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- 2y ago
Overwhelm in thoughts
Does anyone else ever feel so overwhelmed by indecision they just don’t want to think anything at all? You just start to feel numb?
Does anyone else ever feel so overwhelmed by indecision they just don’t want to think anything at all? You just start to feel numb?
Yup. Not numb so much but like my brain gets fuzzy
I think the feeling of numbness can happen when people feel overwhelmed. I know that for myself, I think it just developed after years of struggling with OCD. I think it can also be a form of avoidance, from an ERP perspective you would want to not avoid making decisions as a compulsion if that makes sense. I also would recommend you talk to your doctor about these feelings too as they may be able to assist.
I feel that
Yes, sometimes I do not want to make any decision at all so I avoid it as much as possible, or I don’t want the thoughts to be triggered because I’m afraid of ruminating. It’s sometimes with things that aren’t strictly “bad” or “good” like whether or not to end a relationship or whether or not to drive somewhere. I’ve had hit & run OCD & am concerned I may have relationship OCD. But I also may want to be numb or sort of have this “flatline” or “plateau” feeling I get sometimes. It’s like opposite to when I’m ruminating & high anxiety/energy.
I can’t tell what’s right and wrong anymore. It’s like my moral compass/rationality is completely broken. I could just shut my feelings down whenever. It might sound like a good thing but it also means I wouldn’t feel any remorse or guilt or negative emotions if I were to do something immoral (hypothetically speaking). In contrast, sometimes my feelings get so deep in the way that my rationality cannot win no matter what. My brain does that out of nowhere and I hate it because it ends up triggering my OCD theme and I have to start back up to be able to cope again. It’s like I’ve developed this intense intolerance towards any sort of stress whatsoever, even the good type of stress that helps you grow. My brain just shuts down and mentally I become a kid again and I can’t listen to logic no matter what.
Have you ever engaged in a thought and only left you more confused?
Has anyone ever just felt weird? It’s hard to explain but I just feel weird lately. I usually suffer with harm OCD and I feel like lately I’m not reacting to things I normally would. There’s certain things that will trigger me a little but then other times (like over the last few days) it’s like I feel nothing. I’ll get thoughts and because I don’t feel the physical sensation in my chest or get very emotional like I normally would it’s weird to me. Does this mean I’m liking the thoughts now? Or like I’m comfortable with those actions happening? I’m so confused. Has anyone ever gone through this?
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