NeverGiveUp
- Date posted
- 2y
Having a bad hocd relapse
Idk how I should react to the thoughts anymore it all just feels too real. I'm having more feelings, anxiety and urges than thoughts so it's really difficult to cope.
itwillallbeokayitwillallbeokay
- Date posted
- 2y
i understand the pain :( the best way to deal is accept the feelings are there but not allowing them to control you. do not perform any compulsions or checking. do something to focus your mind on something else, i know its hard with OCD especially since your brain makes it to be something 24/7 but still, do yourself a favor and give yourself a deserved mental relaxation break.
Jack-o-lantern Jack-o-lantern
- Date posted
- 2y
Yeah it happens have u tried using humor?
NeverGiveUpNeverGiveUp
- Date posted
- 2y
Yeah I've tried every response, excercise, music, maybe maybe not etc nothing works bro
Jack-o-lantern Jack-o-lantern
- Date posted
- 2y
Then your doing some form of reinsurance bro like yeah some form or r u still trying to like figure it out in your brain ? Also is any other obsessions kicking in as well at the same time ??
NeverGiveUpNeverGiveUp
- Date posted
- 2y
My obsessions switch all over the place once Hocd doesn't have the hook I have random other obsessions I stress about but hocd is the worst one and yes I still try to figure it out because if I don't I feel like idk who I am and that's what scares me the most being someone I'm not. I just want to return to how my life was before.
Jack-o-lantern Jack-o-lantern
- Date posted
- 2y
@NeverGiveUp Yeah my brain is starting to. Do the same but yeah u gotta stop trying ik how hard it is I deal with it all day but trust me you will feel discomfort but trust me it will never get better if u keep trying to figure it out but yeah my ocd wants to attach it feel to a new theme but remember it doesn't matter what theme it is it's all ocd u have to work with it the same way as everything
NeverGiveUpNeverGiveUp
- Date posted
- 2y
@Jack-o-lantern True the theme doesn't matter and all OCD is treated the same it's just extremely difficult when its a theme that causes urges, loss of attraction, low sex drive and loss of identity. Ima try not figureing it out and delaying my compulsions for now.
Jack-o-lantern Jack-o-lantern
- Date posted
- 2y
@NeverGiveUp Ohh ik it sucks bro but once u stop you'll be better
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Luke_McElwee
- Date posted
- 20w
Losing my shit, freaking out
Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
Luke_McElwee
- Date posted
- 19w
HOCD question
Anyone else with HOCD get thoughts of like "people in denial try to distract themselves" or anything along those lines when just trying to move on from the thoughts. Having a pretty bad episode this morning at least anxiety wise.
geodrimilis
- Date posted
- 14w
Hocd is literally a clown in my head.
Like I can’t think straight. This is making me doubt everything I’ve thought about myself and even makes me feel like I like the thoughts when I know I don’t. Like I would be less anxious at a time while I still have the thoughts and my mind would go “oh so you like it you must be gay” or the other one where I’m not anxious and I think of my attraction for girls that I’ve had my whole life and my mind goes “see now you’re not into them you’re gay” like it’s so stupid but so effective. I clearly remember being into girls my whole life but my mind is making me believe that all these attractions and feelings for women were all fake or “a thing of the past”. But I can still get aroused by women but I have this weird anxiety going on which brings these sensations/feelings and it’s so weird. Today I’ve spent my whole day thinking about it like I’ve been doing for 5 months now. I know that this aint normal but my mind just won’t let me live in peace. I never cared about my sexuality cuz I simply liked women my whole life but now my sexuality is a fundamental philosophy. I hate this.
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