When the ocd feels real and like it won’t go away the depression is so hard to deal with. I don’t even want to get out of bed. How do people balance this?
You’re not going to feel like it but you MUST take action! Please take my word for it! I felt exactly like you. I lost my quality of life due to OCD, I didn’t want to do anything but distract myself on my phone all day. I didn’t do school, didn’t do my hobbies, didn’t want to hang out with friends, ANYTHING. But I promise you that feelings follow ACTIONS. Even when you don’t feel like it you must do something to get yourself out of your bed and room, because staying there will only lead you lower. Even just the simple act of getting out for a coffee kicks off all sorts of positive chemical reactions in the brain. You don’t have to be perfect, but there is ALWAYS a positive step forward you can take for the better. I highly recommend this self-help resource for managing OCD if you cannot afford an ERP therapist ( https://hope4ocd.com/foursteps.php ) and doing whatever you can to not let yourself succumb to the depressive feelings, take some action and give yourself the chance to feel better!! Here for you. There is so much hope ❤️
@Madison the ERP Ninja Thank you ❤️
Have you tried antidepressants?! I’m on 100mg of sertraline and it is helping. It helps me gain control over my brain when I get intrusive thoughts.
@Anonymous I’m on anti depressants too but they haven’t really helped
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
Can OCD mimic depression? With this theme I’m always wondering if I have OCD or depression. It first started out as harm OCD and now this. Today I told myself if I did have depression then it’s treatable and I would work on it. Then I started to feel depressed and emotional and like had an urge to google the difference. When I did this I just broke down because I felt like I related to them, it made me worse. However when I look up OCD symptoms it makes me feel better. So now I’m unsure. Almost like OCD wants me to believe it’s depression
It hurts so much, so much pain, I want to give up, I feel like both conditions make each other worse, trying to fight back, trying so hard not to look for answers but this makes it so hard, I just..feel like I have very little hope, I'm so......so tired.
At this point I think I’m just tired. Took me a massive amount of strength to even type this. I’ve never had it this bad with anxiety depression and OCD. Firstly, how do you guys handle the trauma that comes with OCD. I recently realized Ive traumatized by own mind. I think this contributes to depression. Also, the thoughts frequency have gotten so high. It just literally jams its self in my brain. Before, I had some sort of control (at least a grip) but this days it’s so hard to try to get a grip. The unwanted feelings too? Omg, reactions that I literally can’t stand plagues me. My mind turns almost everything sexual. It’s crazy 🙃 Then the anxietyyyyyy! Wheew. I’m like a walking anxiety attack, my heart is always beating fast and it’s so painful. Working is so hard because I can’t get a grip, I feel so broken and I don’t think anyone can relate to this. I don’t know what I can do to help. Then the pressure in my head (that causes headache sometimes), sometimes I genuinely think I have a tumor! I’m pregnant so that makes it sadder, makes me wonder what kind of mother this beautiful soul is coming out here to meet. I don’t want to be a sad mother, and I cry more when I realize my child can feel what I feel rn in my belly😔. Another thing, the moment I don’t wanna do something, doesn’t even have to be anything bad. That’s when it feels my mind wants to force me to do it. It’s a whole lot and I’m just holding on to Jesus to help me out. At least he’s here so that’s comforting.
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