- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Tired
I am constantly convinced there’s something wrong with my health. I can never differentiate if it’s real or not
I am constantly convinced there’s something wrong with my health. I can never differentiate if it’s real or not
Stop trying to differentiate if it’s real or not. Trying to do that is rumination, and will only fuel OCD. You can do this, I know it doesn’t feel like it can get better, but it can! And pushing back and stopping compulsions is how to start:)
Thanks for your kind words ❤️ Its been a long time without ocd...hard to remember what it feels like to be a "normal" person
@MSNZ I feel you, it can be so frustrating and draining. And OCD will tell you that your obsession is different in some way or there is some reason you can’t recover. But don’t listen to it! Just keep taking it day by day, doing your best not to do compulsions. It takes time but you’ll notice OCD will start to fade overtime:) Don’t get too caught up either in getting “recovered”. Accept yourself regardless of your feeling or thoughts, and just do your best, regardless of what that looks like on any particular day:)
@Anonymous Cannot thank you enough for your encouragement. Means alot to hear these words from another ocd sufferer rather than reading on the internet or being told by someone who has never experienced it themselves! Really glad I am here. Have an amazing (insert correct time of day here) 😅
@Anonymous Thank you this makes me feel a lot better. It’s hard but I’m trying my best to not let it win.
Same ❤️
Same
My mind keeps telling me “something is wrong with you. the weird feeling you are feeling or the weird tingling you are feeling or there is a weird mark on your body. Those are actually a severe symptom and by ignoring it you could die!” Or especially the constant, “go to the emergency room because this impending doom you are feeling, yeah that’s because your gonna die shortly” It doesn’t help whenever people say “well if something was wrong your body would tell you” because my mind keeps telling me that what I’m feeling is proof something is wrong and I need to get it checked out. That I actually am severely sick and that I need to get it checked out as soon as possible, that if I get one more test than I’ll be okay because it will prove nothing is wrong. How do I tell my mind that it’s just anxiety whenever my mind keeps telling me “well if you keep saying that you could be ignoring something more serious.” Or “the doctors are just brushing you off..something is wrong with you” It’s hard to live with my thoughts whenever they are constantly coming up with ways to challenge me and challenge logic. New reasons on why I need to get this checked out because “I’m just being ignored” or “no one is listening to me so I’ll just end up dying” My symptoms range from weak and shaking legs and body to dizzy and unbalanced and dissociated. Recently I’ve been getting this tingling feeling inside my head and on the back of my neck. And my temples have pressure on them. My body keeps coming up with new symptoms I need to worry about, whenever most of them are probably caused by severe and constant anxiety. So severe I can’t even leave the house because I constantly worry about whether this is severe and something will happen if I leave the house. I need immediate ways to start fixing this because it’s especially horrible whenever my period comes around and my anxiety/depression is already higher than usual. I’ve even started considering taking medication (Zoloft, 25mg) which is another trigger for me, I worry about the symptoms I might get from taking it. That’s how you know it’s gotten pretty bad whenever I’ve come to taking something that I’ve been actively avoiding. What are your thoughts? Do I take the medication? What are ways I can deal with my symptoms that seem so severe in the moment but pass by once I’m not anxious? What are ways my thoughts can ease and I stop taking every symptom as something serious, because at the end of the day my anxiety is most likely the reason I have these horrible symptoms. I’ve always been extremely healthy and everytime I go to the doctors they express how healthy I am with all the tests I’ve had.
That’s kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just can’t make my mind up about something and I’m using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
I just can’t do this shit anymore.im tired of these “arousal” sensations that feel real but when I go check my arousal to the same gender I just get anxiety. I’m tired of feeling like I can’t like girls anymore. I’m tired of my arousal getting blocked every now and then because I’m anxious. I’m tired of not knowing who I am anymore. I’m tired of having my mind putting me into an identity I never asked for. I’m tired of this life
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