Trying hard not to do a compulsion right now. Having thoughts like I am with an evil spirit or if I write about it it will come true. Or that everything not real if I don’t turn the faucet on and off one more time. Someone please help me get through this I feel sooo lost in my ocd these days. I just got off my anxiety pills or I would take one and usually it would go away.
Did u think that the anxiety pills were helping? I use to do the same thing with the faucet and also got of my anxiety meds. However I realized I was actually more myself when I took mine but that’s just my personal experience.
@Charlie505! I feel the same way. Unfortunately it was a benzodiazepine which I can’t stay on long term bc I was building a tolerance to them so I am off of them after being prescribed for a long time. It’s good because it allows me to cope with my ocd and anxiety, but at the same time it really sucks bc that was my only way to calm down if my ocd was bad enough to where I needed to take it to calm down which was almost every night. Now I am currently tapering off on barely anything maybe a tiny bit every other day just to help with the side effects of tapering off. I am on a daily anti anxiety and anti depression medication still.
I’m sorry you’re having a hard time. I also wonder why you’re stopping the pills if they were working. Maybe there was a negative side effect or some other issue but medications can certainly help. Try coming back to your body and sitting with the discomfort. Learn that you can tolerate it and that the compulsions you have don’t need to be performed.
@Brendan =] Thanks ! I got off bc it wasn’t healthy anymore I was in them for a long time and i started to build a tolerance. It was a benzodiazepine not just a regular SSRI or anti depressant medication daily, which I’m still on.
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
I am struggling right now with intrusive harm urges. They feel real and it feels like I am going to act any second. It feels like I have to hold myself back, which is a scary thoughts. I am trying so hard not to compulse, but does anyone have tips on what they do in these situations?
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