I have a ocd obsession that I know no one else has and it’s seriously terrifying. The “you’re not alone” is a bunch of bs and I know that now Bc of this. Anyone else have one that not many others have?😭
Unless you know everyone else and what is going through their head, there is no way of knowing that you’re “the only one” < that is a classic OCD trait, that I’ve heard come up a lot in groups and in YouTube videos, making you think that your OCD is the worse, or that yours is the exception in difficulty. You don’t think that some themes for the rest of us, aren’t “seriously terrifying” relative to each of us? It sounds like a cognitive distortion your OCD wants to keep you feeling isolated in, to say that your OCD is more scary than others, that you’re an exception. And people saying “you’re not alone” doesn’t mean “we have the *exact same* life contexts/details. It just means that there are different themes of suffering we may share commonalities of. For example; we may collectively know what it feels like to feel isolated. Or to feel the unsettled insecurity of uncertainty. Even if the specifics of what makes us feel those things is unique to each of us! No one fingerprint is the same bjt manh of us know what it feels like to have hands, and can share in empathy with that. No one zebra has the exact identical stripes but at the end of the day they share commonalities of what it is to be a zebra. And, this is a community where most of us want to support one another, we don’t have to have the same life stories to say we are there for one another. Which is a another sense of the saying someone is not alone. Your OCD is not an exception, and, you’re not alone.
@MeowMix You really explained it perfectly wow
@MeowMix Thank you for this. I’m also struggling with solipsism rn and dissociation so that’s another reason I thought no one else felt this way coz I couldn’t even tell anyone else was real, but ty this helps a lot :)
Since I know I have ocd, yes. I was begging for read a post who is exactly was my worst obsession is, but it didn’t happened and if it does in the future well, It doesn’t matter because you don’t need it. You want, but you don’t need it to heal. I know it’s hard, sometimes, all the times I’m looking for someone who is 100% like me but it’s like relationship, ppl or anything else. We each other are specific, and I’m pretty sure the most of us don’t talk about our worst obsession so.. the most important thing to remember is that you don’t need to know, and even if anyone don’t have the same obsession has you, this maybe mean that you will be the first one to beat it.. :)
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@Lightning Thank you :,,)
Sometimes I feel like nobody really gets me. Nobody knows what’s going on in my head. I try to explain in vivid detail, but my ocd immediately reads the other persons face and registers that they don’t get it. It’s a very isolating experience. Anyone else have something like this?
I can't explain my obsession to anyone without it sounding crazy and no one understands the obsession, so I won't try to here. But has that happened to anyone? An obsession that you can't put into words and no one understands? I was making a tiny bit of progress with my NOCD therapist, but I couldn't afford it anymore. So I'm just feeling alone, scared, and crazy. Just wanted to reach out here. Thank you
This is going to sound crazy but I guess I am. For over a year now I’ve suffered from ocd. And I always thought ocd was just I turned the door the wrong way but it’s so much more. I feel as if I’ll never get better. I’m in a relationship, for 8 months now with the most encouraging and supportive boyfriend ever. I tell him all of my thoughts and he understands and accepts because he understands it’s not thoughts I mean to have. I feel so awful being the way I am and being with him. I feel like I can’t be happy because it’s always something going on with me. He has a bigger family all boys, and everyone I hangout with my boyfriend and his brothers I get uncomfortable and weird and convince myself I have feelings for them or I want them. It makes me so disgusted and physically ill every time. The thoughts never go away and it’s not even about them it’s tons of things. I cry constantly because I can’t get the thoughts to go away. I can’t hang out with anybody out of fear I’ll have a thought I don’t want. I feel like I’m so alone. A year ago I felt the same way about my dad which I know is absolutely disgusting and I would never have feelings for my own family and dad, bit thoughts pop into my head. I don’t know if it’s because my brain wants a reason and answer as to why I think those things so I tell myself I like them, but I can’t shake it. I’m trying medicines and hopefully getting into therapy soon. I just don’t know if it ever is going to get better. Some days are better than others and every time I have a bad thought I get heat flashes and and my stomach hurts and I get anxiety and I just want it all to go away. I hate it so much and I feel as if I’ll never be normal again and never be able to live my life freely. I have to constantly worry about what my brain might come up with. These are not thoughts I want to have but somehow my brain has them and I feel so disgusted and I need help so badly. I never know what to do and i feel like an awful human being. I convince myself these things are try when I know they aren’t deep down. I’m losing my charachter and I’m losing myself and the person I know I am which would never have thoughts like these. I want it all to go away. Please tell me it gets better. I don’t recognize myself anymore.
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