i woke up this morning with anxiety and i started spiraling and i had to continuously tell myself that i’m okay and i’m fine which i feel as if i’m doing it over and over again. my ocd is telling me that since it’s been a few good days that i want all of these things to happen and be real. im hoping to be able to move forward after this morning. does anyone else get like this or feel this way or is it just me?
Mornings are especially hard because cortisol levels are so high when you wake up. Also, it feels like you start over from all the progress the day before. Remember to breathe, and talk kindly to yourself.
@MillerC that’s what i’m trying to do. i feel somewhat better now and my mind goes ocd and anxiety who?
Happens all the time to me. Sometimes its only one good day before it happens again, other times I can be good a few weeks and then it switches. It's part of what makes recovery and therapy non-linear, and it doesn't mean the progress you've seen is for nothing or that the good times aren't coming back. Might take longer than a morning to let the anxiety pass but keep at it! The good days come again
@Caeles thank you so so much i appreciate it a lot.
I feel like I’m going crazy. I feel that my friends are shunning me because I’m crazy. I feel like I’m spiralling into some sort of episode. I took my meds out of sync, it always makes me this way. Try to relax. Lie down and make sure to keep your eyes closed as this is so much more restful than lying down on its own. Sometimes you can just be worked up. I’m probably babbling but that’s how I’m dealing with it rn.
@Newb82 thank you so much for your reply i appreciate it and you’re definitely true i just try to lay there with my eyes closed and mentally tell myself i’m fine
Woke up this morning immediately looking for the thoughts that I’ve been having even though i don’t want to think about them. I feel like i ended up bringing them upon myself and then i had a super gruesome thought and have been worrying about it all morning. Is it possible to bring thoughts upon yourself? Is it ocd or is it just me? I’m just so scared of going “crazy” that i keep looking for thoughts deciding if it’s me or not if you know what i mean. It’s such a scary feeling When you feel like you don’t know who you are 😭 i literally am just petrified of completely losing sense of who i am and doing something bad and being locked away forever. Is it possible to just turn bad? Does anybody know what i mean by that? Like you secretly have a double ego and completely turn into somebody different? Does anyone else experience this? Is it ocd? I’m so scared i feel like i can never catch a break.
Does anyone else get very nervous/afraid/anxious after experiencing an OCD spiral? Over the last 2 days I’ve had my worst ocd episode in years and even though I think and hope I’m through the worst of it I find myself nervous that anything could re-trigger it. Just feeling really vulnerable and fragile and wondering if anyone else gets “ocd hangovers” like this.
Hey everyone, I haven't been on here in about 6 months because Ive been doing pretty well with my ocd. I still had flare ups but I managed them well. But now my health ocd is back and it feels like there's no hope. I can't be sure I don't have every single illness I'm afraid of, I can't stop checking my body for weird symptoms and sensations. I've been through this before but never this bad. My mind is spiraling 24/7 and I don't know how to calm down. Nothing helps. Most of the time I try to distract myself and do something but this time I can't. My brain won't shut off. It feels like Im living in a cage and it's slowly drowning. What helps you calm down quickly because I'm so tired and scared?
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