Can smb give me advice PLS!!

I literally keep getting sent to the er because of this , my mom was gonna take me and my siblings to the park and I didn’t wanna get out the car until I check my surroundings “to make sure there was nothing dangerous on the ground “ so I was doing that LIKE ALWAYS and I saw something that looked like a tablet pill .. and I don’t even know if it was a pill I just assumed because it looked like it .. and I just kept staring at it because of how triggered I was by it ..I was scared .. and I turned away trying to distract myself from it because it has nothing to do with me I turn away and when I look back I don’t see that “little tablet “ thing on the ground (mind you I was in the car looking at it I never got out the car “ STILL I WAS CONVINCED I TOOK IT and I literally called 911 I was so convinced I was dying .. how can I stop this I’m always trying to make sure nothing dangerous is on the ground before I get out of cars , Also how can I stop convincing myself I’m taking things even when I have no desire to do that .. it just seems so convincing and real 😞

Pubbywomwom

Date posted: 2y

ERP therapy is very effective

Will86

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

That sounds really intense. I am sorry you experience that. Have you reached out to NOCD to try to meet with a professional? During your trips to the ER have you ever been given information on mental health resources in your area? I bring up professional opinion because I want to make sure you recieve a proper diagnosis before I say self ERP is advised. It can be hard for someone to do alone not impossible or saying not possible by you. I just don't want to see advice turn out to maybe make things worse.

Asiameikaa

Date posted: 2y

@Will86 Oh I was diagnosed with ocd already, I have talked to a therapist but I never went through with the sessions and thank you.

Will86

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Asiameikaa Okay great then I suggest breaking things down. If your concern is checking the area before it enter it for danger then you can work on not checking or maybe doing a less thorough check. If it usually takes 2 mins try doing it with only a quick scan. Go into that atmosphere and try to not check for as long as possible. Try to delay any compulsion. Your anxiety will go up try to deal with that as long as possible. Say 3 mins to start? Keep increasing time. Don't seek reassurance (calling 911). As far as using emergency services. Make yourself an algorithm of extreme medical conditions that qualify for their use i.e. loss of consciousness. Stand your ground on that.

Will86

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y

@Asiameikaa The false memory portion of it I am not versed on nearly as much but what I was taught was it involves challenging the thought and allowing your brain to trust itself. That sounds weird since you don't trust the memory but your brain wouldn't let you do what ocd is telling you it did. The challenge... if you think you see an item that looks like a tablet and ocd says hey you took that. You go "okay so?" You will usually be told a worst case scenario. Listen to it... so example "you took that and you'll get super sick now"...okay yeah so how long til then..."idk very soon"... your job then is to wait and see If it's wrong then you can start to learn that these warnings are not nearly the way they appear.

Asiameikaa

Date posted: 2y

@Will86 Thank you so much 💗

elro.elephant

Date posted: 24w

Can someone give me advice?

I’m not too sure where to begin so some stuff may be a bit scattered. I’d like to start with the fact that I’m not sure if I just have anxiety or if it is actually OCD. I’ve been dealing with these intrusive thoughts for as long as I can remember. TRIGGER WARNING NEXT PARAGRAPH Stuff like “what if my teacher just raped me in the middle of class” or “what if I pulled all my veins at.” Those are some of the more graphic and violent things but I do get lesser things like “what if I imagined that whole conversation” when I know for a fact I did experience that exact memory/conversation. I don’t like these thoughts and I don’t ever want to think them. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. I’m only 16 and I want to be sure about this stuff before I ask my parents to get me diagnosed.

Aquario

Date posted: 23w

any tips for this stuff?

i keep having this stupid ass checking or obsession, idk to grab a piece of metal and see if ill put it in the microwave and make it blow up or burn the house down or something and im getting so so fucking tired of this shit, ill explain the story how it happened (cause of one incident where i did give in to the checking to the point of putting a magnet in the microwave, hitting the timer but immeditaetly stopping it, then starting it again, stopping quickly, all while screaming at myself to stop cause im terrified what im doing, then my dad came to see what was wrong and when i showed the magnet, he gave me this look of...fear? dissapointment? like i am a danger, even heard him telling my mom later how they need to be careful with me or else i could burn down the house, thankfully my mom knows my ocd a decent amount and brushed off his fear and comforted me, but ever since that day) Now my brain loves to torture me with the idea im a one slip up away from burning the house down, so ill be grabbing metal and seeing if ill put it in the microwave, and thing is, because how scary it is, its hard for me to breath or be calm, all i can do is scream and eventually call my mom when i can get myself to finally speak to tell my alexa to call mom im so tired of this shit and i dont know how to approach it

Anonymous

Date posted: 23w

Ocd/going crazy

Hi about a week ago I found out I have ocd and chronic anxiety! I tried zoloft and it was terrible for me. I also started therapy and I take hydroxyzine but I will discuss further medication with my doctor. My question is I have a huge fear that I'm going crazy, I am crazy, or schizophrenic to the point I'm so hyper aware of my surrounding ill look out the corner of my eye to make sure I'm nit seeing anything ill make sure to double check what I'm hearing and it's so draining! I get really scared and go into a panic and cry 😅 I need some reassurance has anyone felt this way my doctor and therapist explained it to me but I'm still very scared. I feel like one day I'll have a break and I won't be the same! I tried the grounding exercise and breathing it helps temporarily. I also cut out smoking weed and none of my family has this but I feel like I have it or ill develope it even though it's rare!

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