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im scared
im scared again that it’s not ocd and i actually think like this. i can’t get out of bed
im scared again that it’s not ocd and i actually think like this. i can’t get out of bed
I’m sorry you’re feeling that today, my therapist had recommended the podcast OCD stories by Stuart Ralph, it’s really a great resource when you are feeling overwhelmed. Check it out and it will help 🫶🏼
@Littlemisshiss where can you listen?
@r0s1e I listen on Spotify but any platform you listen to music on or I’m sure on YouTube as well.
I’m so sorry I remember laying in bed doing rituals over and over again it was terrible
I totally feel this today 🤍 you’re not alone
I couldn't go to work today so ive been working and sleeping in my bed all day. I so feel you. Tomorrow I will get out of bed and go to work and have a better day. Sometimes just getting out of bed helps.
@Ryan Mullen thank you:(
@r0s1e I am 43 and have been dealing with this since I was 16. Most days and years Im fine. I have never been to therapy until 2 months ago. I would suggest getting control now. Even if you dont you can still live a happy life. I have but it can be better.
@Ryan Mullen thank you so much🫶🏼
Feeling the same way. It feels so real:/
@Anon:> I hope you feel better, it helps when you do self care
@Anon:> i hope you do too:(
same. I hate when my brain does this. because I KNOW that it’s ocd but it gets so meta and I start losing my shit obsessing over the thought of me using ocd as an excuse of being a bad person or just making it up
so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
harm ocd is the bane of my existence. people always tell me that if you have anxiety over a thought, that’s ocd. and these intrusive thoughts cause me IMMENSE anxiety. i’m constantly looking for reasons why i’m not what these thoughts tell me i am. but WHY DOES IT FEEL SO REAL?? it’s like i can’t reassure myself that this isn’t me and i don’t want to do it, but i also look for reasons why it’s not me. my brain is constantly telling me “if you don’t act on this, you’ll never feel free”. WHAT EVEN IS THAT?? and why does it feel real?? anytime i think about getting therapy, i constantly think that it’s not going to help me positively but help me realize i am this person. i just wish someone with harm ocd could get into my brain, understand me, and tell me everything will be okay. i wish someone in recovery could tell me that they’ve been where i am, felt the same feelings, thought the same thoughts, and got through it when they thought they wouldn’t. i feel like i’m drowning in it. another thing is i think about how my mom knows a surface level understanding to this form of my ocd, but if she knew it all, i’m scared she’d never look at me the same. i’m scared she’d be scared of me and think i need psychiatric help. IM TERRIFIED.
i’m terrified to get a diagnosis. What if it’s not actually OCD??? I made a list of reasons why i think so and then i think what if im lying and i actually don’t do this stuff and am just dramatic and i just want to have OCD so then my thoughts are justified?? I have struggled in the past year with Pocd & Rocd and then also some bits of thinking im constantly in danger or being watched? I’m scared.
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