Trauma/PTSD

Hey guys. I know there may be some of you here who started struggling with OCD as a result of trauma or chronic stress. I personally didn’t really have a problem with OCD or anxiety until I went through an abusive relationship and chronic stress being in constant fight or flight mode for a year. This takes a toll on the nervous system and can absolutely be the cause of your OCD. In other words - your problem may not be the OCD, it may be your unhealed/unprocessed trauma. I’ve done research on the relationship between trauma & OCD, and a lot of studies have indicated that your OCD could subside or even go away once you’re able to regulate your nervous system and heal from post traumatic stress. Trauma changes the brain and that includes changes in thinking, feeling, perceiving, etc. which are all extremely challenging because you may not feel like yourself. Your brain thinks its helping you by becoming obsessive, worried and hyper focused, catastrophizing, etc. but OCD may not be your problem. I strongly encourage you to look into trauma therapy if you believe this might be the case for you.

Username: Blactina12Blactina12

Date posted: 1y ago

This is helpful and on time

Username: MattKMattK

Date posted: 1y ago

definitely i feel like trauma caused with so much stress with school and trying to overcome it led to so many obsessive thoughts in which i’m like still healing from, i keep trying to pick myself back up with thoughts bringing me down. i feel like i had obsessions that would make me feel good and did make me mentally strong to avoid the trauma but it eventually crashed and now im just looking to better myself and improve. it was just scary when so much goes on at once and not knowing what to do but when you learn and process what happened as time goes on you understand

Username: Tee10Tee10

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

@MattK When so much goes on at once, it is scary. I agree with that statement. You can feel helpless and it’s hard to think clearly. It definitely does seem more clear as time goes on. When you’re in the middle of it though, it seems impossible.

Username: A person 1A person 1

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Yeah, I had unprocessed trauma and I was pushing myself towards my goals way too hard, not kicking it back and taking in the good things. Then I had an annoying intrusive thoughts which would normally never stress me out but for some reason I got nervous from it and it bursted a damn of trauma through intrusive thoughts, and what ifs. What if I'm secretly mad, this and that, what if I'm so afraid of being alone I take it out on others, everything like that. Which is something I'm very much against, I believe if you're going through something it's important to get help, but don't take it out on others. I think that those questions are in response to the intrusive thoughts so I'm trying to be indifferent while finding things I love and enjoy to get myself out of depression, it's just hard sometimes. I took this weekend to travel and see my sister's, and that has been hugely helpful. I was worried intrusive thoughts would ruin it entirely, and while I have those moments of doubt, overall it's been very beneficial

Username: Tee10Tee10

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

I did not mean to select “trigger warning” on this post

Username: NicaNica

Date posted: 1y ago

@Taylor10 Sometimes it added by the app based on certain words.

Username: Tee10Tee10

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

@Nica I wanted to reach out to you about this kid on this app. He found me through IG and asks me classic OCD questions (seeks constant reassurance) and I told him about this app and he’s doing the same things in here. Everyday, posting the same things. I figured you would be a good person for him to hear from. I’ve tried my best to help him but it seems he’s still in MAJOR denial that he has OCD and needs help. His name is Nacio - look for his recent posts if you’re ok with possibly helping. If not, I totally understand! I just was hoping someone else could kind of put it into perspective for him somehow. I feel a little helpless with hun. Also, he won’t see this as this is an old post, but I can delete it anyway just to be safe.

Username: powoslood

Date posted: 4y ago

MY OCD STORY I’d like to tell you guys my ocd story because why it happened is still a mystery to me. I have never dealt with ocd for my life. I only dealt with some thoughts recently that I would worry about and obsess about but...most of my ocd thoughts would be something that my ex boyfriend would say. For example. My ex boyfriend would say things like, “I’d fuck her” about a random girl. Now I get those thoughts and deal with sexual ocd trying to repress those thoughts. Another thing is my ex used to say weird things about girls younger than him. Way younger, and talk about their body and how they’ve changed so much since the last time they’ve he’s seen them. This caused me to struggle with pocd. Anybody have any thoughts about this? I am not trying to blame him but just wonder if someone else had this experience or can explain what more this experience means for me. My therapist calls these traumatic memories, which I then obsess about.

Username: cl2016

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Is OCD considered traumatic?

I feel like the things our brains come up with (intrusive thoughts) can be actually traumatizing. Even if you’ve have the most perfect life, no abuse or anything, OCD can leave you with some sort of trauma. Like can you get ptsd from this? I feel like this is probably one of the worse mental illnesses out there

Username: Naryoh27

Date posted: 1y ago

Does anybody have origins of their OCD?

I believe I’ve always had intrusive/OCD thoughts. When I was younger I always repeated phrases because my brain went “if you don’t do this your whole family will die” but it wasn’t anything too bad. However, when I was 15 I entered my first relationship. I had divorced parents and didn’t know what love was - so it ended up being abusive and I did not know. He forced me to disclose all the people I found attractive as well as all the “unpure” thoughts I had. He deemed fantasizing cheating - which I respected - but also caused for a lot of intrusive thoughts to make me freak out. He also gaslit me and accused me of cheating for the lightest things (gave my cousin a side-hug) and prohibited me from getting male friends because he thought I’d cheat (I’ve never been unfaithful or even flirted w another man. I’ve always had strong morals about it) I believe this trauma is what made my ocd what it is now, since I’m used to being accused for stuff I didn’t understand or have control over. I believe that understanding OCDs roots allows me to heal because it reminds me that I could exist without this thoughts and still had a good moral compass.

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