this fear that i’ve had in the past is coming back to the forefront of my mind today. i’m trying my hardest to not think of it but i feel like it is hanging over my head and i’m trying to keep going through my day. i keep playing in my head you’re fine and this is just thoughts and fears. i guess since i keep trying to avoid it it’s coming back harder but i just want to go back to when this fear and thought passed through my mind.
ali greymond on yt has helped me a lot she has videos for like when your in the midst of anxiety and videos about why the content doesn’t matter and that ur brain is just scared and flagging the thoughts! if you need anyone i’m here!!!
@jadanicole7 i really truly appreciate this so much it is super helpful to know and have. i hate that my fears are start to form around the internet now. i’m trying tho!
take the moment and sit in it we are allowed to feel normal no matter what we struggle with it’s not an easy road but we can get through this
same here :(
@jadanicole7 like it was a a major anxiety attack a few weeks ago and now it’s coming back and i don’t want it to and i’m trying all of my skills
@ocdhaver22 i totally understand 🥺ocd hit me out of nowhere and the way it feels is so difficult 😣 sometimes i wake up with the feelings i had when it was at its peak and it just reminds me and of course tries to come back know that you’re not alone
@jadanicole7 that’s exactly how it is and i’ve been dealing with this for months and i’m like okay you can work through this and then it’s like boom you really can’t here you go. it sucks a lot but it makes it better knowing i’m not all alone
same i had to delete my social media everything was triggering me :( it’s hard bc when ur thinking ab the thoughts so much u start relating everything or thinking too deep into it even more :(
@jadanicole7 you really really do which causes more anxiety, fears, associations, and thoughts. i hate that i can’t even look at my phone anymore without a thought popping into my head because i now associate my phone in it.
@jadanicole7 now that i’m writing about this in my journal i feel at ease and like why did i let this make me so anxious. now i sit here and think wow do you even have OCD after working through this and running down your list of things that you do to calm the thoughts, your anxiety, and your mind. i also felt ease after reading your comment about the you tuber. do you get like this as well. i have a hard time wondering if this is just me or do other people get like this and feel this way.
@ocdhaver22 yes it really does it’s so hard :( i’m sorry you are going thru this as well :(
@ocdhaver22 and exactly same! i read that ocd makes you feel like it’s not ocd! and it really does when i first went to therapy i was sitting there like i feel so stupid saying all of this out loud but it feels so real in ur mind!!!! just know that it is ocd!! and ocd tries to trick ur mind in every way to accommodate to those fears!!! i’ve had the same questions!
@jadanicole7 omg wait you just took the words right out of my mouth i was driving and sat there like wow you’re dumb for thinking this way but in the moment when things are spiraling you feel so anxious, alone, and it feels so so real.
@ocdhaver22 yes it feels so insanely real!!! and the feelings you get with it amplify it
@jadanicole7 it’s so weird cause now i feel fine even tho i just had anxiety and my mind was racing and felt like my head was so heavy
i currently am getting over my period and have been having a horrible flashbacks from some real events. it’s a amalgamation of all of the horrible things i did as a child/young teenager. all of it associated with p0rnography + sexual activities i did. i was exposed to sexual activity very young and it lead me down a dark path. i’ve had OCD forever it seems. it’s hard because i can see that i’ve had OCD symptoms since childhood but i constantly doubt wether or not my actions where because of OCD or something i genuinely wanted/was attracted to. i can’t seem to differentiate the two and it’s scaring me. i’m worried i was genuinely into the kind of stuff and it’s constantly flashing in my mind the last two days of things i compulsively did years ago. to be absolutely clear it has been years since i’ve even thought about those taboo things or saw anything of that sort. i’m talking 5 or 6 years give or take. it still feels like yesterday. in recent years i’ve completely pulled away from p0rn and now find it and s3x a lot less appealing. but every so often i get these intense flashbacks on things i did or saw or thought and it puts everything on hold. everything im interested in gets but on the back burner in fear of my intrusive thoughts being thrown into the mix. currently experiencing that now. im mortified of ruining everything i love because of these stupid thoughts. does anyone have any advice or experience with this specifically and have any tips???
so i have ocd but this is the main theme ive been dealing with for the last few months, im obsessed with my mortality and i feel trapped by the reality of death. i dont really believe in an afterlife which makes it scarier, not that i dont wanna my brain literally just wont let me. but i have daily panic attacks thinking about death all day, its honestly the toughest thing ive ever dealt with. does anybody have any tips on how they manage this if they have ever dealt with it? not looking for reassurance, just some non compulsive ways to kind of lessen the grip of the fear.
My OCD has found new objects that I should be scared or worried about and I have this urge to hide them or throw them away. When I’m trying to watch tv I get really anxious that I’m trying to focus my attention elsewhere other than being in my own head, trying to sort my thoughts out & when I say I don’t want something I feel like I’m in denial. Does anyone else feel like this
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