someone please help.. i’ve been feeling anxious all day today bc i got extremely triggered last night idk what to do. the tightness in my chest is unbearable and i’m constantly crying. i tell myself im not in denial but i can’t the anxiety is too much.

Sexual Orientation OCD

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Date posted: 2y

i’m here to talk <3

nobody03

Date posted: 2y

@🤎🤎 my anxiety is through the roof rn. i can’t stop remembering past thoughts and experiences. i hate this so so much

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Date posted: 2y

@nobody03 you’ve got this. i’m the same, but the past is the past and please try not to worry

Mke

Date posted: 2y

Feel the anxiety and do your best to stop ruminating. Your past doesn't matter. I know it feels like some invisible entity is forcing you to think about your past and demanding that it means something about you, all against your will. When in reality, you're a human being. With thoughts and feelings. Perhaps you've had some thoughts and feelings that you now feel don't align with your identity or orientation. And that's perfectly okay. That's very human of you. I'm sure if we know the thoughts people around us have thought we'd feel so much better. The only difference between them and us is that we can't let it go, we obsess, we overthink, and we torture ourselves. You too can be like someone who has maybe thought, said, or done something that doesn't fit perfectly in the "straight" box and not give a flying f*ck. Because you know who you are today and what you want today. That's all that matters. You can do hard things! These feelings won't hurt you, and you can choose to stop thinking about it. You can. It's hard, but you can. You've got this!!

nobody03

Date posted: 2y

@Mke thank you. this is so great to read. i can’t stop telling myself that i don’t like women and i feel like it makes me feel more doubtful of that but i know deep down i truly don’t. any tips on this? you give great advice.

Mke

Date posted: 2y

@nobody03 Don't tell yourself you don't like women. Don't tell yourself you do like men. Don't tell yourself anything. Do you have any hobbies or interests? Pay attention to the things that ground you and stop engaging with your thoughts. They will quiet down. I'm proof of that. They always quiet down when you stop engaging with them in any way.

nobody03

Date posted: 2y

@Mke thanks, because i feel like the more i tell myself this, the more doubt it creates. idk if that’s possible?

nobody03

Date posted: 2y

@Mke bc my mind keeps saying that on repeat 24/7 and i can’t stop.

Mke

Date posted: 2y

@nobody03 That's ocd, hun. That's textbook ocd. The more someone washes their hands to remove unwanted contamination, the more they doubt their hands are actually clean. So they wash more. These pure o type themes are the same. We just do most of those repetitive compulsions in our heads. Just don't say anything. Just move on to somewhere more interesting that is actually happening in your real life.

nobody03

Date posted: 2y

@Mke okay thanks. i used to suffer from contamination ocd as well so this a pretty good example

nobody03

Date posted: 2y

@Mke hey sorry.. it’s me again i feel like i can’t stop telling myself that same stuff now and i feel like it generated more doubt. idk what to do. it feels awful as heck rn and idk what’s real anymore. please tell me if there is any hope. this post uplifted me for a bit i just can’t stop with the repetition no matter how hard i try and that’s what makes me feel like i’m in denial or something. it makes me feel like i changed who i am. the constant ruminating on my past has also destroyed me.

Mke

Date posted: 2y

Something* not somewhere

flowerpetals

Date posted: 24w

panic/anxiety attack

i’m currently experiencing a panicky anxiety attack and i don’t know why. i’ve been on edge all day because of being scared to get sick, but right now, i know i’m not going to get sick but i’m just really panicked and cannot calm down. i’m currently listening to music that helps relax me with an icepack on my neck to help, but not much is happening. my sister and mom keep coming into my room and it’s only making it worse but i don’t know why. i just don’t want to talk or be around anyone right now. these kinds of episodes are worse than any other because i don’t know why i’m so scared. it just feels like it’s never going to go away.

kayla.

Date posted: 22w

any advice, thank you.

so since mid december i’ve been feeling like this , well first in mid december I’ve started feeling anxiety like normal, normal as in physical things like feeling like im going to pass out, shaking, chest pain, etc. but then it got worse , then it turned into more of mind stuff like feeling not real , feeling weird like idk. my mind is always runningg like on over drive, like looking back at myself that doesn’t seem like me. like idk. i can’t stand to look at myself anymore bc it doesn’t feel like me. i can’t be alone , when i think about to it makes it sm worse. but how do i stop thinking ab it? or make it better. i’m scared it’s gonna get worse. like i can’t even do my makeup anymore bc i think something bad will happen. i can’t go certain places , like stay the night bc i think something bad is gonna happen.

nae nae

Date posted: 13w

Tired of feeling like a bad person

I genuinely can't help but feel irredeemable over every little mistake made or regret I've had. It's so up and down, but I just miss the certainty. Knowing "this is who I am." I'm so disconnected from myself. Like, I'm really, really trying. Today is really rough... I got triggered the other night, and it's been hell since. I've been fighting seeking reassurance. I want it so, so incredibly bad, but I know it won't help me :( Some days, I just don't want to be here. It's funny because yesterday I felt amazing until I got triggered. I just immediately spiraled after that. I don't know. Does it genuinely get better? Will therapy really help me? Sometimes, I think maybe this is the best it'll get, and that scares me. Sorry for the vent. I'm just feeling so overwhelmingly anxious right now. I can't even cry (due to Zoloft). It feels claustrophobic somehow, having all these emotions trapped inside of my body with nowhere to go 😭

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someone please help.. i’ve been feeling anxious all day today bc i got extremely triggered last night idk what to do. the tightness in my chest is unbearable and i’m constantly crying. i tell myself im not in denial but i can’t the anxiety is too much.

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