Emma M
- Date posted
- 2y
Ocd ruins everything
It’s annoying, how come when I’m having a good time and enjoying myself it has to act up?
LowellTLowellT
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I understand how you feel. I’d like to mention two things my NOCD councilor told me. 1. Still do the things you enjoy even if OCD is there. For me I like riding the bike but I did it less because it became a time of rumination, so now even if it will be a time if of ruminating I will still ride the bike and actually the ruminating has gone way down. 2. If OCD comes up during a fun time just push through and regardless of OCD being there I will “enjoy” the conversation. By doing these types of things I am telling OCD I don’t care if you’re here I will still enjoy my life. Is it easy to do? No. It is much easier to type it then live it. But is it worth doing? Absolutely. I know you can do it 👍.
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
OCD is just a big meanie. Thats why. Unfortunately, it thrives when you don't want it to, and the more you try to avoid the thoughts and feelings the more they will be there. The pink elephant effect. So allow the thoughts to be there but don't stop living your life.
blueberrycatblueberrycat
- Date posted
- 2y
@Stacy Quick this is so helpful. thank u!
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
@blueberrycat - Can I just say how much I love the name @blueberrycat💛 and thank you for your kindness
blueberrycatblueberrycat
- Date posted
- 2y
@Stacy Quick awww thank u!!🤍🤍🤍
OCDwontownmeOCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 2y
I absolutely hate my ocd. It tells me things I know aren't true and then I continue to question them.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
@OCDliestoyou - It is definitely a thorn in my side also. It is the doubting disease- always wanting you to doubt everything and anything...but there is so much hope. It can be very manageable.
OCDwontownmeOCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 2y
@NOCD Therapist - Stacy Q. The scariest thoughts are the slightly more mild ones. The ones that aren't crazy.
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
@OCDliestoyou - A great deal of what OCD thrives on is just the possibility of something, that's what makes it so scary, is that it has happened to someone somewhere usually- again that intense uncertainty.
Emma MEmma M
- Date posted
- 2y
@Stacy Quick Thank you this was good advice🩷
Mike201Mike201
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I’m in the same boat. Everything I used to enjoy I still enjoy but ocd is making it so hard to enjoy anything . My ocd will just act up. I totally get it
OCDwontownmeOCDwontownme
- Date posted
- 2y
Wants you to be unhappy. Plain and simple. It's probably because you have some unhealed trauma from childhood, and you feel like you don't deserve to be happy, (subconsciously)
GregJGregJ
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Yeah I get the same way sometimes. It’s like my brain is saying “Oh you are having a good time? Well not anymore, here’s some thoughts”. OCD doesn’t like that it doesn’t have your attention. Try to be strong and let the thoughts just be there and try to continue on. You got this!
blueberrycatblueberrycat
- Date posted
- 2y
me too.
yin9zyin9z
- Date posted
- 2y
Ocd is a bitch
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Sometimes I feel like I can't even be happy because I'm afraid that my OCD will take it out of context and twist it around.
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
I'm actually kind of certain that I'm experiencing meta OCD. Like, I know that the thoughts are all nonsense, but some aspect of my mind is still focused on them. Almost like some sort of roadblock, and I think it's avoiding triggers.
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Anonymous
- Date posted
- 19w
I can’t have really good days
If I ever experience myself happy in life, my relationship, or friendships, OCD just finds a way to ruin it for me. As soon as life’s going good, it pops up into my head with all these intrusive thoughts that make it impossible to just relax and enjoy myself. My relationship has been improving, along with my mental health, and I have been feeling so in love and present with my partner. Everytime that happens OCD pops back up, with all these thoughts in my head like “What if I don’t really love my partner” “What if I’m not actually attracted to him” then it spirals to “What if I’m gay” “What if I don’t even like men” and it keeps going and going. Now, I can’t even hang around women friends without OCD popping up and saying “What if I’m attracted to them” “You have a crush on them”. I have always identified as straight, and I have always been boy obsessed growing up. I don’t want to be gay and lose everything I have with my boyfriend. That’s a huge fear that OCD is putting into my head. That I’m gay and I don’t actually love my partner and am attracted to him. I’m so upset. I just want to be happy in my relationship and at peace. And I want to be able to make female friends without OCD ruining it for me. :/ It’s like if I’m really stressed, my OCD gets really bad. And if I’m happy my OCD gets really bad. Unfortunately NOCD doesn’t accept my insurance, but I am meeting with a therapist I found on Rula who treats OCD, so I’m hoping that helps. I am also considering meds, because I can’t keep living like this. It’s been 25 years.
baukje
- Date posted
- 12w
Rant
I hate how ocd targets everything I love to do. Walking, excercising, gym… I used to love those things. It was my therapy. It were the things I could escape my thinking. Now those are the things i get stuck in my head. Why? It makes me sad. Sorry not so positive today.
moon0270
- Date posted
- 9w
Why is it this way
I feel like my life isn't my own anymore. I live by OCD's rules. I can't ever switch it off. I spend most of my day mentally reviewing and constantly checking myself. I have to do things in a certain way or i dont feel safe. All this time that i've lost and for what? Idk how I let thoughts have so much power over my life and yet here I am. Every day. I can't even get away from it in sleep because i have dreams about it and I wake up anxious if i manage to get any sleep at all. I'm so over it all.
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