So it’s been 2 years since I’ve had severe OCD and I must admit I have come along way. But my fear of death is still a problem. I am constantly thinking about the death of myself and my family and how bad my anxiety will be when a family member dies or something... how do I get over this..? I’ve tried and tried to accept that death is the price we all have to pay one day.. but for some reason it stills bothers me everyday.

Harm OCD

Username: ocdsucksbuttocdsucksbutt

Date posted: 5y ago

same with the family members. It’s just such an INSTANT mood kill and takes a huge toll on me

Username: willswervewillswerve

Date posted: 5y ago

@mohelien that’s great thanks for sharing

Username: notfortalknotfortalk

Date posted: 5y ago

Some of us are scared of the unknown and death is unknown. I went through the same thing and now it doesn't bother me how it used. Still get some thoughts about it here and there and it upsets me if I'm emotionally down. One thing that eventually helped me when I got over it was joking about it like "yeah we'll have to die doesn't mean we actually will" now some will say that is avoidance but it really helped me moving on

Username: willswervewillswerve

Date posted: 5y ago

Thanks for the replies

Username: moheleinmohelein

Date posted: 5y ago

I had this to, I used the Bible to help me and eventually God healed me. what I say is you know it’s okay to be fearful but I know God will never leave me or forsake me. instead of thinking of death and how much you fear it, live life like the thoughts are not there, live with love and hope that there are good times, focusing on the good memories and good times I’ve had has helped me escape my brain. Whenever you get past it, ocd will get mad- I know cause it happens to me but what I do is invision it as someone I don’t like yelling at me, trying to take my joy and happiness away. Life is short, focusing on death, the bad things and worrying (I’ve learned) will just take take and take. You’ve got this stay strong!!

Username: StacyStacy

Date posted: 5y ago

Somebody told me the first couple of year’s of Having OCD is tough but after ten year’s. It get’s a little better.

Username: StacyStacy

Date posted: 5y ago

I’m scared to death of dying and about the unknown.

Username: eybaddicteybaddict

Date posted: 5y ago

Well shit I just started ^^^ ????‍♀️???. Here’s to the age of 40

Username: eybaddicteybaddict

Date posted: 5y ago

Me too Stacy. I have suicidal stuff and then panic about dying ??

Username: StacyStacy

Date posted: 5y ago

Guess there’s need to worry until I’m closer to when I’m going to die.

Username: icloudyl

Date posted: 2y ago

Death anxiety

Accepting the fact that everyone will die one day seems the only way i can deal with this but when i do erp and accept that we are all going to die i really lose hope.. if im gonna die why should i even do recovery work? why should i even be happy? could i be experiencing sign's of depression with my ocd?

Username: Some0ne

Date posted: 2y ago

Afterlife OCD

*repost bc no one responded and I’m kinda desperate :( I’ve been having such bad OCD about the afterlife. I get triggers where it feels so real that I altered where I go when I die- such as like a scary void where I’ll never see my friends pets and family again. It feels so real where I almost believe this to be true and it’s making me so depressed and terrified. I’ve been feeling this way since June, and each trigger tournaments me for about a month until it switches to a different trigger about the afterlife. ERP has not been helping like it used too. It’s so hard to live like this, I don’t know what to do or how much longer I can take this.

Religion & Spirituality OCD

Username: lovenunki7

Date posted: 48w ago

Constantly worrying about death of family members

Whenever I’m out having fun with friends. I feel such shame, guilt, and sadness that I am having fun without my immediate family and start to think about the fact that they won’t be here with me one day. They have difficult lives so I feel guilt that I’m able to have fun while they deal with depression or anxiety. It consumes me to the point where I will want to leave what I’m doing and go home. Even when I am with them sometimes I hyper-fixate on the idea of them passing one day or soon and I become overwhelmed with sadness so I try to do lots of things to tune out those thoughts. Any ideas on how to cope with this?

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