Hopeful soul

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

I think I have OCD

I get very anxious when I forget someone’s name or a memory that I can’t remember. I spend a lot of time searching until I find the name and memory. I purchased a 360 pages notebook to write down names and memories so I won’t forget; it temporarily relieves my anxiety. I have always had the urge to remember names and memories but I didn’t have anxiety until now. My first panic attack happened 4 weeks ago due to forgetting a person’s face and name. I hope someone can relate to this or help me understand what’s going on. I booked the 15 minutes free consultation. I’m feeling sad, scared and exhausted!

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Date posted: 2y

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Hopeful soul

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk How can we be okay with forgetting things? Wherever I forget something my anxiety kicks in and then I start searching until I satisfy my compulsion.

PPitts

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

What is the underlying issue with forgetting a name? For me, I worry if I am forgetting something I shouldn’t - like a name I should know…. I jump to a health concern, like Alzheimer’s or early dementia.

Hopeful soul

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@PPitts The anxiety that comes with it has debilitated me to the point that is hard to remember. I have to calm down and let the anxiety fade away to be able to remember but it has become a vicious cycle.

Erin P

Date posted: 2y

Glad you booked the apt - this sounds like OCD to me.

Hopeful soul

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Erin P Thank you for your response. I feel like I’ve always had it but it felt normal to me. I had rituals of spending hours searching for people online. People I grew up with and I wanted to remember who they meant in my life. But now it got out of control because I have the urge to remember names and memories and the moment I don’t remember, I get an anxiety attack. It’s exhausting

Erin P

Date posted: 2y

@Hopeful soul OCD driven research is a time concern rabbit hole. People without OCD do a little searching and then give up.

Hopeful soul

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Erin P Yes it’s very time consuming and I think that that’s where the anxiety comes from. Just knowing that I need to dig deeper to find names or memories. The more time spent the more it becomes an obsession

Erin P

Date posted: 2y

@Hopeful soul Yes that’s how OCD is. ☹️

Meepmeep

Date posted: 2y

I’ve been avoiding leaving my house (not good) because I’m afraid I won’t remember where I’m going or how to get home. I don’t even want to walk down my street cause I’m scared I’ll get lost. I write down where I park in case I forget but I never actually had to look. I’m so scared of having early dementia but if you asked what happened today I could tell you all of it. All of these fears started because I lose my keys, phone, wallet, get distracted easily, went the wrong way in a town I’ve lived in my whole life. I’m absolutely terrified I’m going to forget everything. I just recently finished school and passed my exams with high scores and my therapist (not for OCD) said that wouldn’t have happened if I had dementia but the uncertainty does not care or reason with that.

Hopeful soul

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Meepmeep I’m sorry to hear about your struggles. My heart goes to you. I see that you are a great student and that means you can also learn how to control your fear

Meepmeep

Date posted: 2y

@Hopeful soul Awe your amazing thanks!

rasaq

Date posted: 2y

I keep thinking I have slept with everyone I have slept beside, I know I didn’t but I just keep thinking about it and whenever I stop myself from thinking about it, I just think I’m thinking a lot about it because I did it. I just can’t fathom why else I would think about it if I didn’t do it.

Angel20

Date posted: 2y

Yes I have problems if I can’t remember things, conversations, random items in the home that I can’t remember where they came from, who gave it me etc. it’s a real pain!

Anonymous

Date posted: 24w

I used to hoard memories.

I used to write everything that happened with me on daily basis. It can be any type of information like about my conversation with friends or family or what I eat, what someone did to me, bad experiences but I was doing It excessively. I used to write everything to conserve every type of memory which doesn't Even important for me. Like I couldn't resist my self to write about all bus journeys or all restaurants that I have been. But about 2 months ago I destroyed my notes and my anxiety skyrocketed for 1 week. I couldn't even move from my bed due to thoughts that came in my mind. But after talking with my friends my anxiety decreased for somedays but again many thoughts around this revolved in my head. Like will I remember what I'm doing in college life in future, will I remember my memories with my parents or grandmother or will I remember about all my experiences that I have experienced from childhood like my trips etc. I know that it doesn't sound that serious but it is affecting me very severely. I am not able to enjoy my life due to these thoughts and most of the time I feel sad and depressed. Can anyone help me about this?

CelinaDavs

Date posted: 22w

I’m unsure if i have ocd…

i’m a new user on this app, I downloaded it just cause I was curious, I don’t really know if I have OCD. Because in school all I learned about OCD is things being out of place and having it to be perfect almost like perfectionism, but I’ve just recently realized there’s a whole kind of different types of OCD, some things I struggle with daily is a fear of bad things happening or almost like an impending doom of when is it gonna happen? I’m always in my head thinking feels like I’m having multiple conversations at once. Sometimes it doesn’t even feel like I’m having a conversation with myself. I have horrendous anxiety about everything and anything talking to people being around people. It just feels like it consumes my everyday life and I don’t know what to do. I can’t clearly remember anything from my childhood and some things I feel like I may be imagining I just don’t really feel like a person. I’m always thinking the worst in my relationship over analyzing and stressing out thinking of scenarios or thinking, my boyfriend‘s cheating on me. It almost all feels out of my control.

Cantal

Date posted: 14w

Memory loss

Not necessarily asking for reassurance and I know I’ve mentioned this here before but my OCD has been affecting my cognition seemingly. I’ll forget small things or put things in odd places sometimes, or mix up words - things like that. Obviously this triggers me to be like “Alzheimers/dementia.” Can anyone relate? And if you recovered what did you do for it?

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