- Date posted
- 2y
SOOCD - common symptoms
Would you say these are fairly common symptoms of this theme? - seemingly a ‘brain breaking’ thought that comes from nowhere? Up until 25, never considered I was anything other than straight. - complete loss of libido - seemingly loss of attraction feelings for the opposite gender. - constant feeling of anxiety or that something is wrong. - inability to seem to focus on anything else other than this topic, the anxiety it causes. - loss of interest in anything that you knew you once liked. Music, games, socialising, family. - constant battle with your mind throwing up evidence that you are XYZ, which means it’s not ocd. - fear that you ‘believe’ the thoughts due to how very real it feels. And because it feels real, even more fear and anxiety comes. - constant wanting to evaluate everything you see. Men/women, things you associate as being xyz, even how you talk. - after several years, almost complete loss of who you are. Not really knowing who you are anymore, or wether you even are xyz at this point. - almost the first thing my mind does every morning is ask “are you anxious, are you thinking these things” then bang, off to the races. Are these all common symptoms? And treatment. My psych keeps telling me. “You have to just allow yourself to continue living your life with these thoughts and feelings happening in the background. Even if you believe them or they feel real. Maybe they are true, maybe they are not. Then get back to living a healthy life” But I keep seemingly getting sucked in. As soon as it feels true/real. It’s like I give up? And my ability to soldier on seems useless if it’s real/true?