How often do you have ocd

When I was 14 during Covid, I had a episode for six months of constant compulsions every night. When I turned fifteen compulsions were almost completely gone on their own!! When I got into a relationship I completely gave into my ROCD and they consumed me. Then it went away almost completely. Then it would come back the strongest I’ve ever dealt with. Does anyone else have this? Sometimes when it’s almost gone I’m like nahhh I didn’t have ocd, then when it comes back I’m like HWAT ELSE COULD IT BE THIS IS TORTURE.

Username: nessynessy

Date posted: 1y ago

Same here. OCD feels so unpredictable. When I was 9 I was scared of meteorites because I thought they would crash down to Earth and destroy humanity. I did compulsions for years and went away on its own. Then it came back when I was 17, I did compulsions again, went away on its own and now I’m 23 with ROCD currently. I’m sorry you’re going through this. You’re not alone with these kind of thoughts because I’ve had them too and it does seem like it can come and go on its own. Sometimes it could be to do with stressful situations that might trigger it.

Username: Anonimo05Anonimo05

Date posted: 1y ago

@nessy What helps you with ROCD

Username: Anonimo05Anonimo05

Date posted: 1y ago

@Aiyana Break up urges, what if i dont love him, what if im just using him, what if i dont see a future with him, what if we move in and end up breaking up, and more. Yesterday we went for a walk and for most of the time i felt so good being there with him and my dog, almost like i wasnt sick anymore, i look forward to pushing myself more and more. Anxiety and icd wont consume me, Amen 🙏🏽

Username: AiyanaAiyana

Date posted: 1y ago

@Anonimo05 That’s good I’m happy for you! I am also pushing myself more for myself and my relationships

Username: KaraS03KaraS03

Date posted: 1y ago

I have small compulsions everyday such as checking and picking my skin but I noticed my intrusive thoughts and intense compulsions come back when I’m going through stress or trauma

Username: angelala.angelala.

Date posted: 1y ago

Ugh yes I deal with the doubts of having it when i’m feeling better also. I always think to myself when im out of an OCD episode “what the heck was I so worried about I’m literally fine” and think i’ll never get into another episode again because I overcame it. I have been having really bad OCD episodes on and off for 7 years and the longest I had gone without one was 4 years. I literally thought I was cured until I fell into another OCD episode again recently. So far this one has lasted a month and a half but my longest one was almost a full year. I just remember to always be grateful when I’m not in an episode and feeling like myself again! Stress and life changes are a tigger for me so im hoping to figure out how to not let stress and life changes trigger an episode

Username: RG123

Date posted: 2y ago

OCD Turns Off?

Does anyone else feel like they’re OCD turns off for a couple days? Like you go through an intense period of having intrusive thoughts and feeling the need to confess and then you only start to get thoughts here and there? And you try to keep yourself from having the thoughts but you’re not sure if it’s avoidance? Like I have felt sooo much better the last couple of days, especially in the morning, I live for those times of quiet in my head. But I still haven’t been able to accept myself for the things I might have done, like I can’t accept myself still because of my OCD. This probably sounds a little jumbled but I would like to think someone can relate lol

Username: CrimsonCaprisun

Date posted: 2y ago

How long are the grace periods for you?

Sometimes it seems like my OCD can go away for weeks at a time, until I sense it looming and comes back at me full force and I fall back into a vicious cycle of obsessions. Does anyone else have long periods of time they feel they don't have as strong symptoms?

Username: Anche

Date posted: 51w ago

Subtypes

Hi guys! I believe I have an OCD since I was around 12. I remember then I had a lot of intrusive thoughts about religious things and I had a counting compulsion (I thought that If I don't count to 8 in specific moments, someone gets hurt) During later years it was really changing - I stopped being religious, so the OCD theme also stopped. Then I had I reckon SOCD, harm OCD and many others. But for know my main topic is ROCD. But because of the fact that this is my main intrusive thoughts topic I start to have this awful thoughts that this is not OCD, I'm just with the wrong person and I need to accept this fact. This is really struggling for me, because i really love my bf and Im in the healthy realtionship but Im so tired of having this kind of thoughts, sometimes I cannot sleep because of them. Also the fact that I've never been diagnosed (I cannot go on theraphy right now unfortunately) is another trigger because I have thoughts that I dont really have OCD, I just making this up, because I cannot accept the truth. Is there someone with similar experiance? Or maybe someone who can have advice for me?

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