ilovestevienicks

Date posted: 1y

Need some advice urgently!

So, last night I had a huge panic due to some feelings of not feeling real. I won’t go into details about the intrusive thoughts but they were bad. I know some people answer their intrusive thoughts with “maybe, maybe not” and I’ve been doing that. But what happens when that second wave of anxiety and intrusive thoughts hit you harder. For some reason, the urgency of them seem so so real to me. How do I know how to trust I’ll be okay?

Jo ^^

Date posted: 1y

When we respond correctly with our intrusive thought’s and don’t run from them the feelings of them will feel like they are getting worse and more overwhelming. As annoying as that is *sigh* BUT when doing ERP and you feel like the thoughts or feelings are “getting worse” that just means you’re doing great and that it’s working! Kind of like the saying “things get worse before they get good”. I totally know how you feel and have been there many times. You’ve got this and you will be okay even if it may feel like you have lost all hope. It does get better and I’m proof of that🩷 you’re strong and I’m proud of you!🩷🩷🩷

ilovestevien...

Date posted: 1y

@Jo ^^ This made me cry 😭 thank you so much, it feels like my brain is throwing a tantrum! this helped me in more ways than one, thank you so much.

Jo ^^

Date posted: 1y

@October2098$ Ofc! If it helps too something I would always do was say “my ocd is just mad bc I’m doing what I want and GOOD” it helped me a lot and took some of the fear away from it! Also journaling too is very helpful!

Anon>:

Date posted: 1y

This is so hard and a really empathize with you:( have you tried doing anything you like as a distraction?

ilovestevien...

Date posted: 1y

@Anon:> I’m just continuing my day like normal, ie brushing my teeth, making tea, etc. but it’s still noise in the back of my head. I guess what’s important to note is the feelings of anxiety do lift now and then.

Estrid

Date posted: 1y

@October2098$ You are doing well following your plans, let the noise in yiur head just be there like a radio channel in the back ground.

Estrid

Date posted: 1y

In the moment you have tunnel vision and you can't reach logic or trust about anything. Instead: try to accept the sensations, release tension in the body, breath with your belly (in through the nose, out through the mouth) and let the emotions calm down not by resisting them but by letting them do what they want. They always leave with time if we stop struggling and fighting.

ilovestevien...

Date posted: 1y

@Estrid You’re right. It’s just so so SO hard when you’re so focused on the main fears. I know I’ll be okay, even if I don’t feel okay.

Estrid

Date posted: 1y

@October2098$ Get you!! I have hard days at the moment, we have to "just" keep on moving with the noise in our head.

bejeweled

Date posted: 1y

@Estrid I had to take screenshots of these responses because they help me, too. Is it really true that the thoughts/feelings get worse before they get better? I’m having such horrible thoughts/feelings right now and trying SO hard not to seek reassurance from family and the more I try not to, the worse I feel. It’s debilitating.

Estrid

Date posted: 1y

@bejeweled Yes, it's very common. You can make a parallell with a child who get a no from the parent and then having a tantrum to get the attention...OCD doesn't like when you ignore it and tries to get you with a louder voice.

carlkakel

Date posted: 1y

Be strong and you will eventually get through it

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Date posted: 1y

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ilovestevien...

Date posted: 1y

@JenAli98 Oh friend, I feel you there. I’m on day 3 of this, it will get better in time. I’m sure of it. Sending you so much and light.

sarita_fc

Date posted: 23w

How do you get through your episodes?

Hi everyone I’m new here and well today was a very hard day for me… so a couple months ago out of no where my brain just went poof literally to not get so much into detail I experienced a lot of things but during that whole process I developed intrusive thoughts of hurting my self or others its been going on since December I knew someThing was off so I went for professional help Ive been working very hard in recovering now those intrusive thoughts aren’t the problem as much because I figured out what was the trigger (I think) but now it’s more obsessing over religion and spirituality and what’s real and what’s not and it makes me panic and creates panic attacks and just kind of makes my episodes a lot worst… so I would like to know if anyone has experienced this? How do get through it? How do you talk yourself out of it?

Conquering_OCD

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 22w

Knowing the difference

Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 19w

It feels more real than ever right now :(

I know I am going a bit cuckoo because my period is coming up, but lately it feels like every intrusive thought I have, I *like* it. Like I genuinely feel like I like it, and then I immediately panic because I start checking. Mentally, emotionally, whatever it is. And I know that is a compulsion. I *know* that. But it feels so real that I cannot stop myself. Every single time I check, it still feels like I like the thought, and it is driving me absolutely insane. It is especially the POCD thoughts. They feel so real. I feel like something is going on mentally, like some kind of confusion or glitch, because I swear I was not like this before. I would have intrusive thoughts, and they would feel real, but not *this* real. And I do not even know if this is normal. I know OCD is **supposed** to feel convincing. That is the whole thing. But I have never experienced it to this extreme. I have never gotten the same thought so many times and still felt like, “Oh my God, I did enjoy it,” even after checking a million times. It is like no matter how many times I check, it feels like I liked it. Especially during intimacy :( and it is making me lose it. Then I start thinking, “Well, I am in distress, so maybe that is proof it is not actually me.” But right after, I am like, “What if I am only panicking because I care about what society thinks and not because I actually have morals?” And then I spiral again, wondering if maybe I just care about how I am seen rather than who I am. I am panicking so much no today. I had to take my Xanax today for the first time in two months, and I needed three separate doses. I really need some support right now.

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