Anyone else do this? I had to delete tiktok and instagram for my mental health. All the "wellness" influences really triggered my health ocd and pharmaphobia.
YES me too
I went down a bad rabbit hole with that during quarantine
Same. Its hard not too. So much fear mongering on those apps that its a huge trigger for me.
Omg. I am thinking about doing it too. I literally am going off medicine because of everything I keep hearing. When you have an already doubting disease (OCD) hearing all the different opinions 24:7 is SO hard. One minute I feel okay about taking medicine, the next minute I’m wondering if I want to be 100% holistic because of what everyone is saying. I don’t know what to believe. It’s like everyone’s opinions get stuck in my head 😣
Same!! I have pmdd/pcos and know I need birth control but that wellness community is like just take this supplement and you'll be fine. I guess I have to keep going back to thankfully we live in a time where we have these medical advances. Back in the day, people really suffered. Its hard. Why can't I just be healthy physically and mentally?!
@Mama_m02 Girl I literally feel the same. I listen to the horror stories about birth control, anti depressants, any medication, and think, oh no now I can’t take that because it’ll happen to me. SMH.
@Itsheathersocd Yes! It triggers that ocd fear! I have to cut it off or ill never get better. I was just googling side effects of different birth controls and it doesn't help that my mom had breast cancer. Just know you're not alone in your thoughts. I am right there with you!
Finding this app has helped me a lot in feeling like I'm not isolated and I've definitely met so many kind and helpful people here. You guys have helped me on my darkest days. However, because of my fragile state of mind, I think scrolling on here is becoming a compulsion and I feel like I end up triggering myself more by scrolling through some posts. I think it just ends up adding more to my intrusive thoughts and more ammo for my false memories and POCD to latch on to. And I know exposures are good for treating OCD, but this level of exposure seems to be doing more harm than good. So I will try to be less active (maybe I won't, who knows lol).
Very brief mentions of pocd and nsfw jokes,id like this to be adults only . Repost bc i had to edit something Does anyone have experience with real event ocd attached to your online footprint etc? I keep checking old messages,trying to find old people i knew i used to talk to etc. To find out every problematic thing I did and if I've ever been unfollowed or blocked by anyone I used to be friends w online/atleast on good terms w. I am particularly concerned abt doing something bigoted,esp racist bc i have racism ocd,and doing something predatory bc of my pocd. I remember hanging around people who could use 'edgy' or offensive humour in my teens and i remember a lot of sex jokes and that i would join in on sex jokes sometimes . i dont remember details w the offensive humour as much,i feel like i didnt join in on it as much but i was definitely WAY passive abt things and prob let a lot of bad stuff slide i shouldnt have bc i didn't speak up it was wrong,I remember one friend in an online community would say slurs and horrible jokes when i was 16. I dont remember my response to it as much but i feel i didnt speak up abt it aside one time i found in the dms where he made a bad joke on a thing i shared for social justice. I cant stop going thru old messages and stuff or trying to find ppl from the past. I feel like if I don't check it now,that eventually it'll come to haunt me or that I'll stumble across it eventually. I worry what if someone messaged me on one of these apps I un-installed or on one of the accounts I don't have access to,confronting me abt all this stuff I did. I had an obsession w this back in 2020 and did check in depth on all my accounts,but now that it's been 4 years the obsession is back in full swing.
Ok so I just downloaded this app like two days ago because I was looking for a OCD specialist. Maybe this is just my opinion but the posting’s on this app can be super triggering. If feels like even sharing your experience on an app like this can contribute to fueling OCD. So many people I see reassurance seeking, confessing and posting the same things multiple times to gain certainty. Makes me wonder if this app is counterproductive to the point of OCD treatment. I’m guilty of spending hours scrolling through the post trying to find people who relate to me, but in the end it makes me more anxious and fuels my OCD. Idk what do you guys think.
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