Fears

Just looking for a safe space. The news of Lisa Marie Presley passing away just kinda hit me and OCD hard. I wasn’t even a huge fan or anything I liked her but not like a mega fan or anything. I’ve just been dealing with so many bad emotions and thoughts and fears and this just hit me hard. To see a normal person I’ve heard about for years pass away so quickly and suddenly is just difficult. I’ve heard so many awful things about the vaccine causing this stuff and it really scares me. I am vaccinated with just the normal shots no boosters and still feel fine but I can’t not be terrified still. I’m just so scared and lost and confused lately. Thanks to whoever took the time to read this. Leave any comments or advice you might have if you want please.

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 1y ago

Well, she’s had health issues for a while, so though she’s pretty young, it’s sadly not surprising.

Username: Erin PErin P

Date posted: 1y ago

There is a lot of uncertainty in the news of her death. They haven't said what the cause was. It may not be related to the vaccine at all. Most people I know including myself, my husband and my son have been vaccinated and had the booster and we are fine. So, stop and breathe if you can. You can feel sad about her passing. But try to resist OCDs push to make you think about why and whether it is related to vaccination. If you can try to accept that you won't have an answer today or maybe even tomorrow. And breathe some more. Remember you feel fine right now. If you didn't have OCD you won't be terrified. It's your OCD talking, not reality. If you can breathe enough to be less anxious, stay away from the news and do something you enjoy if you can.

Username: adelinesdragonadelinesdragon

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 1y ago

Hey Emmacarolina06! I understand the impact this type of news can have. Especially when you have OCD! I know my OCD runs rampant when there's something new it can latch onto. What I learned in treatment is that, as much as I try and investigate, as much time as I put into ruminating over the thoughts, the outcome won't change! Life itself is uncertain. We can't control what will happen tomorrow, a year from now, or even in an hour! Our minds deserve a break. Acknowledge those scary intrusive thoughts, but then try and move on. I like to say "maybe that will happen, maybe it won't. The more time I spend on this will not change the outcome anyway." Sending you strength and love! You got this :)

Username: Lisa LeeLou Lisa LeeLou

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 1y ago

Thank you for sharing what you are going through. One of the OCD themes I struggle the most with is health anxiety. Often just hearing a story about someone else’s health issues triggers my OCD. I start to worry the same thing will happen to me. I’ve found the best way to deal with it is to accept the thought but try not to engage with it. Sometimes it helps me to redirect and concentrate on getting a task done even if just for just the next 10 minutes. Also, taking some time for self-care can help; maybe a quick walk around the block or even standing up and stretching for a couple of minutes.

Username: TrashPanda

Date posted: 4y ago

Hey, this is my first time posting and to be honest my first time really openly talking about my ocd so I’m just going to talk into the void and see if it helps. I’m having a really hard time right now and I’ve seen that for a lot of people here that NOCD has a good community of people. There’s a lot overall to unpack but right now the thing I’m really struggling with is contamination (particularly focused around death and what objects might have come into contact with people who have died, basically.. my wife’s grandmother just passed and I’m having a really awful time. My mother passed a few years ago, which caused me to get really sick and this is the first death I’ve dealt with since and with everything coming into the house that belonged to her (she died in her house.) I keep feeling worse and worse. (This plus covid has been.. awesome.) Multiple showers, hand washing, changing clothes.. I feel really frustrated with myself and completely ashamed because I’m obviously not being a good enough partner. My wife has been there.. she’s trying, she’ll shower or wash her hands if I ask but not without getting furious with me first, she acts as if I’m lying if I say she touched something that really bothers me. She takes it very personally and tells me that I don’t trust her enough (if I’m Anxious and need something repeated.) tonight I got called crazy and honestly I just feel like an ass of a person.

Username: jess 113

Date posted: 4y ago

Hi I am new to this app and didnt know what else to turn to. My parents dont understand me at all.. my ocd or anything I go thru. I have almost 2 years clean from drugs, have extreme anxiety, and pretty severe OCD and trich. I am just having a really hard and traumatizing week. Two nights ago my freezer caught on fire( which I didnt even realize was a thing) and there was no one there to help me. I was frozen in shock and I just switched the breakers off until my apartment maintenece could help in the morning. Of course I didnt sleep bc I just kept thinking it was still going to catch fire. The power has gone off 3 times this week.. once while I had a cleaning service here to help me clean my apartment( which is a hard enough exposure for me anyway, to let other people in touching all my things especially during covid). The last thing is I have been worried for a while that there is something physically wrong with me (my dad is a physician and I have physical symptoms to back up this theory). I wont share my symptoms cuz that could take a while but as someone with Ocd you think are all of these symptoms real/fake and related/ unrelated issues that I should or shouldnt worry about. Well my concierge doctor called me with intensive lab results they did as a result of my worrying and it turns out my ANA is pretty high and she wants to refer me to a rheumatologist. ANA being high is the first sign of an autoimmune disease. She was trying to write my fatigue off as sleep apnea but they did find something pretty significant in my bloodwork. Im just really scared. This is too much for me to deal with and worry about. I just feel like shutting down, I cant deal with this all by myself. Any advice or just support? I do have an Ocd therapist, have been thru exposure therapy, and currently take meds for it.

Username: EFF_OCD

Date posted: 2y ago

Feeling like a failure

Not trying to play the pity party here but struggling a bit. I haven’t posted on here in over a month and for the most part, I’ve been somewhat out of an OCD flare and living normally (yay). I ran across a few Tik toks of doctors (psychiatrists) who are against SSRI’s and anxiety medicine. Well, as someone who takes them, this sent me down the rabbit whole. I despise taking medication and putting medicine in my body actually is really hard for me as this is one of the themes I obsess about (Is the medicine doing more harm that good. Am I going to become dependent. Etc). It just made me feel like a weak person and I wish I could handle my mental health issues holistically. Maybe I can one day but for now, I am not sure. Just asking for your thoughts and prayers because I feel like I’m going back into a flare when I have been out of one for so long. It’s the worst feeling. My dog passed away a few days ago and I believe the stress from that is adding to it 😓

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