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Are you on antidepressants? Also, it sounds like it could be depression as well, but I ask about the antidepressants because they are known to have some of those kind of effects on people. I would recommend talking to your therapist about this if you are currently seeing one.
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I always wondered why most of the time I just felt "nothing" when I should be having some sort of emotional response to something. I couldn't even feel bad about not feeling!? I thought it was just me.
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I’ve experienced the same, when a person goes through ocd they emotional numbness, which is normal especially when you feel axioms and sad a lot, I recommend which I am on now, which has helped me because I was going through the same numbness and my emotion are returning it’s a serotonin drug called Paxol
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I believe I spelt that right
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Anxious*
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Hey, I get the same way sometimes. For me, I think it’s just depression.
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Nope! Never been on any anti depressants. Im Strictly against anti depressant. Sure I feel Sad but I’m still able to go to work and eat and laugh. It’s this super weird feeling like I feel like a robot. My brain feels weird. Like one time I was yelling and arguing with my mom I couldn’t get mad. Like I was screaming but I felt empty inside
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Also I really don’t want meds! Please help what do I do!!!
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@Naeun — what resources are you using? I know you’ve been to see a psychiatrist but didn’t want meds. Are you seeing a therapist? Have you bought any books or other resources to help you treat your OCD? I know you don’t support antidepressants but I think you need to take a look at the evidence for them verses your grandfather’s individual experience. Take a look at the worksheet I just posted to 0823’s post about medication fears. I don’t mean to pressure you into doing something you don’t want but SSRIs definitely make the road to recovery MUCH easier and no supplements have been found effective in the same way.
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@worrieddriver hey! I went to my psychiatrist and told her and she said moderate OCD but the place doesn’t specialize in OCD. So I still have to make an appointment at the place with OCD therapist but college started and I don’t have any time! But the past three/four days intrusive thoughts have been super minimal! But sometimes I sit next to a person and I still get super gross horrific thoughts but no anxiety?!! And I said I’ll try meds as my last resort. Side effects are horrible and I’m emotionally scarred about my grandpa. Idk what to do? Can you please also post the worksheet here as well? Can’t find his post
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I ended cancelling my whole visitation at the previous hospital smh! So I have to find another place that does
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My boyfriend told me that he feels like he’s losing me, that I’ve changed, and that I don’t seem happy to see him anymore. I know that this should hurt me deeply, but when he said it, I didn’t feel anything. And now I’m terrified. Why didn’t I react? Why didn’t I feel instant sadness or guilt? It’s like I was emotionally blocked, like I didn’t care at all—and that thought is destroying me. What if this means I don’t love him? What if I’ve just been lying to myself and I don’t want to accept the truth? I feel so disconnected and numb. My brain keeps telling me: “If you really cared, you would feel something.” But instead, I feel nothing. And the fact that I feel nothing makes me panic even more. I don’t know what’s happening to me. I used to feel so much, and now it’s like I can’t access my emotions at all. I don’t want to lose him. I don’t want to feel like this forever. I just want to feel normal again
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So I’ve noticed that since my ocd started, every time I see something that triggers me like I can’t feel anything. For example, if I saw a case about a woman who murdered her kids I literally feel like I shoulf feel worse or something and sometimes the reaction comes after the rumination: What are you feeling? Do you feel bad enough? check body sensations, emotions etc… it’s scares me. Has anyone else had experience this?
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Suddenly I started ruminating again but I no longer get bad anxiety over the thoughts but it feels like the ‘urges’ are still there and it’s making it seem more real that these are true. Why am I having urges without the anxiety or it’s weird like i don’t even know when im anxious maybe i got use to the feeling of being anxious but it feels too real and I get these weird thought that are like ‘imagine you was evil anyways’ or ‘imagine you want to be but your in denial’ or the worst makes it feel like you would like acting on the thoughts even if you choose not to do it and it feels really real. The thoughts are about stabbing and it felt so real and I started imaging it on purpose to ‘test’ myself but it doesn’t ever feel like I hate it enough or don’t want it like I feel numb to everything and it feels really real like I want it or do want to do it but I’m just choosing not to and it’s scary but I use to get so much anxiety over this and now nothing now it feels like I don’t even feel like I ‘hate’ it or I should know that I don’t want to do that? Instead of sitting there experimenting with the thoughts to see. I want it to feel like I don’t want it and don’t like it I constantly feel like I’m lying about not wanting this, but it’s concerning me a lot because it feels so real that I like it or want it and there was one point where it felt like it was about to happen and that I wanted it and now that’s made me think there is something wrong with me or that I want to give in to it 🙁 please I don’t belive anything I don’t even belive I am sad it feels so real that it was about to happen or I wanted it and I don’t know what to do I was fine before and suddenly I started ruminating and now this
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