anytime my brain does something different, i always go into a spiral of “oh i have ___ mental illness”, then do hours of research and tests. i even catch myself replicating symptoms of these disorders. is this ocd related?
I believe so! It could be health ocd related, but the theme doesn’t matter so much as anything can be an intrusive thought that bring anxiety and then we do compulsions like the hours of research and tests to figure out if it’s true.
I thought I wrote this ! I relate 100 %. It's ocd
I just realized that I have this compulsion where i search ocd forums up and down, looking for someone describing the exact scenario/event that im obsessing over right now. Otherwise it’s like i cant convince myself that it really is ocd. Its so stupid because even if I find what I am looking for, I know it is only giving me temporary relief. I was just about to post a description of the theme/scenario here, but I am proud that I stopped myself ⭐️
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.
Can OCD mimic depression? With this theme I’m always wondering if I have OCD or depression. It first started out as harm OCD and now this. Today I told myself if I did have depression then it’s treatable and I would work on it. Then I started to feel depressed and emotional and like had an urge to google the difference. When I did this I just broke down because I felt like I related to them, it made me worse. However when I look up OCD symptoms it makes me feel better. So now I’m unsure. Almost like OCD wants me to believe it’s depression
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