My third day into Los Angeles and I’m still tempted to do more compulsions which make my OCD even worse despite what my intrusive thoughts are telling me in order to be safe. First day of university classes start next week and I’m already feeling anxious about it because of the fear my obsessive thoughts/ruminations interfering with my college life.
There is nothing to fear. You ve dealt with OCD at home, that means you can deal with it when you are in a different place. It is normal to have intrusive thoughts and feel anxious because of them. That doesn't mean they are true. Because they are not. But instead of giving into your compulsions, you have to resist them. It is hard i know but you should keep trying. Instead of reassuring yourself or ruminating you should try and sit with them. Let them come and go. But just observe them do not try to fight them with logic. Thoughts are like water. Once it leaks, you can't stop it. It always finds a way. What you can do is to do nothing. It will dry on its own in time.
@zzyyxx Resist my OCD? Whenever I try to resist, it usually leaves one side of my head hurting like hell until I give in the intrusive thoughts.
I'm not telling you to resist your OCD or your intrusive thoughts. In fact let these thoughts come to you. Then do nothing to ease your anxiety. Resist your compulsions. It is an important step to learn to live with the uncertainty. Because compulsions only ease your anxiety for a short period of time. Compulsions only feed your OCD. When intrusive thoughts come to your mind, just accept their existence (i'm not telling you to accept that they are real because they are not) just recognize them amd observe them without engaging them. Try not to perform your mental compulsions like reassurance seeking, ruminating or replaying past events or memories to find any "evidence" or physical compulsions if you have any. Let the thoughts stay there and do nothing to get rid of them. It is hard but you can do it. Despite the anxiety, try to continue your daily activities without engaging the thoughts. It is a painful process but with persistence and practice, it gets easier. OCD, is as powerful as the importance and attention we give to the intrusive thoughts. If you give them too much attention it only gets stronger and more uncomfortable. The key is to be able to tolerate uncertainty and to be able to live with the doubt.
Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
Good morning, I have been noticing more and more that I might have OCD. I am currently a student and this is causing me to slack a lot during school. I am a student who has a 504 plan (accommodation for my mental health) and would like to add this app on my 504 due to my school having a no phone policy. My question is, how can this app help me while in school? What are things that can happen during school that might lead me to using this app? I am new to this app and barley finding out that I might have OCD. If any clarification needs to be made on this post please let me know! :)
i am a freshman in college and i have always struggled with depression, anxiety, and OCD. i have never received help for my OCD despite being medicated for my other two issues. i have noticed that what most of my panic stems from is my OCD and more specifically my OCD around school. i haven’t been able to get myself up for class for multiple days and im starting to panic about everything im missing and think about every little thing i have to fix. i am so behind that it makes me want to panic and i feel like i cant fix this. i just want my mind to feel normal but it feels like my whole world is falling apart all because i am feeling stuck in school. please help me i just want to feel okay but i dont know how to. i have tried doing all the assignments i can do to catch up but it isn’t enough i still feel so panicked
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