Does anyone else’s cause them to “obsess” over health, what’s happening with the body, the need to triple and quad check pulse etc? How do I stop! I spend every second of the day over it. It’s a lot, down to legit using the bathroom. I mean, I obsess over it. Have to check so many times etc. everything!
I am the same. I obsess over every single thing happening in and on my body. I just feel my my body more than normal. It reached a point where I cannot tell what is "real" and what I made up. It is a loop of constant checking and obsessing about the symptoms that grow stronger because of it. It is really tiring and hard to get through. The things that help me with it is meditation, going outside and exercising, doing something creative that needs a lot of focus. I am just beginning to recover so I understand it is hard to put those urges to check something and overthinking away. Hope you feel better soon 💗
@Aknai I am the exact same.
I have all of those compulsions, but also have obsessions over getting an awful illness/diagnosis. And any little sensation/pain in my body makes me start to obsess over what it could be. It’s exhausting … Can anyone relate to this too?
@HealingFromOCD ❤️🩹 Yes!!
yes!!! i have somatic ocd and i do a lot of these things. i’m also a hypochondriac so it doesn’t help either
@grlwithocd 🎀 I hate you go through it too, I’ve learned that it’s mostly ocd and anxiety causing it! I use to think I was a hypochondriac until I was around 23! How do you handle it? It’s taking over my life this last year since covid. Worse than ever.
@gstevens83 luckily, my mom is a RN, so knowing she can check on me helps a lot, but even then, my ocd doubts if she’s right or not. i’ve had this for so many years now i got to the point im numbed about it. but i handle it knowing if something is actually wrong, we can detect it early and get help! and i still have somatic and medical ocd, but i learned that yes, this is happening, and try to let the thoughts pass! 🥺
Same.
Mine started after covid. It consumes me sometimes. I check my body during the night, I check everything. Its awful
I am the exact same way. It's hard for me to not check my heart rate [i check my pulse to see how fast it is, i never get numbers], and i do it all throughout the day and especially at night, since my hr is higher then for some reason. a reminder that youre not alone in this compulsion
I do that too. Exercising can be very triggering. I also check to make sure I can take deep breaths during the night.
Yes! I recently discovered I had health ocd a few months ago. For over a decade I thought I was just a worry wort over literally every health related symptom. I have diagnosed myself with every form of cancer/disease know to man and then obsess about it until I make myself sick. It’s been horrible. I’m just so glad to finally know I have ocd and access to specialized treatment. The ERP is hard but I’m hoping, in time, my life won’t be robbed anymore from this horrid disorder.
Mari, thank you so so much for commenting. You just told my exact story, and knowing I’m not alone makes me feel so much better. Please stay in touch. 🙏🙏
I legit keep my watch charged, pulse ox, never alone. Always documenting how I feel “just in case etc”. As a grown adult. No one I know does it, so I felt alone. I hate that others are going through it, but in a way I don’t feel so alone🥹
How do you guys deal with health OCD? It’s been eating away at me lately and I’ve just been nervous about something bad happening to me, even after visiting the ER a couple of times about chest pressure/feeling like I’m going to have shortness of breath. And they always seem to find nothing wrong. What do you guys think ?
Hello does anyone else find that maybe they read about a symptom they have and then look it up and they see so much more about it. Then the compulsions of wanting to check and recheck and figure out without getting certainty that they may in fact have this disease? I seem to loose all control when it comes to stepping back and not looking stuff up even when I know how this is going to affect my ocd and make me feel worse. I’m looking for some type of certainty that I don’t have it and there is none. Living in the uncertainty is so hard. Why as ocd people is it so important to have this reassurance when no one else in life has this either. If you can relate to health obsessions and compulsions, what things work for you to take a step back and not spiral into a hole of this ruminating over and over again. Feeling anxious and depressed. I feel by the time I realize I’m doing it, it’s too late and I’m right in the middle of it. How can I catch myself BEFORE I go to the journey of doing compulsions from things I worry about. Does it get easier over time to see the process and catch yourself from doing compulsions from something I’m ruminating about? The thought is uncomfortable but when the thought comes I just need to stop there! But I never do! Help! Does this happen to anyone else and can you relate? Any tips or suggestions? Thx
Does anybody else obsess over their health, and feel completely exhausted.. I’ve been having severe ocd and anxiety the past few weeks.. I just feel like it takes everything out of me to get up and do anything, and i just feel so exhausted all the time. it’s hard to even get house work done, and i feel like when i get up to do stuff i shake inside.. Does anybody else get like this. I have myself so paranoid that something is wrong with me
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