Does anyone ever experience peaks in their SO-OCD? Like one minute you feel sure and you’re okay but it’s like once you have this hyper awareness that you’re not focusing on it you go back to obsessing and it builds up just to drop again. (Hope this make sense lol)
it sucks. i hate this fucking thing
Does anyone else find that SO-OCD is worse when your mind is idle or there’s no specific trigger. Wanted to see if this was just me. I find the more concrete the situation is - like interacting with a gay coworker, seeing gay posts or media I actually feel less anxious than if my mind is idle and I’m trying not to even think about sexuality.
I don't know if this counts, but I act like the sassy enby lesbian I am everywhere, but when my parents take me to church I am the straightest person on earth, and one single gay thought will make me stuck in a loophole of what I call my "gay away prayer" that my preacher taught us, so I'll think about this girl I like and how hot she is and then just me praying over and over again until I am on the verge of a mental breakdown.
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.
Does anyone else ever feel like they don’t feel “bad enough” to have OCD, or that they don’t feel “the right way” for it? Or like they’re just saying they have OCD as an excuse? Because i was so much better for like 3 weeks now and now im on my period and i started doubting again. So because of that im scared that i was feeling to good and that my fear is actually true.
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and don’t have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit 😞😞 I feel like even when I’m not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh 🫠
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