I’ve found this is common in ocd. Anyone else have it? My entire life revolves around not throwing up. I have done it before and obviously I survived it so idk why my brain has latched onto this. It’s just a part of being a human yet it rules me. I was around someone with a virus this week so I am spiraling and being obsessed with “am I coming down with something”. Anyone ever conquered it or have any advice?
Sorry to hear about your struggle. I understand what it is like living with uncertainty. OCD doesn’t effect me the with the issue you mentioned but OCD has one weapon only and that is doubt. One of my OCD issues is Hit and Run OCD. I used to go back and see if I hit someone while I was driving. I don’t know if you are getting counseling for OCD. I have been with NOCD just over a year and it has been a huge help. In handling OCD there is ERP (Exposer and Response Prevention) an example of that is if I think I hit someone with my car - I do not drive back to see if I did. I keep driving and think “Yep. Someone is now flipping around in the road needing medical help”. What happened over time? My brain calmed down and it isn’t nearly the issue it was before. It was tough believe me, but so worth the work. So maybe something for you could do is say “Yep I am going to throw up in 5 min. but I am going to keep doing what I’m doing and if I throw up, I throw up. It will most likely make a big mess but I am going to keep on doing what I’m doing. A NOCD councilor could help you by putting a plan together on how you can keep living your life with the anxiety of thinking you’ll throw up. The only difference between you and me is what triggers us. I know you can say “No” to OCD 👍.
This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
I'm having awful stomach pain and nausea and it's really worrying me and scaring me
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