- Date posted
- 5y
- Date posted
- 5y
You know what- I told myself this on Thursday night. I had to get some paperwork done. I was exhausted and I was sick with a cold, but I thought ‘Nup, c’mon, push yourself to get it done. Don’t put it off’. I made so many errors that I ended up sending four emails to the same person with different versions of the same document (mortifying). What I learnt from that is- if you’re not feeling up to the big thing now, then wait.
- Date posted
- 5y
Quotes can be motivating: Do it now! Sometimes “later” becomes “never”. I like quotes and have them posted as reminders to get more motivated but “ocd life” and quotes don’t always make sense. Sounds like you have packed yourself a tight snowball made up of anxiety, depression and sleep deprivation. Break that snowball apart into pieces. Managing the anxiety will lessen the depression and that will in turn increase your sleep quality. Ok back to the quotes: “You can do this !” “One step at a time”
- Date posted
- 5y
Don’t isolate yourself make sure you’re around people even if it’s just going to Walmart or something like that to be in the company of others. Make sure you are eating right and getting some exercise. Go to bed at a set time as much as possible. I use 10mg of Natrol melatonin gummies 20 minutes before bedtime when I can’t fall asleep. You must get your sleep hygiene corrected to give you the ability to make the changes necessary to get ocd under control and manageable.
- Date posted
- 5y
Birdlady that's not good ? you are right sometimes it is best to wait until you are ready especially with those sort of things but with me I mean little things like going out, seeing family. I keep putting it off and it just gets harder and harder. I am so exhausted though due to severe insomnia ? don't beat yourself up about what happend I reckon things like that could happen to anyone!?
- Date posted
- 5y
Mike 1234.. Thank you for your advice I know you are exactly right! I used to love motivational and inspiring quotes. But they don't seem to work for me anymore. Spose it's cos I'm so stuck in this negative mindset. And what you said about packing myself into a tight snowball of anxiety and depression is absolutely right! I couldn't of described it better myself really! I don't want to ask for reassurance cos I know that's the worse thing to do but I'm just at a total loss been isolating myself and avoiding things for so long it's just become a way of life its sad ?and lack of sleep is driving me insane
- Date posted
- 5y
Thanks Mike 123.. I'm trying my best, yesterday I managed to get out just went to my local shop and visited my grandad it wasn't much but I felt better for it. Today though I haven't been out but kept busy and still spent a bit of time with family. I eat quite well, fruit everyday and plenty of water although I can't help but have the occasional binge on chocolate and crisps! ? Got to have a treat though ☺️ I stick to going to bed at the same time every night and actually had a better night sleep last night, ooh that sounds interesting the gummies I'll have to have a look if I can get some! I feel once my sleeps under control I'll feel much better and much more able to live with the harm ocd. Thanks for all your advice I really appreciate it ❤️☺️
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- Date posted
- 24w
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
- Date posted
- 23w
I've been bedridden with anxiety and haven't eaten much. I tried going on a walk and broke down halfway through to cry. It kind if helped my physical anxiety but hasn't helped my ocd much. ERP is so difficult. It just makes me exhausted and anxious and cry. And I don't even feel a little better afterwards, so what's the point? I get I'm supposed to build up resilience but when? when do I finally feel some reward? I'm suffering, I don't have the energy to fight these thoughts when all the thoughts I have are rumination or intrusive. Medications haven't worked for me either. Maybe I'm not going to get better. Happy new year to me.
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 11w
This is just a vent. Feels nice to just be honest about who I am and my deficiencies. Mental health advocates are always like "you deserve to live no matter what" and I'm like "bet lol" I am not a good person whose presence has any positive impact on the world. I'm not evil, just useless without having the excuse of depression or whatever (it's anxiety based but again who gives a shit). If I were to go away, I wouldn't be missed because I contribute nothing of note. If we did not live in the US where you can get by without being socially accepted as long as you have loving parents, I would either be dead or would have stepped up and might actually be a valuable member of society (like between being dead and pushing through my anxiety I would probably choose the latter lol). Interpersonally, I have no redeeming qualities. No I'm not one of those people who says that shit and then lists all the ways they're actually decent but just have low self-esteem, I'm genuinely useless. I'm unreliable when it comes to group projects and my job, usually doing the bare minimum or less than that. When it comes to my work in general, I tend to drop the ball, often waiting till the last minute to get started on it, turning it in late, or simply not turning it in at all. I make promises about the things I will do and then don't do them. I also lack initiative and just follow orders. Socially, I don't have any friends and don't make an effort to try to gain any - I tend to act distant in social interactions and don't join in when people are having group conversations. I'm a talented artist, but the only work I've ever shown others in the last few years has been shoddy, amateurish, and completely unreflective of my abilities, and I've never been complimented for it lol. How do I feel about all this? Pretty freaking bad, yet I make no effort to change. I'm afraid of most things so I avoid them, screwing up my own life and negatively affecting other people's as well. Despite all this, I have this desire to be accepted by someone else as I am. The fact that I accept myself shows that it's possible, I guess (you could argue that I don't have a choice but I definitely chose to be okay with myself after years of self-loathing). I have a shit-ton of flaws and nothing to really offset them - I mean I'm self-aware but I think self-awareness is completely useless if you don't do anything about what you've observed in yourself, and less self-aware people are able to take more risks - and I just have this fantasy of someone showing up and looking at all that I am and being like "you have contributed literally nothing to society and you have no redeeming qualities but I accept you as you are and love you, for no reason other than I just do." But based on the comics I've read this can only happen if you're childhood friends who've known each other for a long time lol. No reason someone's gonna want to be friends with some random person who leaves a poor first impression and doesn't do anything to further the relationship. The plus side of this is that I have a /lot/ of room for growth, lots of things to change that could make me a better person. The negative side is that it is still just as hard to not be avoidant af as it was yesterday
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