This feels new to me. Has anyone had their OCD almost make them feel like they can trust anything about themselves anymore? I am obsessing over these thoughts of doubts I’ve had recently and I’m feeling kinda down and sad about it. Any tips would be spread! This is new for me. My OCD has really kicked up the volume and trying new things on me.
Loss of identity is a major struggle with my OCD too
Yes. I feel this way. It is really hard. I kinda obsess on who I “used” to be and I just knew who I was or thought I did at least and now I have questioned everything about myself and the world and I am so lost. It’s like a complete lose of self identity. I have one but I like obsess if it’s correct and if I feel it is right and this and that. It’s really hard.
I used to feel like this too! I couldn't even recognize myself in the mirror anymore, I felt like I was a completely different Person, a stranger! It took me a while to feel "like me" again, I had to accept this horrible feeling daily and push through the day anyway. I didnt feel real either.
@Mimimi66 That’s what I’ve been doing! I really had to wrestle with the acceptance that I’m just a human being who gets weird thoughts that freak me out but I can live through the anxiety and move on. Believe it or not I have really turned yet another page in my healing! So I appreciate your comment and hope you keep growing!
I do not even know how to explain what I am experiencing right now. It feels like I am not even myself and it feels like the thoughts are stronger than ever before and that they are more compelling? But I also do not feel like I’m inside my body so it’s making it extra scary. I’ve never experienced OCD like this before. I’ve been doing a lot better overall but now with this, I’m feeling doomed to just be what my thoughts say. It feels like I’ve lost my mind if I am being honest and every thing is triggering me. It does not feel like OCD this time. Any advice?
My OCD has been a little better since I started this whole journey with therapy. The one thing I’m really struggling with is my anxiety. It used to be that my anxiety was fueled by OCD thoughts. It seems to have shifted though to just everyday life. I don’t even feel like I’m thinking about anything yet I have fear everywhere. I feel like I don’t know how to tackle this as it’s new territory. Living with this all day long fear has really started to take a toll depression wise. Just curious if anyone else has had a period like this. Any tips would super help.
I’m not 100% sure that I have OCD, but I do have PTSD and some new intrusive thoughts were triggered a couple weeks ago. It feels like they have changed my whole perception of my life since then. Every experience that should be fun or relaxing is tainted with the horrible dread I feel when these thoughts creep in. I was really enjoying my life for a while before these new thoughts started and it feels like I have lost contact with that version of myself and my life. I’m afraid of these thoughts tainting things that I want to stay good and pure. I’m just feeling really lost about how to soothe myself and dig out of this
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