- Date posted
- 1y ago
- Date posted
- 1y ago
My OCD come in waves. I have periods of truly peace but periods of high anxiety and intrusive thoughts. Guilty is part of OCD and we feel it harder because we're always comparing ourselves and asking "what if" "I like it?" "Nobody thinks that, I'm disgusting" Stay safe and always remember you're not your thoughts. Thoughts are just thoughts š¤
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I have the same ocd theme as you right now, and itās really bad and annoying, but I just say to myself thoughts do not define you or your personality and they are just thoughts which come and go! I hope you have a good day :))
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- Date posted
- 25w ago
I remembered something I did a couple of months ago that has changed me completely from trusting myself it was a conversation I had with my cousin and something they said unrelated made me remember this happening, I went into a full blown identity crisis i couldnāt walk out of my room or get out of my bed for months paranoid and scared of everything Iām still scared and feel like I donāt even deserve to shower Iām working on it slowly each day but I knew I had to get a therapist and I was diagnosed with ocd because of this event I remembered, and I just donāt know what to doā¦. I read online that it doesnāt matter how little or bad the event is itās still ocd regardless when diagnosed but I know I have a compulsion to see others real events and it is nothing compared to mine which I shouldnāt compare but itās difficult because no matter what I have to come to terms that itās undeniably bad legally and morally what I did and itās just so confusing how itās something I JUST learned about months ago Iām literally in my mid 20s, and I went years without even realizing how troubled my childhood was and yes my real event happened during that time but I was still a teen and old enough to know better but I didnāt understand the magnitude of what I did at the time still no excuse though, this is where I donāt know what To do because 1. I already know what I did was awful and thereās no excuse for it 2. I canāt apologize in my situation that I donāt feel comfortable sharing specifics yet3. Yes I know I changed so much obviously Iām a grown adult now I know whatās appropriate and whatās not thatās why Iām so troubled over this and I never did anything like that again, Iām literally in the happiest relationship and seeing a therapist to also help me understand all this trauma, this event involved my cousin but even they are cool with me and very close as well hasnāt said anything I donāt know if they remember or not but itās not something I can talk about with them at least not yet (again just donāt want to go in to specifics) but this is why is so confusing and has caused me to have intrusive thoughts about everything EVERYTHING the what ifs what if they remember what if I go to jail what if they hate me what if Iām denying who I have been and Iām this horrible person this whole time without even realizing and everything is a lie my relationship my joy for things what if Iām a ped, what if I canāt love or care what if Iām a person who just harms others manipulates I even spiraled thinking I was going to physically harm someoneā¦ itās very bizarre to me because before my OCD my biggest anxiety was just having to learn how to driveā¦Iām in my 20s just to mention that againš I have probably almost all intrusive ocd categories, These thoughts never existed in my head until I remembered my event it has completely traumatized me but do I even deserve to feel better do I deserve to get help if I did something unforgivable do I move on or donāt? Should I even be living life I just feel guilty even breathing stepping outside I know for a fact if people knew they would never trust me they would feel like I probably should go to jail but do I go on to what others feel or myself? I know I wouldnāt harm anyone regardless of what my ocd tells me I never did anything like that again and wouldnāt but if itās something that even legally I could be punished for does all of that not matter? Iām sorry Iām just trying to figure out what the right thing to do is , Iām continuing therapy and getting the help but obviously my therapist cannot say if I should be punished legally but even my boyfriend said that if I turned myself in they wouldnāt even take me seriously because I donāt even remember everything fully it was so long ago, but from what I do remember itās still bad enough mainly just of me being a teen, I donāt want to make that event my identity but I just am so freaked out I feel awful what if I caused trauma to another person and all these years I didnāt even know, this event only happened once that I remember, there were things that happened to me as a child that would explain why it happened but itās still not an excuse, I did a compulsion and googled what would it be called or the charges for it and the words that popped up triggered me to my core as anyone would feel if they were as stupid as me those words I googled are what monsters are so itās hard not to think of myself as that itās hard to not make that my identity if that IS what happened, is living with this guilt my punishment?I donāt want to give up on life I want to love and care and just love life I know this is complicated and a lot not much I can do but Iām just so lost.
- Date posted
- 22w ago
Having a really bad day with my ocd. Just had a massive meltdown. Iāve had 3 sessions with an ocd therapist and I feel worse. This is very confusing to me. Iāve read online that itās normal to feel worse at the start of therapy, but i donāt know. Iām asking for a lot of reassurance from people, way more than I have ever done. My doubts and thoughts seem to be getting worse. My mum said if the relationship is making you so unhappy why are you doing it? This was sooo triggering for me but maybe sheās right? She said if I didnāt have the relationship in my life, I wouldnāt be having meltdowns or have an ocd spike, so she thinks I should consider whether to be in the relationship or not! Omg itās so awful to hear those words. But maybe she is kind of right? If somethings making you anxious or unhappy, you stop donāt you? So why havenāt I broken up with him? That would be the logical step. Im so worried to make myself even more ill so im very scared to carry on with the relationship, because right now, my mind is telling me its the cause of my unhappiness and i would be better without it. But is that my ocd speaking? How do I know?! My life without him would be so bleak, or is it my life without the idea of someone in it? I have so many questions, itās overwhelming. What if Iām not listening to my gut? Maybe Iām not. That makes me feel sick if Iām ignoring myself again. This is torture. What can I do to stop all these doubts and feel better about things!!! I would love some advice šš»šš» (this is my ocd talking, but comments that agree with my ocd are very triggering like āyes if you feel like that that is a major red flagā. Just comments that maybe give some hope, thank you šš»)
- Date posted
- 15w ago
can someone with this theme help me iām so scared and i canāt stop having panic attacks is this OCD??? So i always have struggled most with sucicidal ocd and harm ocd. i never really had any other themes. but recently ive struggled with SOOCD. My whole life i have never EVER been into girls ever and i could never even think of ever being with a girl in my entire life. iām having extreme amounts of anxiety and i have compulsions to make sure i look at a girl and donāt feel anything towards them or anything. My mind is literally going āwhat if your just in denialā or āwhat if youāve just been hiding it all these yearsā When i know i havenāt. i have all of the symptoms of SOOCD and i still know that im not gay,but these thoughts are extremely distressing and have been the worse to deal with. Iām constantly panicking and doing compulsions to get these thoughts to leave and they wonāt. iām scared and these thoughts are making my mind scared. What if iām going against my morals and iām lying to myself like and i just went through a tough breakup too so that is shooting these thoughts and anxiety. Please help omg!!!
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