Uncommon mental health obsessions

I have an obsession that I secretly have undiagnosed autism and that everyone can tell there is something off or weird about me. If you have Tiktok, you probably know that people on it like to talk about mental health a lot. Because of that, whenever I see a video on signs of autism, for example, I always force myself to watch it, to make sure I don’t have the things named. Obviously, watching them makes the algorithm recommend them to me more. This is incredibly frustrating and distressing. It makes my social anxiety a hundred times worse because I’m worried that I act autistic around people. I’ve never felt like I was different or “alien” before this, but this obsession and these videos make me feel like I SHOULD be feeling this way and that I’m not noticing something obvious. I’m trying so fucking hard to tell the difference between what is a real a symptom and what is not. If you’re autistic, I’m really sorry if this offended you. I just needed to get this off my chest. Can anyone with mental health obsessions also relate?

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ocdqueen22

Date posted: 2y

I totally understand what you’re going through because I am going through this same thing along with other forms of ocd. I hate watching those videos on tik tok because they say you are autistic if you have those symptoms, but that’s not the case at all.. a lot of those symptoms are common for people who aren’t autistic too.. social media sucks sometimes (well most of the time).. it just gets confusing and overwhelming

DreamCat

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

Yes, my big OCD theme revolves around mental health. I’m worried that I’m psychotic, but I’ve worried in the past that I’m autistic. ERP is very effective in treating this: whenever the fear enters your mind (exposure about obsession that you’re autistic), do NOT try to get an answer to your question (response prevention). I imagine most of your compulsions are mental compulsions: trying to “solve it”, self-reassurance, analysis, using logic, seeking closure, expecting to find an answer, Googling, researching). You need to STOP doing that. Accept that you’re not going to get certainty to your question about if you’re autistic and stop enabling it by going over and over it in your mind. Rumination is a massive waste of time; trust me, I’ve done it for years. It only creates more questions and fuels the obsession. Cut to the chase and accept you aren’t going to solve your question. When you do this, you’ll live parallel to your fear.

s0ck_s

Date posted: 19w

I'm freaking out way too much over this

About two hours ago I saw a tiktok of someone who was about level 2 support level for their autism and isnt able to go to school because of it among other things, and ive been freaking out ever since i frequently obsess over mental illnesses or physical illnesses and thinking I have them but one im actually pretty sure of me having is autism but seeing things like that makes me think that im wrong, that my family members are right with saying im just special because i feel like i do not struggle enough, if that makes sense, my friends believe that it could be a possibility, but im not sure, i dont know how to calm myself, no one is responding to me right now and everyone is busy im just struggling

୨ৎ

Date posted: 19w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔

SunnyAnon

Date posted: 19w

ocd + interests + online discussions

i’ve been having this theme pop up recently where if I see people either criticize or be a hater and spread misinformation or seeing old controversies about my current interests/hyper-fixations i find myself having a crazy anxiety attack about if it’s “morally okay” to be interested in my interests anymore. i feel really singled out and like im doing something wrong because im watching a youtuber or listening to a specific musical group. in all of these specific situations the people involved have talked about the situations and have changed accordingly but seeing it makes me feel like i shouldn’t be allowed to like my favorite things. to be clear none of these things are dramatically evil or bad. it’s either misinformation/uneducated people influencing someone opinion and then they learn and change. it just makes me feel like im not allowed to like my favorite things anymore because of people criticizing it??? if that makes sense??? also this is a little off topic but also not really because i’m 99.99% sure im autistic because of MANY things but with this specifically i have very strong interests and i feel very deep feelings about them and any and all criticism or hateful comments towards my favorite things trigger me deeply and make my ocd act up and make me feel uncomfortable and uncertain and anxious and it causes physical discomfort to me. i really don’t know how to calm myself down about this specific theme it’s brand new and makes me feel really anxious. not trying to look for reassurance but does anyone else understand what i mean??? does anyone have any advice on how to not give into the negative comments??? any suggestions on how to ease this specific anxiety???

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