Stuck. Help

I am stuck in my ocd. If I don’t brush my teeth again I feel like nothing else is real me then I feel like I need to do it to undo that compulsion, but if I do my mind is telling me another horrible thought that I am the devil or something or that I live with the devil. It’s hard to even say it out loud but I am scared right now of my own thoughts and it feels to scary to think rationally right now. Somebody please help me get out of this mindset right now

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Date posted: 2y ago

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Calove

Date posted: 2y ago

@Ciara306 Thank you, but I feel alone ? Like my thoughts actually are making me feel like nothing else is real like how did my mind jut get into this mindset me how do I get out of it? The only thing I can think of if doing my compulsion again, but I know I’ll get stuck. I keep having this thought that I’m in n alternate universe end that my life is going in without me ? What the heck I’m just idk I feel so insane right now.

Brooklyn_99

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

Fill your bathtub up with cold water. As cold as you can get. Get in that cold water for 5 mins. It’ll shock your mind back into your body. It also releases dopamine the happy chemical. Your not alone. I’ve felt exactly what your going thru. Those thoughts and emotions are LIES. They will pass

Calove

Date posted: 2y ago

@Brooklyn_99 Does it go away?

Calove

Date posted: 2y ago

Wow thank you so much. Unfortunately I did the compulsion and I actually still feel like crap, but your encouraging words and advice I’m going to splash some cold water in my face right now.

Brooklyn_99

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

@Calove It’s ok. This is a journey and something we continue to practice. Be kind to yourself. OCD makes us so negative towards ourselves and makes us beat ourselves down. Be gentle to yourself. You going thru a lot and your handling it SO WELL! Another trick that really helps me cope is setting my worry on a timer. Set a time tomorrow for you to worry. Give yourself 10-15 mins at that time for you to just focus on your stress. And then afterwards set another time. It’s so helpful because if we try to make our brains stop. It’ll work overtime to make us miserable. But if we say “ you can worry, just not right now”. Our brains ease off cause it knows it will eventually happen. It’s a practice but it’s so effective. It allows you to take more control of your emotions and life. You will get thru this.

Phillip91

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

Sending some strength your way. I’ve been here before - when you go so deep down the rabbit hole that you don’t know what’s real or how to get out. What I had to learn, and what I’m still learning, is that the only way out is to stop looking. Maybe your fears are true, maybe not - but you have the choice to believe in whichever reality you choose. Your mind is playing all kinds of tricks on you, do your best to let it without needing to disprove all the irrational thoughts. It’s so hard at first, but each day it slowly gets a tiny bit easier. You can do it.

carol.xxx

Date posted: 19w ago

flare up please respond

Hey guys, I am having the worst HARM OCD episode I have had in a while. I am having disgusting, awful intrusive thoughts about harming others. It feels so real. It feels as if I am about to get up and just do it. The worst bit about it all Is I know I feel distressed and panicked. But where the thoughts are actually happening ( in my head) doesnt feel this feeling. This is making it feel worse as it really does feel like Im just going to do it. I am crying my eyes out because I know im petrified and dont want to hurt anyone im so scared. I have this terrible intrusive feeling in my that feels like its justifying the thoughts. Please can someone talk as I am scared Im crying I dont want know what to do I want this feeling gone I am so scared. I tell myself Id kill myself before hurting anyone else, but would i ? What if I actually do want to kill Please respond Im so scared

Harm OCD

frannyb

Date posted: 12w ago

I can't do this anymore

I can't live with OCD anymore. It's ruining my life. I feel like I'm being constantly bullied in my own mind all day everyday. I don't know if what I think and feel is ever real or normal or okay, what is me and what is the OCD thoughts. I don't know if any of my experiences are normal. I'm exhausted from picking apart every single conversation I ever have with anyone until I'm strung out by a vague and ambiguous feeling of guilt. I'm tired of feeling like I'm a bad person and feeling scared all the time and not knowing why and having my brain spin me out on an endless spiralling train of thoughts that never goes anywhere and just makes me feel disconnected from everything and everyone around me. I don't know what I feel and if what I feel is normal or if anything I am doing is real and actually me or if I'm 'losing my mind.' I don't even know if this makes any sense. I get into these states of mind where every thought in my head and everything I feel and perceive makes me question my own sanity. I don't know if anyone likes me because I have absolutely no concept of what I am actually like. I feel completely lost and confused CONSTANTLY.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 12w ago

I don’t know what’s wrong

I can’t stop crying. My thoughts are going insane, they’re so fast I can’t keep up. I want to tell everyone around me what’s happening (my family doesn’t even know about my OCD). I can’t seem to resist compulsions today. I’m freaking out. I want to give up. I feel like I’m suffocating in whatever is going on. I feel like I need to go to a hospital. I don’t know how to ask for help. I don’t feel okay. I don’t understand this at all. It feels like I took some random drug. I’m really scared I’m sorry, I am so panicked. It’s embarrassing but I feel so desperate for help right now I feel crazy

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