- Username
- Naeun
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Hey! I definitely am unable to finish sentences and process my thoughts because I am just not mentally present. I’m usually obsessing about my fears rather then actively talking to the person in front of me. I also stop myself from smiling or even feeling happy because I’m afraid if I’m happy I’ve accepted the thoughts and I’m afraid if I’m happy that I’m really a bad person and should not deserve happiness. It’s just the ocd talking!!!
I totally have this thing mid talking to someone, I suddenly become SO aware of myself. I’m like ‘holy shit I’m talking right now and I’m thinking about talking, this is an ocd thought, I’m having an ocd moment and the other people round me don’t even know I’m thinking this’ It’s like what the fuck. I also have the ‘don’t have too much fun now you still have ocd’ and then it feels like okay I’m not truly having fun if I have to force do/ think that? ? Ugh... but you are totally not alone? And you won’t lose control that’s another anxious thoight, I promise. I don’t mean that in a patronising way btw:) Thanks so much for posting
Same I am beyond thrilled but at the same time saddened I'm not the only one here on Earth that has this. It feels so isolating at times. If I had a magic super power it would be to end OCD in every form for everyone bc it's literal hell.
Yes I get this! I’ll be talking and having a good time then all of sudden my brain like goes blank and I forget what I was saying and it does make it hard to make sentences and keep a convo going. I think of it as sort of a brain fog. I don’t know how to stop it but I usually just try to not let it bother me. Stay strong, you’ll find yourself again ❤️
Get this all the time almost everyday.
This app makes me feel less alone. I literally feel like a failure of a human at times when this happens
Me too 10000%. I have said so many times I would give my legs or arms To take my mental pain away
Is brain fog? Permanent ? How do I get rid of it? I thought I was scrizophenic or something...
I don’t know if it’s actually brain fog but it seems similar-I’m still new to all of this. I don’t think it’s permanent though. It’s like our brains coping mechanism since we’re always so anxious, the brain gets tired and needs a break or something like that. I don’t believe you’re schizophrenic, I think it goes away during recovery and therapy. It’s just another symptom of the OCD so it should fade along with the other symptoms. Good luck!
I am totally the same @Na!!!
And my obsessions
It’s so weird how OCD just comes about with no explanation, out of nowhere. My issue has been feelings. I have moments of hyper focusing on feelings, trying to figure them out, and it’s exhausting. Logically, I know that what I’m going through with the things happening in my life (relationship ending that was abusive, my father just getting diagnosed with dementia, etc) would make anyone feel the way I do. But I keep trying to fight my feelings. “Normally, old me” would embrace them and let them be. Ever since my OCD returned, I can’t help but fixate on them and stress even more. It’s almost like my emotions and the way we are as humans in my mind has become even more of a problem than the problems themselves. Can anyone relate? I am doing my best with ERP. I definitely helps. But I’m still waking up not feeling like myself and it hurts.
I’m wondering if anybody else deals with an intense inner dialogue. It seems like my thoughts overlap each other and sometimes don’t make sense. Whether it’s a song stuck in my head, a million thoughts at once or both. It seems to never stop, even my dreams are super vivid. More recently I’ve been noticing random words or sentences that somebody has said before that has no meaning to what I’m thinking about, it will just pop in my head for no reason. For example I’ll be in the shower and “hear” a sentence one of my friends said. It sounds like their voice but it’s just in my thoughts if that makes sense. My core fear is losing my mind, so this spirals and my ocd tries to convince me that I’m hearing voices. Can anyone relate? If so what are some things that you have found to be effective when it comes to staying present. I hate not being as involved in conversations or not giving my 100% attention to things happening around me
does anyone feel like ever since they started with intrusive thoughts / compulsions that you feel as if your brain has turned to mush and your intellect has vanished. it’s really hard for me to string sentences together & i feel as if everyone who speaks about ocd has this way of putting it that i never will be able to. i’m still untreated & in the dark to be honest. when it comes about speaking about what ive been through as well i can’t remember everything only the really bad episodes, it’s like my brain is hiding it away from me waiting for a day for me to remember and traumatise me all over again. i’m also petrified of saying the wrong things to people and potentially worsening their ocd or seeming to be uneducated about it and like i have no idea what i’m talking about. i’m still learning but i’m frustrated that i feel as if i still don’t know anything. does that make sense?
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