Does anyone ever feel like they can’t do anything beneficial for themselves relating to their future and progression with themselves bc of ocd and what it does? It could be the most simple or far reaching goal like going to the gym or wanting to strive for a specific career. Those are just examples. I’m just curious to know if anyone struggles with this.
For me even simple tasks like, I was thinking of sorting my clothes, and sorting which ones I want and which ones I don’t want, and all of a sudden got this sinking anxiety feeling because anytime I think of doing something my head thinks there’s no point because I have this problem, or ‘what’s the point’ it’s like I’m pretending to be normal or idk I just find it difficult to do a lot of things because I’m put off because of my ocd
Yes. This has come up for me! With moral and existential/philosophical ocd. I've wondered if it was selfish to pursue things only for myself. Then I would wonder if my desires came from ego or god and if it came from ego then I couldnt pursue it. I would question my desires and interests and if I really wanted them. I would go in circles questioning my desires.
I want children so badly. But I don't think I could ever let myself, because...what if I hurt them...?
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Yes. I struggle with this every day. Even though my OCD continues to stress me out, I have been forcing myself to get outside at least once a day. Though it’s difficult, it’s really helpful at the end of the day. Small goals are super important!
Yes totally. I can’t ever be excited for any future events because “what if?” my absolute worst OCD fears come true before them, and then my life is ruined. It’s Honestly awful loving like this. Even day to day I feel undeserving of feeling deserving, worthy, and good. I have severe moral OCD and I feel guilt everyday when I hear people talk about “how good they are” (you’d be surprised, people do it a lot) and I always think I’m just the absolute worst of the worst so I don’t deserve anything good, and it’s like my OCD reinforces this every single day.
@Worry24 However, I have found it some what helpful to just focus on the moment and enjoy the moment and try and worry about the rest later. But honestly, it’s like fighting a very bleak war inside my head.
Yes!!! I went to school to get into law enforcement. Now I'm looking for other jobs not in my field of study 😔
I have several OCD themes currently. It’s pretty much entwined in my entire existence and has been for decades. I was only diagnosed a few months ago and have been making progress with ERP on my contamination issues which is an amazing feeling. To have some control over this has made the future seem bright. Unfortunately lately I’ve been struggling with questioning my 10 plus year marriage (something I’ve dealt with on and off the entire time). My feelings had been solid for at least the past year with no obsessing in that area so it’s really very disturbing to experience this now just as I am getting a slight handle on my OCD. I’ve been so distracted with this the past 2 weeks I haven’t been able to make much progress. Just now I considered the possibility that OCD is behind this. Has anyone ever found that OCD started to sabotage you in one area when you were making progress in another? Is this possible?
Anyone else experienced something like this? You’re doing something normal, and you start thinking, what if my ocd attaches to this? And then you make it. Or you’re thinking, what if I can’t do this normally? And that inhibts you from doing so.
How does OCD get in the way of living your life? What are some things you can do to drop the worries?
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