gom
- Date posted
- 2y
When was the longest time your ocd was quite?
As in, how long was your ocd being quite and not loud and you felt like you reverted to your normal ways?
EFF_OCDEFF_OCD
- Date posted
- 2y
Mine will go silent for months and sometimes even year but some intrusive thoughts still happen and some rumination in my mind throughout the quiet times. It’s when it causes me distress that I consider myself in a flare. I feel like when mine is super mild I can deal with it but when it’s loud I’m paralyzed and debilitated
Mowgli Mowgli
- Date posted
- 2y
This morning, for about 5 mins 🤪
Erin PErin P
- Date posted
- 2y
Several years.
Erin PErin P
- Date posted
- 2y
Before I was 29 as well - my bad OCD started then, better enough to have reverted for several years. Bad for most of the last 15 years especially with perimenopause.
Erin PErin P
- Date posted
- 2y
@All the colors I can totally relate. I am taking estradiol as well as SSRIs because I am a crying mess without it. It’s worth talking to your OBGYN about your hormonal anxiety but they won’t be able to help with the OCD otherwise. ERP definitely helps. CBT and DBT can also help with the emotional challenges that get worse with perimenopause.
Erin PErin P
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- 2y
@All the colors Also FYI if you are not planning to get pregnant be aware that you can be more fertile during perimenopause. Mine started at around 40ish and I got pregnant at 41. My OCD had been at bay and I’d been off birth control for two years - leaving it up to God/ the universe as to whether we’d become parents or if we’d be dinks forever. I think the sporadic hormones of perimenopause was why I got pregnant. Just wanted you to know because I wasn’t aware of this.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y
Mine started at age of 5 and I remember more times of it showing it’s ugly head than being quite.
hashbrownhashbrown
- Date posted
- 2y
Last time was early 2022 until the summer time. I had completely forgotten about my ocd. It started out small then progressed.
Tee10Tee10
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Had an episode for a few months at the age of 21 (my first spell) then it did not return until age 30, after complex trauma. This is my worst spell yet, can’t seem to shake it. My whole mindset has changed (I know trauma can do this) but my OCD has taken it and ran with it… at least I think that’s what’s going on? My OCD wants me to second guess and doubt it all. I don’t really know what the heck happened but the “old” me feels like an illusion now😢 I don’t know what is even real. This or that. My perspectives have totally shifted. Kind of don’t know what’s what anymore.
AnoymousAnoymous
- Date posted
- 2y
@Tee10 I can relate to this. I feel hijacked.
Tee10Tee10
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@All the colors Completely hijacked here too. My personality is the same and I still experience real feelings. But the fact that I can’t FEEL the feelings (if that makes sense) and constantly analyze them and doubt them and question them, makes them feel automatic and robotic. One sad discovery leads to another and another and I go down a rabbit hole and convince myself my theories are real.
AnoymousAnoymous
- Date posted
- 2y
@Tee10 I’m sorry this is happening to you. 😔 For me, my relationship to everything changed. No place, thing, or person feels comfortable or safe.
Tee10Tee10
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@All the colors Also sounds like trauma maybe? I’m sorry you’re going through that too.
AnoymousAnoymous
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- 2y
@Tee10 I think I’m very susceptible to experiencing life as traumatic. I’ve been noticing this. 😟
Tee10Tee10
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
@All the colors Do you do any therapy outside of ERP?
Jak71Jak71
- Date posted
- 2y
Few years, but it’s always there and try not to notice it
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