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Yes definitely lol
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This was me last week! I was having really depressing thoughts, and I could not stop ruminating about them and worrying that they were reflective of my true beliefs. I was also scared that I was in the beginning stages of clinical depression. I didn't feel like myself, and my anxiety was very active. I'm feeling a little better this week. I can't say that I did one particular thing to help, other than ride out the wave. I also made sure to get outside and walk every day and spend some time with people I love.
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Can I just say that having depression with OCD is like usually 100% the case just from having OCD and not from some chemical imbalance? When OCD takes over your life for a long time or in an extreme way, and you try and get help but do not get it or you receive the wrong help, or maybe things get worse for whatever else reason, then it is pretty logical to feel that way. Having OCD IS a depressing thing honestly
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(I mean in most cases btw, sometimes it's not like that and people can get depression for other reasons, non related to OCD or they had it before the onset of OCD, but from all the people I have talked to this seems to be rare and usually it's not the case)
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@chellie I agree, my ocd causes me depression. I do not have a very traumatic past or anything that would lead me to feel this way - it’s strictly from my OCD. especially bc of my ROCD and harm ocd...it’s annoying and stressful
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- 23w
Just wanted to jump on here and express how I have felt lately. The past 5 to 6 months have been pretty excruciating. I conquered OCD 5 years ago and for some reason, it has slipped back and took over my life again. More so the depression that came along with it. Is there anyone else out there that has returned to rock bottom where they once fully climbed themselves out of?
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i’ve unfortunately fallen into the cycle of trying to figure out my thoughts and find answers as to why i feel so distressed. this still pertains to the situation regarding changing my room for those reading who have seen my multiple posts over the last few days. i’ve been so distressed and in so much panic about it. i’m also panicking over my other room looking so different from when i left it. it’s been making me feel crazy because to me there’s no reason for my anxiety to latch so hard onto something that seems so minuscule. i was thinking i was having anxiety over change, but it’s like symptoms of ocd too that’s making it really hard for me to let go. SO i started thinking maybe it was perfectionism ocd? i’ve realized over time that i do compulsions to where things have to feel “just right”, but i also do that with any environment i’m in. like it HAS to feel cozy to me and provide me comfort in order for me to feel at ease. and this change is causing me to panic because there’s something wrong that i can’t find an answer to. maybe the different colored carpet? but it’s also more than that it feels like. however, now it’s spreading into other areas of my house where i’ve always been fine in and possibly to just any area i’m in at all. hence why it’s making me feel crazy because there’s no reason for me to be THIS distressed over that as i’ve never really had this problem before. and when i did it would last maybe an hour to a couple of days at most, but this has been going for over 2 weeks with my really bad anxiety being this week. i’m doing a little better, but it’s still hard when i can feel that panic waiting for me to acknowledge and just engulf me in the ocd cycle. i’m also analyzing basically any feeling i have so i just feel off in general and like i’m going insane. i’ve been so hyper focused on how i feel and that will send me spiraling too. multiple themes then start coming in like existential ocd and fear of solipsism. not to mention my harm and contamination ocd that just adds on when i’m this vulnerable. then i worry if no one is real, then no one feels the way i do. or just in general that what if no one feels the way i do. honestly, i think being out of college and in my house with nothing to do is causing me too much time with my thoughts. which is why i’m so distressed about everything that pops into my brain.
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I usually would say I’ve never been depressed , but recently in my life since my anxiety/ocd has been so bad and having relationship problems I’m feeling kinda sad / stressed. I keep getting scared of being depressed I keep having intrusive thoughts of “ you’d would be better off if you weren’t living” “ I don’t wanna live if it’s like this” and it’s just scaring me 😞
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