I wonder if anyone is like me. I'm a woman and u have periods. And when I reach a certain part in the period cycle, my OCD will perks up. I get all anxious and perform my compulsion more intensively
Mine is worse during my period too!
Tracking my cycle was so helpful! I get anxious after my period as well as before it. Track your period, food intake around your period, and sleep around your period. You will notice that bad habits happen just before your period. Our bodies crave salt and sugar, and we have energy bc of nesting.
@Anonymous I couldn’t agree with tracking your period even more. I used to not track it, and now I get an idea of what is happening. Because let me tell you OCD goes wild during my cycle
Thank you so much! I'm gonna track it properly!
How are your experiences during an ocd spike while going through a menstruation? It doesn't matter if you are afab, your experience is valid too! I noticed my thoughts get worsened and the spike intensified, but now that I'm taking sertraline I don't feel an panic attack as before but the throughs and feelings are definitely there so is an unpleasant situation
Does it happen to you that when a person is specific in your ocd thoughts (my sister is my sister), that everything about her is a trigger for you when you see her? And the way he moves, talks, eyes, you suddenly sexualize everything, or is it just me? it really bothers me, because I constantly feel my groin, so I wonder if it's really OCD, or if it's something in me...
I was wondering why my ocd was so much worse and I think it’s the luteal phase. I got diagnosed with PMDD recently. For a couple cycles, the pre and during was brutal but I was put on supplements that I thought helped. Now, I think the luteal phase just started but my religious ocd is coming back at full force. It’s scary. It feels so urgent. Like I must figure out the answers to every problem because it is life and death. It’s hard to recognize it is OCD. I feel like if I don’t figure everything out, I’m sinning and disappointing God. Does anyone have advice for surviving the luteal phase?
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