Has anyone felt it affect their vision? Like things seem farther away or closer? Very frightening. Any advice? Anxiety has been so high as of late idk why.
Yes, I feel like I really have to sit with this one and let it pass. It was very very frightening at first but once I learned to not be afraid of it it got better.
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@kirstenrisk I feel like it’s kind of a break from my OCD, which is I guess doing what it’s suppose to do. It’s very scary but I know it always passes so it’s not bad. I feel like calming yourself down and controlling your anxiety levels makes it vanish. At least that’s what has worked for me in the past. Existential ocd started this dpr/der a little under a year ago, and I literally thought I was going crazy lol once I realized it was a common symptom for people who struggle with high levels of anxiety it made it honestly go away. The other day which what I was sharing above literally freaked me out so bad, the only way to explain it is comparing it almost to smoking weed when your younger and the anxiety and panic it would cause you..accept I didn’t smoke any weed which made me feel even crazier 😂 anyways, Thank you for sharing your story with me!
@kirstenrisk Glad someone agrees with the analogy😂 hope today is treating you well
Yes. I get derealization and depersonalization. Derealization seems like things are farther/closer or bigger/smaller. It's a scary experience! Derealization is triggered by trauma or severe anxiety/stress. Your brain uses derealization as a coping mechanism to prevent you from whatever your subconscious is trying to suppress. For really bad and long episodes I take benzos. HOWEVER, I do NOT recommend them because they are extremely addictive and that's a whole new problem to have. For mild and short episodes, I use grounding exercises that focus me on the present.
Yeah i disconnect from life a lot lol if it bothers me i remind myself that its temporary. It does suck that itll get between my work bc its harder to listen and process things people tell me 💀 if thats the case ill be honest about what im going through and ill be given a break to ground myself thankfully. Ik there are people in workplaces that do not care about your mental wellbeing so im grateful i didnt have that experience at my previous employer.
Yeah I've been there. Happened at the theater last night during cocaine bear. Kinda rough but it passed and I felt better after
i came out of it now i’m back in , what helps?
Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!
PLEASEEE READ!! I know this sounds ridiculous but lately I’ve been soo hyperfocused on my breathing. I feel like I’m not breathing right/properly, it’s hard to explain.. it just feels wrong or like my breathing pattern is wrong. How that’s possible? I have no clue. I’ve had this all day. Has anyone ever experienced this?? My doctor keeps saying anxiety but I just feel like something isn’t right.
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