Guys I’m really freaking out. I’m so scared. I seriously might end up of having a panic attack. Everything feels so real I don’t know what’s going on. This is the worst I’ve had an ocd attack in a long time. I cant sleep. No matter what I do my ocd is just like “this will happen now. You’re a terrible person and there’s nothing you can do about it.” I’m so over this and I’m terrified rn
Take a deep breath, breathe, these are just thoughts. It feels real because part of your brain is malfunctioning and telling you there is a threat. When you have OCD there is no real threat. They are just thoughts. This feeling will pass. Try not to attach meaning to the thoughts. You can do this. These feelings will pass.
@NOCD Therapist - Stacy Q. Thank you so much! It is always so hard for me to handle the thoughts when I’m about to go to sleep. That’s usually when my ocd episodes are. And sometimes I’m half asleep so everything feels even worse. :/
OCD can make you feel like you’re a different person. It can make you question yourself and make you feel scared. They say to try and sit with the discomfort if you can.
Same here. This is the worst I’ve felt since I’ve been dealing with harm ocd. It feels so real and that i cannot differentiate myself from my thoughts. Like what if i am my thoughts. It’s so scary.
@Anon17 I remember the height of my ocd before ERP. It was absolutely terrifying. Even though I still get bad episodes it’s not like it used to be. But it will get better I promise ❤️❤️
@Peanut.pie Thank you. I’m just confused for erp because i have harm thoughts but I’m not really “afraid” to use a knife since I’m a cook daily. So like the fact that I’m not afraid of the knife scares me because what if it’s “natural” for me. I’m mainly scared right now of becoming like Dahmer and doing something horrible. As erp i don’t think i could ever bring myself to watch the show.
@Anon17 Believe I know how you feel. Those psychological documentaries scare the hell out of me. And with ERP you have a thing called a hierarchy which lets you rank your ocd fears from lowest to highest. So then you start off with something that triggers you but not that much. So if you ever do erp, you could start off by just using the knives and accepting any fear behind it. Then slowly work your way up to it. I was so afraid of going insane and ending up in a mental hospital, so as exposures I had to watch videos of people in mental hospitals. It was so scary ~_~ but eventually by watching and repeating the same thing over and over again, you tend to not be bothered by it after a while. But I feel you ocd is so complicated and rough with how it makes you feel.
accept the panic attack. if it happens, it happens
Ocd is a troll- it makes you question reality around you- it always YELLS and demands action RIGHT NOW. This is how you know it’s lying. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for the input/advice. I don’t go to therapy and I’m thinking about joining but I’m not sure yet.
@Anon17 Everyone is different but therapy is such a wonderful option. Make sure that you find an ocd specialist though. I made the mistake of just going to a regular therapist and it didn’t help. :( but ERP is life changing!!
Im so scared i wish my brain would send me in to derealisation, im 13 years old and my OCD honestly gives me the most disgusting thoughts I can’t take it anymore my head turns everything into a sexual thought and I can’t even look at my own mom anymore because of them they are really and honestly the most messed up thoughts I could ever think of and I’m so scared idk what to do, I’m on Prozac and going to start ERP soon but I’m still so insanely scared I have lost myself, I’m only just been diagnosed with ocd and don’t know everything abt it but just keep on panicking about everything😭😞😢
I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.
Hey all. I need help. I am sitting on my bathroom floor freaking out and convinced that all my work towards getting better has gone out the window. I am so scared of the “bad guy” getting me all the time. I constantly feel like I have to prove to God that I don’t mean these awful feelings and thoughts that I have about the bad guy. I’ve had trouble sleeping tonight, going in and out of consciousness, all while dealing with bad thoughts going in and out of my head. Finally I woke up and am flooded with “you have so many thoughts and feeling that you let slide while you were trying to sleep. You had thoughts that you accepted the bad guy and you didn’t dispute them before you tried to move on. You have so much to answer for.” So now I’m sitting here in my bathroom floor hysterically crying and begging God to believe me when I say I don’t any of these thoughts or feelings… please someone help
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