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- 1y ago
i need some advice
so i wanted to ask ,when you have an episode or ehen the thoughts are really stressing you what do you do?
so i wanted to ask ,when you have an episode or ehen the thoughts are really stressing you what do you do?
I start my compulsion! Lol. Nah all jokes aside I do a variety of different things. I start to imagine other thoughts, sing a tune in my head, talk to myself over the thought “oh hey look we are having another episode, we been here done that, no need to get so down when I know what im dealing with now”, attempt an activity or watch something that makes me happy.
I do exercise! it helped sm. It leaves my brain empty 50% & as an OCD person that’s ALOT. I use this app “better me.” There are tons of things even yoga, work out dance, etc. Which ever you prefer! After I’m done with work outs .. I feel 60% better & just more alive yk? hope this helped 💕
@Sonia Sanabria thank you for your comment!
I feel like there’s no way out of this. everyday i’m anxious and depressed from these thoughts. i feel like i have to constantly question if it’s OCD or not. the panic attacks are insane and i freak out. and a compulsion i have is looking eveything up on the internet when im stressing to know that it’s just my OCD and im not in danger. but looking things up add on to my thoughts and i start thinking “what if” actual suidcal people think. do others with this theme whenever they do something like if im taking a picture it’ll be like “yeah you look happy people will wonder what happened when your gone” LIKE i DO NOT want to end my life. or even as simple as cleaning my room, “yup keep it clean so when your family goes through your stuff” then i panic and can’t even do anything. those thoughts distress me so bad. i’ll sit there and think how good my life is or when im having a good day my thoughts will be like “NOPEEE what if your just saying that to convince yourself” it never shuts up and genuinely makes me think i have SI or something. i hope this reaches the right people just to know im not alone. Even when i do get better in the back of my mind it’s always “people who want to are the same a day before too” im genuinely scared and im scared one day im going to just snap and do it because its “too much” do i need to go to a mental hospital! i feel insane.
whats up guys what are some tips dealing with ocd and what to do when a thought makes u anxious ??
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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