Is anyone else triggered by stories of people who have a mental break? My biggest fear š. I know we should expose our fears and sit with uncertainty. I struggled to expose and move forward.. I'll read the same tragic story over and over...obsessively worrying it'll happen to me.
YES!!! before i was diagnosed with ocd, i convinced myself i lost my mind and i was having a mental break because ānormal people donāt think like thisā is what my brain kept telling me and i isolated myself from everyone, didnāt eat, called out of work and cried for 7 days straightā¦ turns out it was just an ocd episode lol i still get thoughts about it sometimes but it hasnāt been as bad since then.
Same here! It's like the thoughts just keep flooding in but we gotta keep telling ourselves it's the ocd! I know it can be hard tho when you can't even believe your own brain but we gotta try! I always tell myself my brain is like a muscle and to make muscles strong we gotta "work out" and get stronger!
Yes Iām exactly where yāall are! The thought of having psychosis or something of that nature terrifies me. I just found out I have ocd so Iām not sure where to start. Do yāall have any tips?
@Vic2023 How did you know you have ocd??
@Vic2023 I strongly suggest working with a psych and a OCD therapist!
@Nacio My therapist told me this week
@Vic2023 Do you think itās ocd ?
@Nacio I think itās ocd anxiety and depersonalization
@Vic2023 Same š
@Nacio Damn Iām sorry youāre going through this. We can get through this friend
This is definitely my main theme. Itās honestly very very tough. I mainly respond by needing to get reassurance so I have a tendency to keep going back to my therapist to make sure I am ok. I am also in my head a lot, ruminating. So I feel your pain. I suggest listening to the OCD stories episode #211. Promise me you will listen to this, itās extremely helpful. Also, there are other episodes that may interest you. But main thing to keep in mind is youāre not alone. There are literally so many other people who are in the same boat as you and theyāre okay. Everyone is afraid of the same thing but weāre all okay because in the end itās OCD.
@Anonymous I am going to go listen to this right now.
@Anonymous I'm going to listen! Thanks š
Yesss this scares me to the core! And it's like how will I know if im having a mental break??
@Dhali Same! I don't wanna be alone but when I'm with someone I still obsess. I know it's my OCD.. I'm just struggling to stop the cycle!
This is so hard to deal with. Especially when the thoughts donāt stop and the anxiety increases. It literally feels like youāre about to have a mental break.
Severe stress totally gave me my episode that I'm still fighting, so I definitely relate to the fear of it being a mental break. Other than the emmense fear and obviously not acting out, I can definitely see being afraid of it being a mental break forsure
tw // mental breakdown anyone else have a fear of developing schizophrenia or psychosis and/or a general fear of losing control/having a mental breakdown?
Does anyone else have obsessions about psychosis/schizophrenia? And more specifically are conspiracy theories a HUGE trigger for you? -i.e.people talking about them/bringing them up in conversation casually. -fearing if you hear them you will someone believe them and lose touch with reality.
Does anyone ever see very triggering stories on the news of something terrible and somehow your mind tricks you into thinking that you are also capable of those acts? I know I would NEVER but somehow my mind groups me into that category and itās so scary and triggering. I wish I could just let these thoughts pass by but itās almost like Iām constantly trying to prove that Iām a bad person. Iām sad and tired of this š
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