OCD about age? Fear of getting old

Since I was a kid around 10/11 I’ve developed this extreme fear of aging, every birthday would send me in a spiral and my mind would be telling me “you’re getting older, no one will love you once you’re 30 or 40” “every single day you’re getting older” “you’ll only be young for so long” etc. It causes me extreme anxiety & due to my mental health I haven’t accomplished as much as other people my age. Does this count as OCD? How do I deal with this when it’s a FACT that I’m getting older every single year? I can’t avoid it.

Username: 777Q777Q

Date posted: 1y ago

Personally I feel try to be the best version of yourself. In the end no matter the age of someone, no one is getting out alive , LOL ! I give a thought daily about death , but in a positive way. For example I try to make amends with people I have wronged. Also I am thankful for each day being alive, just in case it is my last one . As far as love goes there is no clear reasoning with that some people are loved , some are not and to some extent it not whether they are young or old or good or bad . I feel there are many other things at play with that subject, that go much deeper.

Username: ghufranghufran

Date posted: 1y ago

@777Q Thank you, I’m trying to shift my perception of aging to a more positive thing. Everyone gets old, it’s just hard to accept.

Username: endure&thriveendure&thrive

Date posted: 1y ago

I can tell you that I too suffer from this and find the thought very upsetting. But the more we worry about it, the more time of this life we are wasting. Rationalize with yourself - so what if we are getting older each day? One day at a time. This mindset makes up live years or even decades of a time. When in a reality it all boils down to seconds (or even infinitely smaller; meaning we have an abundance of seconds of our lives left) and things (like getting into a relationship) can happen in the blink of an eye, so make the most of this time. Make each second count :)

Username: endure&thriveendure&thrive

Date posted: 1y ago

@endure&thrive *makes us live in years

Username: ghufranghufran

Date posted: 1y ago

@endure&thrive I think for me the reason I get so much anxiety when I think of getting old is due to how society sees “old people.” Being 30 is considered old, boring, not fun, etc. 20’s are seen as the best years of your life so I get scared thinking I only have limited time to do things I want to do. Not sure if I make sense.

Username: endure&thriveendure&thrive

Date posted: 1y ago

It does make sense! I recently watched some documentaries like “Live to 100” and it made me view getting older in a more positive light. And trust me, the best years are the years you make great and the best years of your life are ahead of you. Younger me wouldn’t have had the gratitude to appreciate where I’m at and where I’m heading. Great things ahead in the coming years for us.

Username: ghufranghufran

Date posted: 1y ago

@endure&thrive thank you, I’ll check the documentary out!

Username: Artyparty!Artyparty!

Date posted: 1y ago

Do you love your parents because if you do you will be loved

Username: Artyparty!Artyparty!

Date posted: 1y ago

We all get older but as long as we are not jerks we are loved

Username: MushroomStew

Date posted: 2y ago

Avoidance

I was trying to avoid this app and everything OCD related to check if that would make me feel better. I thought that avoidance would make me forget about everything and it worked for a while, but it's gotten bad again. Right now while I write this I feel like I tricking everyone into thinking I'm normal. I'm worried that as I get older, my thoughts and feelings will get worse, and I'll actually be a bad person. My sixteenth birthday is tomorrow, and all I can feel is anxiety. I want to enjoy it, but I know I won't. Does this ever go away?

Username: lilyurbaby

Date posted: 46w ago

Perfectionism OCD

I’m not sure if I have OCD, but recently I’ve been feeling uncomfortable/uneasy when things don’t go as planned or when someone breaks the rules or if things needed to be a certain way. It would be the littlest thing that goes differently then what I thought would happen it brings out a lot of anxiety and the feeling of being uncomfortable also I feel very overwhelmed/stimulated. I’ve also developed a constant thought of death and how we are all going to die one day feels like an obsession at this point and it keeps me up, drives me crazy. Is this ocd?

Username: rosequartz

Date posted: 34w ago

Help

What do you do when it starts to feel really real and you lose yourself? I constantly get thoughts/images of me being romantically involved w a child and I disgusts me to my core but at the same time I get thoughts and this "feeling" that I like it and it freaks me out. I tend to say "i want to be someone my age or older" when I get those thoughts and I get thoughts that I’m lying and that I don’t see myself w someone my age or older and it’s so weird and gross. I’m so scared that I’m going to become something I don’t want to be. I haven’t been diagnosed fully but my psychiatrist said that she’s sure that it is anxiety disorder and impulse phobia which is very close/linked to ocd. I’m so scared that my fear is gonna become real and this is turning me into one and I’ve always been one or something.

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