- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Emotional and mental exhaustion
I’ve had some of my most difficult days lately and would like to know what helps you replenish when you’re at your lowest ?
I’ve had some of my most difficult days lately and would like to know what helps you replenish when you’re at your lowest ?
I recently had an outpatient program that helped a lot with this. Observing my emotions without judgement. I journal what my thoughts and feelings are saying, how it’s making me feel physically, and making it clear that this is not good or bad and feeling this will help me heal. Reducing vulnerabilities is also a huge help when you feel low. Treat physical ailments- relieving physical pain, making sure you take your medication. Balancedeating- this can be overwhelming. Even just eating a fruit a day at first counts. Avoiding mood altering drugs- aka alcohol is only going to make you feel worse because it’s a depressant and weed, avoid masking your symptoms with it. Balanced sleep- 8 hours a night at least 4 nights per week is the standard. Exercise- even just a 10 minute walk counts and it’s so worth it
@Yourmindislyingtoyou Happy to answer any questions. This stuff really helped and still helps me avoid rock bottom
Oh no, I never said no weed. I implied moderation. You can consume THC like a PRN anxiety med and then address the thoughts and feelings healthily when you are calm and relaxed. However, you can also consume too much weed and be stoned out of your mind to avoid the thoughts and feelings. I myself prefer weed over PRN anxiety meds.
I take my meds. I don’t drink or smoke anything. I try to get 8 hours of sleep but it’s been toss and turn lately and I always take my meds. The observing without judgement is difficult for me and not assigning good or bad when you clearly feel bad is really hard but I can try that. I appreciate your response.
Mindfulness, grounding skills and TIPP skills maybe?
Idk about the weed in this comment … pharmaceuticals are only fda approved Street drugs.. but that’s just my opinion .. I’ve smoked before during a bad ocd trip. Overthinking mixed and mashed severally well with anxiety .. and it helped calm my mind down very well.. and the anxiety and thinking just stopped .. I was at peace with myself .. but as far as the other stuff you said that sounds good! I gotta write in a journal I’ve been told by many but haven’t done ever .
I think I’m going through the hardest depression right now. I’ve never felt so compelled to just stop getting up and stop living. I know it’s hard to hear, I just really feel bad. Right now I even feel like an attention seeker. I just wanted to know, are there any tips to raise me from this hole im in? Has anyone else felt like this an pulled themselves out?
I don’t have much of a support system outside of my bf, so I find myself here a lot. I think I just need to vent, so forgive me if I do this too often. It helps to have a community of people who truly understand. I haven’t felt this debilitated by mental illness in months. There has to be some explanation, maybe it’s hormonal, because I feel like I’ve completely lost myself. The panic hits in waves, sudden and overwhelming, like my head is submerged in lava, burning and suffocating. Then, for a brief moment, I feel almost normal and wonder what all the fear was about. But it never lasts. The chaos always comes back. I even considered going to the ER because I’m not sure I can trust myself anymore. Something has to be wrong, because this isn’t me. My life isn’t perfect, but it’s not unbearable either. Since I withdrew from school, I’ve been so much less stressed that even my cycle, which has been irregular for years, has somehow regulated itself. But even with that, I feel like a failure. I was one semester away from finishing, so close, but OCD hit me harder than it ever has. It felt like drowning, gasping for air, reaching for something solid, only to be dragged under again and again. Now, I feel like that again, but worse. I feel hollow, like something is wrong with me at my core. I don’t just feel sad; I feel broken. I break down into uncontrollable sobs every few hours, and I don’t even know why. I just know that whatever is happening, OCD is taking full advantage of how vulnerable I feel. Is this what MDD feels like? Everyone tells me I have it, and it’s been confirmed by my psych, my pcp, and my therapist, but I still can’t seem to fully see it. I don’t know how to separate what’s OCD from what might be another disorder. I’m sorry to anyone also going through such a hard time, my heart goes out to you 🤍
At this point I think I’m just tired. Took me a massive amount of strength to even type this. I’ve never had it this bad with anxiety depression and OCD. Firstly, how do you guys handle the trauma that comes with OCD. I recently realized Ive traumatized by own mind. I think this contributes to depression. Also, the thoughts frequency have gotten so high. It just literally jams its self in my brain. Before, I had some sort of control (at least a grip) but this days it’s so hard to try to get a grip. The unwanted feelings too? Omg, reactions that I literally can’t stand plagues me. My mind turns almost everything sexual. It’s crazy 🙃 Then the anxietyyyyyy! Wheew. I’m like a walking anxiety attack, my heart is always beating fast and it’s so painful. Working is so hard because I can’t get a grip, I feel so broken and I don’t think anyone can relate to this. I don’t know what I can do to help. Then the pressure in my head (that causes headache sometimes), sometimes I genuinely think I have a tumor! I’m pregnant so that makes it sadder, makes me wonder what kind of mother this beautiful soul is coming out here to meet. I don’t want to be a sad mother, and I cry more when I realize my child can feel what I feel rn in my belly😔. Another thing, the moment I don’t wanna do something, doesn’t even have to be anything bad. That’s when it feels my mind wants to force me to do it. It’s a whole lot and I’m just holding on to Jesus to help me out. At least he’s here so that’s comforting.
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