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- 2y
Anger Response
Does anyone else have a fight or flight response to an ocd trigger that makes you yell or snap like an angered response, but it's actually just fear and lack of regulation? If so, what do you do?
Does anyone else have a fight or flight response to an ocd trigger that makes you yell or snap like an angered response, but it's actually just fear and lack of regulation? If so, what do you do?
Well, I personally get frustrated and angery because of OCD, and I lash out occasionally. I don't know what else to do but ERP. And I'm sorry if my situation is a lot different and doesn't have much to do with yours.
I decided to work ERP harder than before in everything, and to try to separate ocd from myself. However, this morning when I was talking to my sister, I felt that some of her breathing caused my groin and some arousel, and if I didn't consciously analyze it... I honestly feel really bad, because I can't connect it with ocd but with me and it makes me very nervous and I get angry... do you have any advice? experience? what's wrong with me now?
Can harm ocd give you thoughts like when you’re in front of a trigger “why don’t you do it” and sometimes I either freeze don’t know what to do with myself and then an urge to throw the item away. Is this something else? And sometimes I get thoughts like “what if I’m lying to myself” and “do you think you’re lying to yourself”
I notice that I tend to get angry or irritated extremely easy in comparison to other people. I have a lot of trouble when it comes to emotional regulation, which leaves me with chronic guilt and regret. I have moments where I say things out of anger, and then regret them later. I don’t outwardly road rage, but I still do things that could potentially set somebody off (like letting off the gas when somebody’s tailgating me and then riding next to a car so they can’t get back over) and I constantly feel bad about them, but somehow end up repeating the same mistake. I don’t know why I get so angry and upset and then am so quick to feel guilty, only to make the same mistake again. I’m know I’m not an angry person, so I don’t know why I feel so angry all of the time or why I’ve been this way for so long.
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