My OCD has began affecting my hygiene. I need to do everything at a certain time or I’m scared something will happen if I don’t. It’s begun affecting what I can eat, when I can shower, and other things. Sigh. It’s so hard to convince myself that my brain is just lying to me.
Sorry you are going through this. With ocd you can’t usually convince your brain of much because ocd responds with “what if” “what about” etc. You could choose the least difficult activity time and do that activity a little later or earlier and accept the risk that something bad may happen. Or if that’s too much you could try erp on the thoughts to start: https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/
@Erin P Thank you so much for responding! I will definitely try that.
@emtaylor005 If you can’t do it on your own an erp therapist can help. If you can them just keep making the time longer and once you’ve conquered the ocd for one activity, try it for another.
Hey guys! So I struggle with OCD, especially harm, relationship and moral stuff and I am somewhat recovered now. However, my current girlfriend has started showing signs of OCD but it’s abou5 something I don’t know much about so I wanted to see if anyone on here had thoughts about it. She is constantly thinking about food (when to eat it, what is healthy, what is too much, what is too little) and controls the thoughts by giving in and controlling her entire day around food. She don’t really know the feeling of being full. She never starved herself and always eats, but then she feels extremely guilty afterwards. Her thoughts do have to do a lot with her body image and not gaining weight but also not losing any either. Does this sound like ocd or an eating disorder?
I don't know what to do, my hands have become so numb and bruised because of constant washing hands, i have started hating each and every furniture around me, beacuse i feel they are not clean although they are being cleaned regularly but i cannot stop these thoughts. I clean my phone, bluetooth, charger with wet wipes each day, i don't touch any object around me, i am not being able to focus on my studies or anything else because of my ocd ihave stopped going out, everyone around me is so fed up of me. I have consulted so many therapists and been taking ayurvedic supplements too but nothing works. It is getting worse and worse, please if anybody can suggest me how to overcome these thoughts!
My OCD has never been this strong, it's so real, it feels like it will never go away, it's never been this strong for me and it's very scary.
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