Has anyone noticed their intrusive thoughts worsening the week before and week of their menstrual cycle? It’s like everything is manageable then all of the sudden I get hit by a million thoughts out of nowhere and it gets me so down. I’m just not sure what to do or how to handle it
I 100% agree, I dread the week I get my period because I know my thoughts will be worse 🥺 Have you tried ERP therapy? Im gonna start that real soon and I think I wikl start meds as well, Ive avoided medications for over a year but I think it’s time. I need something to make these thoughts less intense until I have learned the right tools to cope living like this. Thinking of you and everyone on this app and looking forward to the day we overcome these dang thoughts.
@me_0995 I have been in ERP therapy for about 3 months, but noticed if I don’t see my therapist 2 times every week the thoughts come back full force again. I’m considering medication too and have avoided it due to bad past experiences. I think it’s important to find a doctor who specializes in OCD to find the right medication because so many doctors don’t understand it well enough. Best of luck to you, it’s the most frustrating thing to have to deal with these thoughts 24/7. Hoping and praying that things improve for all of us!
I think I’m experiencing the same thing. I saw someone else post about this as well. The thoughts have been the absolute worst and too fast for me to even keep up with. I’m sorry you’re having a hard time, be easy on yourself.
Does anyone get “intrusive feelings”? I’ve experienced intrusive thoughts and urges, but I’m noticing intrusive feelings too. I’m about to start PMS-ing and I’m having weird depressed feelings like “I hate my life, everything sucks, maybe i want to die”. I have suicidal OCD and it seems like this is what my brain gravitates towards when I’m under stress. Even though I DO NOT want to die by any means, my brain throws these thoughts at me and it’s so scary bc I feel like maybe a part of me actually wants to do it. Idk why I feel depressed and shitty about my life when really I don’t want to be you know?? What do you guys think?
Does anyone like get extra anxious about an intrusive thought because you think to yourself “nobody else has probably had this thought.” “I must be crazy.” Idk those thoughts always seem to make my anxiety worse. I also have a fear of losing touch of reality and believing in crazy thoughts, if that makes sense? TMI but I also notice that my OCD is worse when I’m on my period. Can anyone else relate?
I have had a huge increase in Intrusive Thoughts this week. It’s making things super difficult for me, I am on my period but I also think I’m having more intrusive thoughts recently because things are going well for me right now. I just keep waiting for everything to fall apart because my mind makes me believe that I don’t deserve more than one good thing at a time. My mind is in constant fight or flight mode. I cannot stop thinking about every past mistake or how someone may have thought I had bad or malicious intentions when I didn’t. I keep thinking I’m going to get in trouble for something and go to jail, I’m especially scared about work and messing up someone’s check out and getting fired or arrested. I hate feeling this way, there is just so much going on in my head and I’m terrified and stressed all the time.
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond
