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- crazyfeelings
- Date posted
- 5y ago
OCD and GAD are two different things but it is possible to have both of them at the same time. OCD, even what is referred to as “pure O”, does have compulsions. You do not always have to have physical compulsions to have OCD; sometimes they can be more difficult to realize, but mental compulsions are still compulsions. Avoiding the things that trigger your obsessions is definitely a compulsion. What you described sounds more like OCD, but that’s not to say you don’t have GAD as well, or maybe you only have one of them — would be helpful to see a professional who can properly diagnose.
Check out this link, it might provide a little more insight between GAD and OCD: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-difference-between-gad-and-ocd-1393010 Good luck :) ❤️
Yeah I wish I could see a professional but I can’t sadly. I’m pretty sure I have ocd but I’m keeping my eyes open for other things because it’s possible I could have something else. Thank you for the advice though!!
Thank you!!!!❤️
essentially all anxiety is the same. usually, the thing youre scared of has a “logical” solution in the moment, and that ends up being your safety mechanism that keeps you having anxiety. with GAD, you could say the actual worrying was the compulsion. for example with panic disorder or agoraphobia, the compulsion is fleeing. the diagnoses are helpful in knowing where the root causes are, but again, all anxiety disorders and phobias have something in common; anxiety and safety mechanisms
The way I look at it is that ocd is irrational based intrusive thoughts based in anxiety that make you do compulsions in order to control it. GAD is anxiety based on real life events being made irrational. Someone with GAD might be going through something hard and their anxiety makes them imagine the worst case scenarios as a way to protect themselves. It’s really all anxiety, but the specific diagnoses is there to help to find the right treatment. Especially with ocd, you need VERY specific treatment for it because if you get the wrong treatment, you’re at risk of making it even worse.
*ocd vent/story because i am not so sure if it’s ocd anymore* I always have anxiety attacks because of my ocd. I used to have ocd concerning how I looked like, with ticks and everything. I started comparing myself to every girl i found and that’s how I started noticing pretty people, mostly girls because i kept comparing myself to them. I told my parents and all they did was give me reassurance. it kind of made me feel better but just for the night. I had an anxiety attack every. Single. Day. I cried because of how my face looked like. But then, my hocd thoughts started out of nowhere with a dream where I was kissing my girl best friend. I was disgusted by it. I clearly remember in the dream that she enjoyed it more than me. I didn’t enjoy it at all. That’s when those thoughts about my body left me. I was completely surprised by it since I that came out of nowhere, I’d never had felt like that before, and I knew it was fake. Well, I dropped it and then around 2 weeks later I saw a friend and all I could think about was “what if I like her” and everything. I gave myself reassurance with quizzes online to see if I was bi and it said no so I dropped it again and didn’t really think about it. Then, again, 2 weeks later the thought came out of nowhere when I was watching a video. Then I first started thinking I could be bi. But again I woke up one day thinking I was a lesbian and those thoughts didn’t leave me alone. I started crying every single day because of them. I couldn’t even watch a movie with girls in it because it made me feel anxious. I slowly started losing my attraction then. I found out about hocd and i instantly knew that was me. Well, I was disgusted by being intimate with girls. But then my ocd kept getting worse and worse until I didn’t know if I would like them or not. Every single guy or girl I saw I imagine to see if I could like a relationship with one. When I see a hot guy and can’t imagine myself with one I put myself down because my head keeps using that as evidence. Every couple I see I now think the girl is pretty than the guy and it really bothers me. I can see a hot guy and feel nothing. The worse thing is I used to have a small crush before this happened. I hate this, I feel lost and I don’t know what to do. My head keeps telling me “you’re a lesbian” even when I am not doing anything. When I am happy I put myself down because my head keeps telling me “you’re a lesbian” and I think I am going to disappoint my parents. Or when people talk about my sisters boyfriend I just can’t imagine myself with a boyfriend anymore, all I could think about is the word “girlfriend” and it really bothers me. I keep thinking If i am ever going to be as close with a guy as my sister is with her boyfriend- always kissing him. But when I try imaging it and intrussive thought of a girl comes along. Sometimes they even are of how my life would be with a girl, and it makes me so anxious and fearful because i don’t know if I would like it or not, i don’t really know what i am feeling anymore. I am not ready to have a relationship yet but it would be nice to not have these thoughts and know for sure. Sorry if this is so long, I just don’t know anyone that’s having the thoughts I am having right now concerning my ocd, I am not sure of anything anymore.
Everyday this is starting to feel less and less like ocd. I constantly feel anxious. So here’s how it goes Every single girl I see I worry “what if I am attracted to them” If I am not attracted to every guy i see I feel guilty I can’t imagine myself with a guy anymore Can’t imagine myself with a girl either (but for some reason it’s telling me I would love that) I feel sick all the time I constantly feel anxious I have so many what if questions I worry that this may have been me all along I was just unknowingly suppressing it I worry that all my past crushes weren’t real I feel anxious towards any girl now I feel like I am never going to love a guy again I feel like my case is different, that mine is real I can’t tell whether I feel aroused or disgusted by the thoughts The thoughts don’t leave my head and I’m constantly anxious. I am not attracted to women I am not attracted to men anymore This sparked up all of the sudden I can’t tell whether I actually want to be with a women I can’t imagine my future without the thoughts coming I feel different than anyone else That fact that I am even having the thoughts makes me anxious I can’t think a girl is pretty without immediately thinking what if I am attracted to them For some reason I am convinced I am a lesbian all of the sudden Can’t imagine myself with a guy anymore. Can’t tell if I’m in the closet Feel so anxious Does this sound in any way like ocd?
idk how to explain this but i’ll try the best i can lol: ok so one night i was in bed and scrolling through this app and focusing on not doing compulsions for my HOCD (hearing other ppls stories can trigger me sometimes so i use them as exposures). anyway i read a post about someone who had HOCD & TransOCD. i thought “poor guy, that must be really hard”. then of course i thought “am i trans?” but i didn’t even worry about it because it’s one of those things that just isn’t something i need to worry about you know? it almost seems silly to worry about haha. anyway, the thought didn’t give me anxiety—almost at all (because for me it’s just a no brainer). then i started to get all worried about getting TransOCD, even if i really wasn’t fearful about becoming trans. so basically, i know i’m not trans, i’m not questioning who i am, and the thought of being trans doesn’t really make me nervous or afraid (because i just know it’s not true)—i’m just worried that this will turn into another OCD type...and THAT is what i’m obsessing on. how do i help that???
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