Not sure if this is OCD but I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I’m 25 and still live with my parents, and rarely get to go out and do stuff. I feel like if I’m not careful, I’ll be old and regretful of not “living life” more as a young guy. Anyone else with OCD have this struggle?
I struggle with this so much. I hold back so much because of my anxiety and to avoid ocd. Sometimes I do say, take a trip and do your erp but it’s easier said than done. But please do your best to push outside of your comfort zone and enjoy as much you can. You’re so young and you have time but it does fly. Have fun!!!
@Monitica Yes! So so glad you relate. Yeah trips are extremely triggering for me. It’s because I have ROCD with friends, and so I just literally hate the idea of going on a long trip with said friends where sour emotions toward them could possibly come to the surface. That’s a recipe for obsessions for sure—but then at least when I look back on those trips, I feel like I remember the good moments more than the bad so it’s normally worth it in the end. Is that the same for you?
@yun444g Yeah I completely understand. Trips are triggering thinking I won’t be able to sleep or something will happen around my ocd themes. I had a therapist tell me that this is fortune telling. Already assuming and thinking the worst which is so unfair. I’m telling you, I’ve taken leaps and I’m so glad I did. You have control of things and the rest we don’t but we can’t let that hinder us you know. Try not to assume so much for the future. Be present and take leaps. You’ll see how much fun you’ll have. I promise
Does anyone struggle with feeling like their ocd issues are not ocd enough compared to other peoples ocd? Is this an ocd thought itself lol
I never heard about people with OCD who have messy living conditions. Maybe this is why it took so long to accept my diagnosis. Although I really dont like how OCD is percieved at by the majority of people, I feel like Im weird or something because I dont fit into that stereotype. I understand that a lot of people with OCD have this issue, but why do I feel so different? If anybody else has/had this belief, what helps with feeling more comfortable? Everytime my mom points out my room, and how its messy- Its like I feel so lazy and useless. So then I often plan out everything I was going to do, step by step, always having a reasoning behind everything, because logic always comforts me. When I start tidying up my room, I go full out (Sheets, Laundry, Clorox, Candles, Vaccuming, Then I start going through the guinea pigs cage to rearranging all of their stuff) Yet always somewhere after doing a few things, I start feeling disgusting and almost shameful of myself. 99% of the time I end up laying on my floor sobbing, noting every little thing about my room. How my furiniture doesnt match, how i would rather have solid floor like hardwood or vinyl instead of the carpet, usually things i cant change… and then barely anything gets done in my room. I start to have a meltdown and often dont take care of myself even more afterwards. A piece of me feels like my thoughts are just me being a spoiled brat and wanting everything i dont have- meanwhile others dont even have a roof over their head. The other piece of me is just tired, just emotionally exaughsted. Please comment any thoughts or recomendations to maybe improve motovation and attitude towards doing long tasks.
Hey fellow OCD warriors! Wanted to ask if anyone else’s OCD tends to latch onto change and catastrophize with all kinds of worst-case scenarios. There’s a lot going on in my life, and even though they are all exciting things that I truly want and am happy about, I’ve had moments of deep fear at so much change happening and even a sadness that I can only think is a kind of grief of entering a new stage of life/a new me and leaving the old one behind. I am in my mid-20s and a lot of this centers around nostalgia and fear and intrusive thoughts of changes like my parents getting older, myself aging, friendships growing apart leading to loneliness, etc. I know I need to treat it as any other OCD flare-up and do ERP, but it also feels different than other OCD themes because I feel blue and like existentially sad. Even as a young kid, I always hated change and the thought of growing up (even if exciting things were happening) - like I cried when I turned 10 because I was leaving the single digits behind forever! 🤦♀️ I feel like I’m preemptively mourning things like losing my parents or my health even though I am healthy and my parents are too. I don’t want to waste the time I have ruminating about the future. I haven’t heard this kind of theme mentioned a lot so just wanted to see if any others could relate.
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