I’ve been out of work since December when my OCD just got the best of me. I still have my days and currently having a bout of anxiety but I’m excited to go back to work and feel it will be good for me to get back to normal. Any thoughts or advice for me!!
Take it one day at a time! Set boundaries.
Good luck. I’m approaching 10 years since I had to stop working due to OCD and anxiety.
Are you in therapy or just on disability?
@Scaredallday I’m on disability and have a psychiatrist who has me on medication. I was in NOCD therapy for a number of months, but had to pay out of pocket, got too expensive.
@Matthew L. 10 years??? Omg you are so strong
@Anonymous Thanks, about 30 years since I’ve had OCD. Up until I went to high school, I was a normal kid. I wish I could have my brain back. High school & college were hell, but not the same way it is now? Since then it’s just deteriorating.
How is ur recovery going??
@Anonymous Taking it one day at a time. Everyday is different but 1 thing for certain, I’m wayyyyyy better than I was when I first started. ❤️ Leaning into uncertainty is the cure ❤️
@brittanyljohnson 💕💕💕 have you dealt with intrusive urges? That’s the hardest for me harm Ocd related
@Anonymous Yes 🤦🏾♀️🙆🏾♀️ first time it happened I called 988. It’s funny bc as freaked out as I was, they weren’t concerned at all. Now when it feels like that I use to responses and my anxiety calms and I can move on with my day. In fact it happened today. I sat outside with my son and did an exposure.
Hello! I am really looking for some advice. I have been struggling with OCD for a few years now and it drastically affects my daily life. I am going to give a quick run through of my OCD, and then the current situation I am in now. So for almost 2 years now my most prominent themes of OCD have been getting sick with the stomach bug (emetaphobia) and watching someone die/ having to see large amount of blood or do CPR on someone (I just graduated nursing school). Last year I stopped eating out, wouldn’t touch any of my food with my hands, would wash my hands until they bleed every day, bleached everything I touched when I was in public etc… I would have these major panic attacks all the time and the thought of getting sick hasn’t left my head 24/7 for 2 years. I was unable to complete my nursing school clinicals due to panic attacks each time I was at the hospital afraid someone would die and get these terrible images in my head. I didn’t sleep ever, barely graduated. I did ERP after school and was able to make up the clinical days I missed. Got to a point where I was eating again, felt like I was able to get my hands clean just by washing them. I have been doing exposures every day, and have accepted that getting sick will probably happen at one point and I am okay with it as long as I am at home when it happens. So locking myself in my apartment for 48hr every time after I could have been exposed to the stomach bug is major progress for me and I have been overall doing much better. Fast forward to now: It’s time for me to start my new job on a med/surg floor in a hospital. This week I have made it through a few days of orientation with panic attacks day and night but I am doing it even though I am petrified. I don’t feel ready for this big of a step, being exposed to both of my biggest fears constantly. Today at orientation the girl sitting next to me told me she had been vomiting all day, and continued to run out of the room a vomit the rest of the day. I now am 90% sure I am going to get sick and feel as if I would rather die than continue this amount of stress and anxiety I have felt from just a few days of being on the job. This is my BIGGEST fear and it’s coming true and I don’t know if it’s worth putting myself through this every day at work to just be having constant panic attacks and be miserable. I know with OCD you have to face your fears but I have been pushing myself and trying so hard and I don’t feel like it’s worth it to work this job. I would also feel incredibly guilty for quitting on the first week, but there are a million other nursing jobs that are not in a hospital. I think this is too big of a step for me right now but I wanted to see what others think. Any advice at all is so appreciated!
I’m having a big OCD relapse and would like to hear anyone’s tips on how to be present and healthily deal with these intrusive thoughts and the “need” to preform compulsions. Thank you!!
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
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