I feel so paranoid , i was just sitting in my room fine and all of sudden i hear sirens and it doesnt stop for 10 mins. And it turned to my thoughts an paranoia saying “they are looking for you”
Yup This is me as well.. You're not alone
I had to screenshot the message you left on your bio. It was what I needed to hear. And I've had this worry a few times in the past. It was really scary and intense. You know what helped me handle that fear? I would think: ok, if the police doesn't come in 15 days, then it's unlikely they're after me. But maybe it'll be 6 months, so after 6 months I'll put this worry to rest. It sounds like a compulsion and it might as well be one, but I'd wait 15 days and then the fear would subside slowly. And I was never worried about the police being after me for whatever I did 6 months ago, so I never actually tracked this much time lol but this helped me calm down over something I had no control over, such as the police coming after me or not.
What I was basically doing is sitting with the thought, but by putting a time limit for my worry, it helped me not to engage with it. I would think: there's nothing I can do but wait and see.
@Lavander Im glad my bio helped you out but please don’t screenshot because that just made me more paranoid. Screenshoting things without my permission gives like ptsd of mine from personal issues. I know you are just a fellow internet stranger and maybe wont delete it but all j can say is please.
@Sumerillast Dw. Didn't mean to trigger you further, no bad intentions from my part. I'll delete it.
@Lavander I appreciate that alot fellow human :)
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Your brains on lock this is a false alarm going off in your brain your perceiving a false threat Your brain is trying to protect you. That’s why the anxiety feels so real but it’s a false sense of danger. Intrusive thoughts can’t hurt you and you’re in no physical danger and no one else is either. It’s a false alarm. Your brain is on lock good news you can get it off lock you have to learn how to put all this power you put into the ruminations and anxiety into other productive activities then you can accomplish amazing things.
I have pocd and for a while, evertime someone knocked at the door I was convinced it was the fbi coming to get me haha. Now I find it ridiculous. I don't pay any attention to it
I’m really struggling right now. My mind is racing and I’m panicking about the content that I watched in the past because I don’t have a way to ‘prove’ that it was safe and consensual. I stupidly caved in and googled “what happens if an accidentally saw illegal porn” and I ended up making my anxiety so much worse. What if the images I saw in the past had underage people in them? Am I going to jail? Will my ip address be tracked? My brain is making all sorts of scenarios up and they feel so real. At this point I don’t know if I’m a bad person or not, I just feel like something terrible is about to happen. Although I know I’d never intentionally look for that kind of stuff there’s still a chance that I could have seen things without realising, and I actually don’t know what to do. I’m in total panic mode
i’m so scared im going to lose control and end up locked up or something. this is so exhausting!! i worry that what i have isn’t OCD and that im genuinely insane and im gonna end up in big trouble or that the urges i have are going to actually happen. i dont want to think these things ! i feel like a horrible human being!!
i’m currently experiencing a panicky anxiety attack and i don’t know why. i’ve been on edge all day because of being scared to get sick, but right now, i know i’m not going to get sick but i’m just really panicked and cannot calm down. i’m currently listening to music that helps relax me with an icepack on my neck to help, but not much is happening. my sister and mom keep coming into my room and it’s only making it worse but i don’t know why. i just don’t want to talk or be around anyone right now. these kinds of episodes are worse than any other because i don’t know why i’m so scared. it just feels like it’s never going to go away.
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