My ocd has been really bad lately, and all summer I felt like a happy person until now… I feel so depressed and have no energy to do anything, all day I’m ruminating in my thoughts and it’s just so tiresome…
OCD is such a draining mental disorder. Have you considered talking to a loved one or a therapist or psychiatrist about how you are feeling? You are not alone. I feel like this often.
@Greg2 I talk to my fiancé and my mom about it and I see a psychiatrist for medication, but I don’t have insurance right now as I just got laid off and I really want to see a therapist…
@happy065 So sorry you are dealing with all that. I found this online for free or low cost OCD help: https://iocdf.org/low-cost-treatment-options-for-ocd/ NOCD would probably also work with you if you called and explained your situation.
@happy065 try calling the County Behavioral Health center and you can request no cost counseling.
Been here. Matter of fact just a couple days ago was some of the lowest I’ve felt ever. Ocd is super draining
Yes I've been having a hard time getting up and oversleeping because being awake has made me so sad
Ugh, I feel this. I'm feeling it today, too. It comes and goes for me, but when it's here it's heavy and discouraging. While everything is temporary, it's hard to keep that in mind when we are feeling like this. Hoping for better days ahead, friends!
Literally me. You gotta try putting things into a different perspective and getting out to go have fun.
Yeah I’ve been feeling depressed and unmotivated for the past couple of months. My doc doubled my Prozac but I’m still feeling down.
@Honeyshark Have you told your doctor how you have been feeling?
@Greg2 Not yet. It’s on my list of things to do. Prozac also has a long lead time cuz of its half life.
@Honeyshark That’s good, definitely tell your doctor so they can help!
Yea this ocd thing can really be a pain. Especially at first, the day I stared getting those thoughts, my head started to hurt, my thoughts we’re spinning faster than I could possibly imagine. I was stressed, my anxiety was through the roof. The beautiful thing about all this is we can learn to get rid of it or at least work towards eliminating the triggers. Im very sorry to here your going through this. It sucks because my girlfriend and I were so happy together. And then bam, it hit me out of no where. You’ll get through this I promise
I have a girlfriend, she is my the most beautiful thing I have and this happened. Like sucks.
for me during the summer i feel depressed like you. Folding laundry or even showering was so draining to even think about. honestly i dont even feel better now but i hope it gets better (for you and for me 😓😓)
@pronut You will get better
I’ve been dealing with ocd my whole life, and just got diagnosed about a year ago. I feel my days becoming occupied with thoughts, urges, fears and worry that completely debilitate me. It’s getting to the point where i feel like it’s taking over my life. I don’t see this getting any better, even with the therapy and medication I’m on. I’m scared my life will be like this forever, I’m tired. My brain is tired of ruminating every second of every day from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. I’m not sure how much longer I can go on like this.
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?
So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.
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