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- 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.
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.
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
Yes, I can definitely relate. I ruminate about being happy, or thinking maybe I’ll never be happy.
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
Oh my God, yes!
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!
How have you guys dealt with your stickiest / most long lasting theme? For me this is HOCD; I had other themes popping up in the last few months but I was able to get past them quite quickly with acceptance and a sort of shrugging manner, like ‘the probability of this happening isn’t enough for me to waste my time obsessing over’. However HOCD has always been different, it was what started my ocd and what I obsessed over for a year before discovering I had this disorder, and it often feels like when I decide not to obsess over it, I’m just sweeping the issue under the rug and not thinking about it. I’m better with a lot of the triggers but the big ones, like ‘comphet’ and my relationship nerves, are so hard to ignore. A part of me is always saying ‘you’re just ignoring this, you shouldn’t be!’. This is always been the theme where I find it so hard to distance myself from the content and look at it from an ocd perspective because when something relates to your identity say, I find it harder to ignore than obsessions about health or existentialism for example.
Question - so I see lot of different themes on here.. my theme has been worried about being stalked.. I did put my self In a situation where it could have happened years and years ago.. with most themes on here I don’t see really a single person who has put there self in harms way of their theme.. does that still make mine ocd even if I put myself in a situation where it could’ve happened?
I’ve had the same themes of ocd on and off for years. I have a new theme i’ve never had before now. Has that happened to anyone else?
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