How do you reduce your anxiety when you feel like your ocd/anxiety is getting overwhelming? I had a anxiety scare an hour ago, but that went away quickly when I found out that I was worrying for nothing. Now that I feel relieved, I still feel a bit anxiety. I'm almost getting emotional because I feel like my anxiety is trying to latch onto something else at the moment and I'm scared.
I could have written this. Having had a period of slightly calmer anxiety (although always there), I got triggered today and had a major meltdown. It hasn’t passed, but I understand what you mean when I you say it feels it’s trying to latch onto something else. What caused the anxiety attack for me today was that something happened that made me think there was a new development with the OCD and thoughts, which then made me think, ‘oh no, what if this is real and my thoughts are the truth, what if I can’t get over this new thought, why am I having this new thought, what does it mean, what if it is not the OCD getting worse, but the truth trying to emerge and there’s why the thoughts are getting stronger etc etc. Feeling really shaken up. I know it’s not the same as what you are saying, but I identify with your post. I don’t really have advice as to how to calm the anxiety when it peaks, apart from breath deeply to calm your heart rate, which may sound too simple, but it can help. I don’t have any ERP techniques to offer.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I wake up early with severe, severe anxiety and nothing seems to help. I try embracing the anxiety, breathing, and exercising. But these things only seem to help a little. Fortunately, I do think the length of the attacks are getting shorter (mainly because I'm still trying my best to live normally in spite of them), but they are still lasting a good 5-6 hours. They are quite debilitating. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with these? I've read much about potential solutions (being okay with the anxiety), but I was looking for some personal antecdotes. Thank you
Feeling pretty good, except tomorrow I have to go for a cataract surgery pre op check up. Hopefully it won’t be a big deal, but am anxious because of my OCD. Just worried about my Blood Pressure, which is normally a little elevated, but overall I feel fine. I get very anxious obviously because of the OCD. Hopefully all goes well.
My OCD has found new objects that I should be scared or worried about and I have this urge to hide them or throw them away. When I’m trying to watch tv I get really anxious that I’m trying to focus my attention elsewhere other than being in my own head, trying to sort my thoughts out & when I say I don’t want something I feel like I’m in denial. Does anyone else feel like this
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