
@InkJoy123 Thanks man I think I'm experiencing a backdoor spike
*finding out about ocd not finishing…
Hey everyone, I've been struggling with severe obsession over my blinking for more than a month now (&24/7), fearing I will never stop thinking about it. It came out of nowhere while I was walking (can OCD come like this without a reason ?). I'm starting to take Fluoxetine. I'm scared it won't help with the "hyperawerness". Does someone have a similar experience and can help me ?
I don't know what this is, I don't know enough about OCD, my psychiatrist put me on a medication and told me I have OCD and a mood disorder but I didn't ask any questions because I didn't want to be annoying. I have "evidence" that every year, when I think about death, the world kills someone I love, and it always happens twice. I have nothing to help change that, like, I don't do anything with my thoughts or anything numbers or ritually, so I wasn't sure if it even was OCD, but I do move my hands in certain ways to make my friends happy or improve their lives. Also I cant turn off my fan or something SA related will happen (i dont know how) I think that the world is threatening me, and that if I do something wrong or involve myself with certain things, the world will punish me and the people around me, so all I can do is apologize I've tried looking into the different types of OCD, and all of them are things that I've been anxious about before, but I haven't really been so anxious about any one of them in particular or held onto it for so long, or done any rituals, that I would probably not even say I have OCD. Like, I worry that I'm a nazi, I worry that I like kids, I worry that I killed my friend, I worry that I have schizophrenia or am somehow giving myself it, I worry that I'm going to abuse someone, I worry that I've already abused someone, I worry that somehow I might die, I worry people can hear my thoughts, I worry about ignoring my friend when he cried out for help, I worry that God has already rejected me from heaven, I worry that I like women, I worry that if I don't hit the hammer 9 times on the wall when Im using it that just something bad will happen that I dont know what and I don't know why, and I feel like I don't have a single compulsion that can even "fix" or bring relief to any of these things besides saying sorry, because if I say sorry at least people know that I am apologetic for the crimes I've committed, but saying sorry doesn't fix anything except my own guilt so I'm just a bad person looking for sympathy or seeking attention I don't know enough about OCD, and I don't know how to seek help for my condition because I don't even know if that's really what I have, if I'm not just simply anxious, or possibly schizophrenic Does any of this seem familiar to anyone? Can it be this varied and unfocused? Does this really sound like OCD, or can it be anything else, because I don't want to bark up the wrong tree when I could just be taking medication for something else.
I don't know if this is exactly a compulsion, but for a few months I had this mindset of "I have to be anxious so that nothing bad will happen." It was mostly when I went out in any way. Sometimes it was for other people too. For example if my mom went to the store/to get food without me. This was mostly during the time when I had been staying inside constantly for a little over a month. Idk if it was an exact cause but I had seen someone who FOLLOWED me last year, hence why I was staying inside. I guess I just want to know if this is common? I know that the whole "if I do this, then this won't happen" thing is common in ocd, but idk how common it is to somewhat force yourself to be anxious.
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