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- v333
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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What does an OCD episode look like?
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- Anonymous_anonAnonymous_anon
- Date posted
- 1y ago
For me having anxiety attacks, ruminating, overwhelming guilt (sometimes), excessive worrying. Basically feeling so overwhelmed
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- Insert Clever UsernameInsert Cleve...
- Date posted
- 1y ago
They hit different. Sometimes I'll isolate and try to hide from the feelings. No activity, no talking to anyone, no doing anything really. I basically regress back to a cacoon like state. Other times for some reason I'll nervously pace in circles like a dog chasing his tail. I've been doing this ever since I was a kid. I do this when I'm overwhelmed with feelings of shame/guilt. I either avoid or run in circles 😅
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- v333v333
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- 1y ago
@Insert Clever Username I definitely isolate myself as well. I have extreme difficulty showing vulnerability so I get it.
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- Bee.Bee.
- Date posted
- 1y ago
For me, I get panic attacks and anxiety attacks. They often occur when I process a highly distressing thought, and my brain starts to catastrophise. I can instantly tell when they are going to happen and I can handle them but they are awful, actually had one today 😞. Isolating is a common thing I do when they happen - and ruminating in silence about whether or not my fear would happen and what that would mean for me…
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- v333v333
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@Bee. I fully relate to this. Had 2 episodes the past two days and they were horrible. Hope you feel better ❤️🩹
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- Bee.Bee.
- Date posted
- 1y ago
@v333 Thank you so much, I’m sorry you experienced that too - OCD episodes are the worst… Hope you also feel better ❤️
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- Insert Clever UsernameInsert Cleve...
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- 1y ago
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- v333v333
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I asked this question cuz I wasn’t sure if what I was having was an OCD episode. I thought they had to be solely related to doing compulsions, but after relating to all your responses I can definitely consider what I experience as OCD episodes.
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