Why am I afraid of my own existence and human biology due to OCD?

Advice pls 💔

Why is ocd making me afraid at the fact I have two eyes. It’s literally completely normal! I can’t stop being scared of what being a human means. I feel like I keep trying to find someone to relate to but no one has had the same thought/fear. Ocd is so mean so so mean. I just keep getting these intrusive thoughts of our biology and our existence. It keeps asking me all these things and I seriously cannot handle it anymore. It makes me feel so weird, crazy, and anxious. It’s so unsettling it makes me want to throw up. At this point I’m doing all this research to just try and figure out what this means about me and I can’t take it anymore. I don’t know it’s it’s dpdr , philosophical ocd, etc. I’m so upset because it makes me feel like I’m an alien or something. I don’t know what’s wrong. I just want to stop having these thoughts and stop fixating on how we work as humans. I saw someone say that they have fixated on the thought of having thoughts and it made me feel a bit better but idk what to do anymore. How can I possibly be afraid of my own existence and my own being.

Existential OCD

Username: RJ63RJ63

Date posted: 2y ago

|Positive Perspective| . Think a bit take action . Action cures all . Dilemma is just a phase . set limit to no. of how's you ask . Replace your why with how (applicable to positive thoughts) . Your identity is repeated beingness . True behavior change is identity change . I am a Positive Mindset Person . let the doubt remain doubt . if a question or thought is coming again and again which is causing you trouble start avoiding it . Stay conscious and aware . its all in your head . do not try to understand life experience it . Don't try to control your thoughts just let it loose . Ahh what if, Ahh the spiral of questions avoid it . Forget the questions . Get lost in present No questions . You have all the answers . Avoid Sensations and Thoughts

Username: alvabalvab

Date posted: 2y ago

I know that ocd is illogical no matter how much logic you throw at it but this is so scary. I would rather have any other thought than this one.

Username: alvabalvab

Date posted: 2y ago

And then of course my mind goes well you’re schizophrenic because this is a delusional thought. I hate ocd! I seriously cannot take this anymore this is ruining my life in every way possible I hate this so much.

Username: sophhasocdsophhasocd

Date posted: 2y ago

oh my god I have this exact issue! I fixate on random everyday things that are completely normal and convince myself that I’m afraid of being alive and the Sky being blue and breathing etc. it’s so good to know I’m not alone

Username: alvabalvab

Date posted: 2y ago

@sophhasocd you have literally made my night. I feel so distant while having thoughts like this it makes me feel like I’m an alien or something. It’s just funny to me after a while because it’s like I can’t do anything about it. I’ve had two eyes for my entire life what’s so different about it now? I can’t totally relate btw it’s questioning all surroundings the being alive has definitely got to me a lot lately. It’s like I don’t even know what that means!! Of course ocd goes “well that’s not normal” and you’re just left so confused, that’s ocd for ya ruining even the way we look at our existence. 🫠 we’ll get through this send you lots of love and positivity!

Username: Yuli eggyYuli eggy

Date posted: 2y ago

I'm so sorry you're going through this but I think you need to stop looking for answers, I believe this is what feeds your ocd and it loves it because your subject matter is, well, it can't be solved, it's quite philosophical :/, but know that there's nothing you need to know to deal with your ocd, you can be happy but it takes work, sit with not knowing the answers to these questions, delay looking these things up, have some healthy distraction like going out with a friend. It'll be uncomfortable but it should be the way to get better.

Username: alvabalvab

Date posted: 2y ago

@Yuli eggy thank you I can definitely recognize that I have an extreme need to know why and even then it’s still not good enough. I 100% have to break the cycle. Thank you for your words I definitely needed to circle back.

Username: RJ63RJ63

Date posted: 2y ago

hey guys i have suffered from exactly what you guys are going through fixating on random things like why is this bottle red not green just an example. here is a cheatsheet i am sharing with you

Username: alvabalvab

Date posted: 2y ago

@RJ63 thank you so much!! i will definitely be applying all of these things when I get these thoughts. they have absolutely consumed every part of me to the point where it all feels so suffocating.

Username: RJ63RJ63

Date posted: 2y ago

Stop magical thinking Your mind will create nuasance if you link your identity with something you are not. Positive is who you are Keep good throw bad What if scenarios Ignore Chill Focus on what you are actually doing Let the anxiety grow inside you This is not me Its all a fugazi Stop building fake narratives What if Why Oh my god Its all just a Psychological drama Stop why and if Stop Grandfather paradox

Username: brooke99

Date posted: 2y ago

Existential?

For the last few weeks I’ve been having terrifying thoughts when out in public, especially in busy crowds. Fixating on humans around me and how we exist, and then I start to think about how we all are skeletons/bones/have all these organs, and it is so scary. And then everyone looks so creepy and alien-like almost. And then how no one feels real and how and their limbs look too big for their bodies, etc And it makes me feel INSANE. I’m convinced something is terribly wrong with my brain. Has anyone ever experienced these type of scary thoughts?

Username: Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

Can anyone relate?

Woke up this morning immediately looking for the thoughts that I’ve been having even though i don’t want to think about them. I feel like i ended up bringing them upon myself and then i had a super gruesome thought and have been worrying about it all morning. Is it possible to bring thoughts upon yourself? Is it ocd or is it just me? I’m just so scared of going “crazy” that i keep looking for thoughts deciding if it’s me or not if you know what i mean. It’s such a scary feeling When you feel like you don’t know who you are 😭 i literally am just petrified of completely losing sense of who i am and doing something bad and being locked away forever. Is it possible to just turn bad? Does anybody know what i mean by that? Like you secretly have a double ego and completely turn into somebody different? Does anyone else experience this? Is it ocd? I’m so scared i feel like i can never catch a break.

Harm OCD

Username: Keke7

Date posted: 1y ago

Please help

Is this OCD existential? So started last week, I began to have OCD thoughts about our faces. This may sound silly to some of you, but my mind trying to get me to panic about how our faces look. It's like, it is trying to question about, "wow, our faces look like that. That's how ppl look." I'm freaking out right now and trying to calm myself down and think logical or realistic here. My heart is beating really fast and I can't concentrate. Please help me what should I do. I'm trying to tell myself, like "it just OCD, calm down". It's like it's trying to trick me into believe our faces look weird. I was okay yesterday and trying to managing it, but man I had panic attacks all today. Off and on all day while I'm at work. Its not making it any better when I look at ppl faces. Please, please tell me how I can I deal with this. I thinking about getting on medication. Have y'all ever had this experience before?

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