Date posted: 1y ago

Anxiety symptoms

I THINK I’m starting to better understand my disorder and the impacts it has on me. I don’t think I’ve accepted that anxiety can have horrible symptoms that would be having an impact on me regardless of wether I had OCD. For example - I have HOCD/ROCD. Sure, the thoughts are horrible etc but the anxiety leads to: zero libido, lack of energy, no motivation, tiredness, you name it. All symptoms of anxiety. Is it any wonder ocd is hard enough let alone anxiety symptoms that would be there even if it was anxiety caused by something else. Does anyone else have similar thoughts? That lots of their symptoms are caused by anxiety too? Almost like they go hand in hand?

anonymous1800

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y ago

Yea, I feel the same way, my obsessions just don’t stick, and intrusive thoughts can just pass by but when my anxiety is high it gets me ruminating

Date posted: 1y ago

@anonymous1800 Gah. My themes stick, particularly HOCD. But I think the anxiety is what really gives me my symptoms that exacerbates the thoughts

Mika05

Date posted: 14w ago

Worried about not being anxious?

These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.

Elliesmith

Date posted: 13w ago

Is this a symptom of soocd

I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 12w ago

The Morning Anxiety

I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?

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