New to OCD

So I recently learned from my psychiatrist that I could be suffering from OCD (irrational thoughts) and general anxiety. I guess what my concern or question would be is if anyone else deals with irrational thoughts and do they change from day to day. And if it changes on situations. Any advice would be helpful, I feel like I'm losing my mind most days and I haven't always been this way. I am a first responder and have been for about 11 years, this was never and issue before. Just very new to all of this. Thank you all for any input.

Username: Morgan-SMorgan-S

Date posted: 1y ago

One things that’s been helpful for me is remembering my values and continuing to work towards those despite what OCD and fear might be saying. My thoughts change all the time. I think it comes down a core fear and my brain looks for reasons to be anxious rather than just going “yup, there’s anxiety for no reason”

Username: sazMarsazMar

Date posted: 1y ago

I find I feel anxious but can’t figure out why so my mind throws intrusive thoughts at me to back up the anxiety. I know these thoughts aren’t real but because the anxiety gets stronger over time it takes away all logic which makes me go over in my head when I started to feel anxious and although there’s nothing there you end up in a loop

Username: Morgan-SMorgan-S

Date posted: 1y ago

A good diffusion for me is saying thank you to the OCD and the anxiety for trying to keep me safe but then reminding it that I’m in charge and I get to make the decisions without fear and OCD in the drivers seat.

Username: sazMarsazMar

Date posted: 1y ago

Hi Morgan I completely agree with both your statements I was literally just telling my amygdala thanks for the warning but I’m safe and well over and over in my head. And yes I was fighting with my anxiety saying I’ve done nothing wrong to feel like this so then of course it throws out an image and says maybe this is why you feel anxious and of course you fight it off because you don’t like the thought and so on and so on

Username: S'moresS'mores

Date posted: 1y ago

I also was a first responder (for 13 years). I had "general anxiety". But I had very irrational thoughts (my therapist said I catastrophize everything). I was told by 2 of my doctors that they think I have OCD. I was diagnosed by 2 therapist since then with OCD. I am new to this too. I think a major life change (divorce) triggered me and pushed me over the edge. My irrational thoughts do change, but are mostly always two genres: something happening to my children or me getting a disease.

Username: 361davidp 361davidp

Date posted: 1y ago

The OCD is new diagnosis for me, I've also always had general anxiety but the irrational thoughts are new to me. My new psychiatrist believes I'm dealing with OCD, I've had several therapist before but OCD, was new a diagnosis they had come up with.

Username: S'moresS'mores

Date posted: 1y ago

@361davidp - That's exactly what happened with me. I was diagnosed with ocd a few months ago. I was always just told I have anxiety. The intrusive thoughts were always there, but the therapist I was seeing just said I catastraphize and it's just anxiety.

Username: 361davidp 361davidp

Date posted: 1y ago

Has it gotten better? Don't mean to pry just curious. Some days are better Than others, I'm currently working 12 hour shifts and when the calls for service die down ( I work nights 6pm-6am)that's when my mind tends to start making up irrational thoughts

Username: S'moresS'mores

Date posted: 1y ago

It's gets worse when I do things out my comfort zone. So I would say yes it gets better when I'm in a routine but then I gi downhill quickly is something triggers me.

Username: 361davidp 361davidp

Date posted: 1y ago

That's the same thing that happens to me, home is my safe zone

Username: S'moresS'mores

Date posted: 1y ago

@361davidp - Me too

Username: Lisseth27@

Date posted: 1y ago

Intrusive thoughts/depression/anxiety

Hello I am new to this application. I am 34 years old and I’m not sure if I have OCD but I’ve noticed that the last two weeks I have been having these horrible thoughts I can’t believe I am having them. It makes me so sad and scared and I can’t seem to stop crying. I’m going on week two feeling this way and can’t seem to get myself out of it. How can I possibly have thoughts about harming my child? They are the precious gift from God. They’re my flesh and bone how can I?? The anxiety I get every day has turned into having it all day and night, just the thought of How I can could possibly think of such thing, now followed by depression and lack of sleep. I have never had this problem ever up until now. I can’t even watch any crime shows or the news because it spikes my anxiety. I can’t even look at anything like knives, guns because it causes me major distress.

Username: sha123

Date posted: 1y ago

Help?

My OCD isn’t based around a specific theme, my anxiety is fuelled from any thought that is distressing to me (it could be faces, numbers, lyrics or disturbing) at any random time. I feel like I have to make the thought have purpose or I will be abnormal. So I will ruminate until I am comfortable with each thought and they keep piling up, which I know is the OCD cycle. My compulsions is to make the thoughts just right in my own way for the anxiety to go down. However, I am scared of my thoughts getting worse on their own if I just leave them and not realising what is an intrusive thought anymore. I cannot seem to go on with my day unless I ruminated. These thoughts happen anywhere, literally brushing my teeth, having a shower, sex, reading etc. What scares me is that the thoughts have no theme like I said, it just seems to anything intrusive that distresses me! I don’t seem to worry about an actual thing, just about having Intrusive thoughts themselves because I can’t focus on tasks, they always come and I get so anxious! I can’t live like a normal person. Please if you have anything that could help me from your knowledge, I am all ears!! ❤️

Username: Nev20

Date posted: 1y ago

Hi everyone! Tw: HOCD and Fear of Phsychosis

So I'm fairly new to OCD and Intrusive Thoughts. It all started about 8 months ago for me. I had health anxiety and generalized anxiety and got put on meds for that. I read side affects of meds could cause su*cdal thoughts and it freaked me out and lead me to think what if I started having thoughts of harming others too and instantly for the last 8 months I've had horrible intrusive thoguhts about harming others. Now the other day I ran across a post about how ocd can lead to psychosis, reading about it freaked me out so bad that I'm now scared I'm gonna get psychosis. Paranoid thoughts is a sign of psychosis so I started watching myself I guess to see if I'd become paranoid. And now every thought I have seems paranoid. I'll think things like what if I start becoming paranoid of my loved ones and think they're out to get me? That leaves me questioning if I am paranoid and if I actually do think that. Anyways, I guess I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them? I pray someone can relate because I'm terrified.

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