You don’t even try to think about it much more , but ocd has left you with the feeling . Plus, you still ruminate about it . It feels like temporary little depression stage :( where everything you were great full for prior to the spike, is no longer there . I feel like my episode is gonna last for a long time again:( I want me back .
Omg I completely relate to the ocd leaving you with “that feeling”. It’s so strange. I always try to remind myself that this will pass. We got this❤️
@Liviej Thank you 🥺
You described it perfectly. I’m currently going through this stage too. It means your making progress even though you feel lost or hopeless at the moment. Things will get worse before it gets better, you got this 💗
@blazed Thank you 🥺
7 cups is another place to chat with people. They have “listeners” and they also have support group chat. Idk if that’s something you are interested in but it may help.
@OCDkickrocks Thank you!
Yeah…. That’s honestly one of the worst parts for me. Where I know the “climax” for the time being has already passed, but I just feel sort of defeated that it even happened in the first place and my head is totally just in a fog. Totally feelings based, imo. At least for me, whenever that happens, it tells me that there’s still something that needs to be done and it’s not just something I have to constantly suffer through, if that makes sense—it’s like my thoughts have shifted a little bit more meta, as if I’m obsessing now about the OCD itself & my current emotional state rather than a more fixed obsession like being gay, relationship related stuff, etc.
@yun444g Totally get you!
Omg “the feeling”. So true. And it sometimes starts the thinking. Awful.
@oelkzm THIS ! This is me rn . I’m trying my best to digress with it and accept any uncertainty. :( I feel this way especially after the aftermath of an anxious episode with ocd rumination ...it’s been at almost a day in this current loop . I want back .
Omg this describes it perfectly! I think it’s kinda a good thing means your making progress I get it I’ve been doing so well but it’s like you said it’s like you still ruminate but it’s not as bad as when it first came on and you get down so toatally get this!
@Kat25 Exactly . It’s just up and down tho :/ never stabilized . I want myself back . I want the person who that I was yesterday before the ocd spike
@Brian :) I totally get that! You will get there one thing I’ve been telling myself is one day at a time! It’s hard for me to focus on the present but we have to try our best and you have to Remeber how far you’ve come!
@Brian :) I can assure you that you will be there one day. It takes time and patience with yourself. For the last few weeks I feel very good, and I still have the thoughts but they don’t bother me that much. Thank god I got to know that this is a part of mental illness and I can talk myself into not ruminating. Also it helps that I love my work and it makes my days better. But as I said, still have the thoughts and dreams, but I try not to overthink them. I think that by the time they will be go if I don’t give them the attention.
My mental health is declining due to ocd. It’s like a huge mix between ocd episode and depression wave. I feel weak and hopeless. I wanna cry. I’m exhausted . I feel like I’ve lost myself again.
Anyone else feel that when they aren’t experiencing a theme that their ocd is almost non existent. It almost makes me feel like I’ve been faking it, and also makes me feel ridiculous for obsessing over things. I feel sorry for myself :/ I know that my themes are valid and felt very real in the moment, but after I “get over” them I just can’t believe that I was obsessing over something that either wasn’t true or didn’t apply to me. I would also like to know how to prevent themes from reoccurring. Health, religion and existential OCD themes tend to take turns throughout my life, I just didn’t know that was it ocd. Trying to break the cycle.
Just wanted to jump on here and express how I have felt lately. The past 5 to 6 months have been pretty excruciating. I conquered OCD 5 years ago and for some reason, it has slipped back and took over my life again. More so the depression that came along with it. Is there anyone else out there that has returned to rock bottom where they once fully climbed themselves out of?
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