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hi!
anybody here experience health anxiety or health related OCD? do you kind sharing your experience because i think i’m starting to experience the same theme. thank you all so much!
anybody here experience health anxiety or health related OCD? do you kind sharing your experience because i think i’m starting to experience the same theme. thank you all so much!
I have health OCD and illness anxiety disorder. My experience with this is pure hell, but it’s not constant hell. I usually have a fixation of a health concern, but sometimes I don’t. The health concerns for me are really niche and random and sort of have to fit a specific category for me to panic about them (rare, difficult to find out if it’s true, things that get worse with time, and is deadly). I don’t have anxiety about COVID (besides ofc I mask and am vaxxed), i don’t worry about having the flu, i don’t really worry about cancer. Not everyone’s looks like this but for me, this is what it is
Yup, recovering from health concern ocd. My mind sometimes notices every little sensations and symptom and fast tracks it to cancer or some other serious illness. Alot of rumination but I'm working on better living with my hyper vigilance towards my health.
This is a very common form of OCD, check out this article:https://www.sheppardpratt.org/news-views/story/shedding-light-on-health-anxiety-ocd/
Hey guys! So I struggle with OCD, especially harm, relationship and moral stuff and I am somewhat recovered now. However, my current girlfriend has started showing signs of OCD but it’s abou5 something I don’t know much about so I wanted to see if anyone on here had thoughts about it. She is constantly thinking about food (when to eat it, what is healthy, what is too much, what is too little) and controls the thoughts by giving in and controlling her entire day around food. She don’t really know the feeling of being full. She never starved herself and always eats, but then she feels extremely guilty afterwards. Her thoughts do have to do a lot with her body image and not gaining weight but also not losing any either. Does this sound like ocd or an eating disorder?
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.
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