Does anyone else get depressed and triggered whenever they see others stories on social media? Most people I know and follow post about their life and then I feel like I’m not living my life and it makes depressed and I start ruminating and catastrophizing I’m thinking about muting their stories and avoid watching them but is that considered to be a compulsion?
I totally understand that I hate when I am on Facebook and I see other people posting about how much fun they had that day and then I’m like really struggling with things that day. I think you should mute their stories if they trigger you
It triggers me also
Me too - to the point I’ve not been responding.
I regret researching every single day🫠 In the beginning, I thought searching for similar stories to my own would help ease my fears, but my mind ended up latching onto their worries, which only heightened the anxiety I had before. There were worries I didn't have, and now I do.
New to this app. Do members find it helps, I'm worried I will start obsessing over things I hadn't thought about before when I read other people's OCD triggers...
Ok so I just downloaded this app like two days ago because I was looking for a OCD specialist. Maybe this is just my opinion but the posting’s on this app can be super triggering. If feels like even sharing your experience on an app like this can contribute to fueling OCD. So many people I see reassurance seeking, confessing and posting the same things multiple times to gain certainty. Makes me wonder if this app is counterproductive to the point of OCD treatment. I’m guilty of spending hours scrolling through the post trying to find people who relate to me, but in the end it makes me more anxious and fuels my OCD. Idk what do you guys think.
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