Should I be worried about the risks of something happening being 1 in a million? What is an acceptable risk to be concerned with? I always feel like I’ll be the 1 out of 1000 or 1 out of 100,000 for something rare to happen to me. It’s hard for me to tell if it’s my OCD or if something is a normal, acceptable risk.
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@E111 Ugh I am so glad to know I’m not the only one!! It makes taking chances on things really difficult lol I’m currently struggling to get a vaccine bc the risk of dying from it is like less than to 1 in a million and it’s killing me knowing I could be THE one in a million! Ugh lol
@E111 Omg yes I also have had a certain fear about food. I didn’t eat a specific for for years because of it and then slowly exposed myself to it and was fine of course. I’m still working my way up to that with another food, I actually ate something that was TOUCHING the other food today so I’m making progress haha
@E111 Yes that’s the vaccine I’m having a problem with! I was able to push myself to get the first dose and it went fine but now I am freaking out about the second one because of the heart inflammation side effects that can happen. I have a heart condition so I’m even more focused on it. I am equally nervous about COVID and I’ve never had it so I really really want the vaccine protection but am convinced I will be the one in a million. it sucks. But I am glad you ended up being fine with COVID! That definitely was a good exposure lol Although I’m sure unwanted haha
@E111 You definitely aren’t the only one! It’s been tormenting me since the vaccines came out and the side effect was noticed. Everyone I know has gotten it no questions ask like eh whatever! But I’m like omgggggggggg it could be me who gets it!!!! Lol im having a super hard time going through with it. so you are 100% not alone in that
This is literally ocd. We confuse high stakes with low odds. Even if it were one in a billion, it still wouldn’t feel ok.
I love this. Thanks!
We don't talk about how to make choices in our culture very much. Culture says "more choices is good for you" but we receive basically no messaging on how to choose. Same thing with risk imo. It's just not talked about.
@Jesse M. I agree!
Is it possible to have a huge fear of OCD itself? (OCD about OCD) I’m scared that I’m not perfect and that I’ll go crazy or something like that, that i won’t achieve the life that i want, that im weird bcs of ocd, what other people will think bcs of my ocd, that i will feel like this forever... I try to reassure myself that I don’t have it, but I just want to cry. Everything related to OCD triggers me, and I know these things are also signs of OCD. Is this normal for OCD? Maybe I just need to accept it, I don’t know. I think about this 24/7—some days are better, and I kind of feel like I don’t have OCD, but it always comes back when something triggers me. I also keep asking my parents if they’re sure I don’t have OCD. They tell me I don’t, but it doesn’t help because I know they don’t really understand OCD. So, it’s basically just another obsession, but about OCD. Has anyone dealt with this? I’ve never heard anyone talk about this, so I’m not sure if it’s even a thing.
Hi all, I’m brand new to this app. I’ve never had any mental disorders. I’ve never been diagnosed or even suspected that I had some kind of issue going on. But recently my partner gently pointed out to me that I’ve developed some weird tendencies that are progressively getting worse. I’m getting overly anxious about the smallest of things. Every time he leaves for work, I stare at the tracker on my phone until he gets through his 25 minute commute because I’m convinced there will be a wreck. I’m terrified that someone is constantly taking pictures of me through my windows and even feel like people can see through my (solid) blinds at night. Every time I hear someone in the hallway of my apartment complex I stare out the peephole because I’m convinced they’re going to break in, even if it’s a neighbor that I recognize. I check myself for lumps in my body every morning and every night, and my partner too, even though neither of us have any scary medical history. I unplug everything with a cord every night before I go to bed because I’m terrified that something is faulty and my apartment will catch on fire. I am constantly afraid of being sued by people I don’t know even though the worst thing I’ve ever done is gotten a speeding ticket. I have dreams that people are sending me threatening mail and it stops me from opening my actual mail. There are so many more, I could go on forever. Writing it all down, I know it’s stupid. I just don’t know if feeling this way is normal. There are people out there that have actual stressors and here I am working myself up a million times a day over nothing. Do normal people feel like this? I thought it was normal.
I don't know if this is super OCD related, but it's just there are so many things I want to do in life, but I'm scared. I want to apply for this restaurant waitress job near me, but I'm worried I'd be terrible at it as I have no experience and I'm worried they wouldn't train me properly. What if someone has an allergy and I accidentally serve them the wrong food and they have a severe allergic reaction and something awful happens and then I'm sued or go to prison? It feels like there's so many things holding me back. What if I give someone a drink but a piece of my hair falls in? It just feels like I'm never going to be able to do anything. I've never tried anything, never properly stepped out of my comfort zone, never had any kind of job. So I'm so nervous to try anything in life because there are so many things that could go wrong.
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