danielle421
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Happiness theme?
Has anyone else had a theme where you obsessively question whether you’re really happy? This theme is hitting me hard, even though I’m in s better place than I ever have been.
justlivejustlive
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Feel this. I’ve been so much better with my ocd and I fought like hell to get where I am and be myself and happy again. However outside factors like work have been making me feel unhappy. Then of course my ocd tries to sneak in and hit me. I guess lately I’ve been thinking can I ever just be happy? Why can’t I just be present in the moment and enjoy life? I’m terrified of looking back on my life realizing I wasted it being unhappy. I totally get where you’re coming from. I guess it’s something we have to work on and be patient with ourselves for
kfaithkfaith
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Yes, I can definitely relate. I ruminate about being happy, or thinking maybe I’ll never be happy.
D:)D:)
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
i'm so so sorry to hear this is something you are going though:( it sounds really tricky but you are not alone in this fight <3 there is a discord server that's designed for ocd support! i've been apart of it for about 4 months now & absolutely love the community. here's the link if you are interested in joining:) sending love & support your way! stay strong my friend! https://discord.gg/mQxyBmGwhU
Anarch_StirnerAnarch_Stirner
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Oh my God, yes!
solerikasolerika
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Yes! I go from “what is life” to “am I thankful?” to “Am I happy?” And the. Somehow I end up not happy for a bit lmao. Even though, I am generally a happy person 😅 you’re not alone!
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melissaaa
- Date posted
- 23w ago
Anyone struggling with existential ocd ?
Hey how are you all doing ? I’m looking for people who has struggled with existential ocd bc I feel this theme is not very common and very hard ( at least for me ) so anyway if you would like to exchange about it don’t hesitate ! I’m looking for support bc god I hate this theme
ConstantPain
- Date posted
- 7w ago
Dealing with a lot. Need support and company.
My last and almost life long theme/sub-theme largely subsided recently and my ocd felt like it wasn’t even an issue. Then I went on winter break from uni and being alone made my mind come up with a whole new topic to obsess over. TLDR on my fears, my advisor wouldn’t email me back for a while about signing up for classes so my mind started to worry “what if he doesn’t in time and you can’t enroll this semester and you lose this whole life you just built and all these new friends” So when that issue was resolved my mind found other scarier ways I could be uprooted from my current life and friends that I’ve grown so attached to. Then my mind remembered back when I was struggling with false memories and scrupulosity and I essentially made a post on a forum 2 and a half years ago saying I did something or was convinced I did something that I never actually did. Now I’ve been spiraling about someone finding it reporting me and I either get seen as a horrible person or arrested or something over something I never actually did but “admitted” to out of fear of going to hell. My mind won’t let it go and keeps finding new reasons for it to be “valid” “logical” or even inevitable. I feel like it’s just hanging over my head and I can never rest easy. Especially when I try to focus on my daily tasks or plan for the future I get this horrible flair up of “why plan for the future when this could come back in that future and you get uprooted from all of it” my mind won’t rest without certainty being uprooted won’t happen but certainty doesn’t exist, at least not with ocd. This sucks and I miss being care free.
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 5w ago
Relationship obsessions
I'm struggling really hard with relationship obsessions. Do I really love my partner? How can I know? Am I really just faking it? That kind of thing. It's making my life and relationship a lot harder than they need to be. I could use a few helpful coping mechanisms, trying to move away from less helpful ones like chasing reassurance.
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