my ocd has gotten SO much better. but these last few days, death ocd, and im afraid ill be scared to eat food. i don’t know why my mind does this. but even being on my phone is making me overthink everything. what if i’m going crazy 😞
Hi! My psychiatrists have always told me about the five “S” words that can affect our OCD and make it spike. -Sickness -Stress -Sustenance (are you eating enough) -Substance (what you put into your body - what kind of food are you eating, alcohol, caffeine, drug use) - Sleep (are you sleeping poorly, oversleeping, etc) Have there been any recent changes in any of these areas for you? If so, it may be just a temporary spike caused by external factors. OCD tends to have ups and downs for all of us, even when we have been doing better. Try not to worry too much - there are SO many things that can affect our OCD on any given day. I’ll add my own item to the list, which is hormones - both men and women have cyclical fluctuations in hormone levels in our bodies which can also cause our OCD to spike (for example, i know as a woman I notice a big spike around my menstrual cycle). I hope this helps!
@User11123 i never thought of the 5 ‘s’, that’s actually really good to remember!! and nothing has really changed, except i see a lot of tik toks and instagram reels, talking about all of these disorders they have, and my mind automatically thinks i have/ will get it. it’s so tiring. im only stress because of it. ocd is just so tiring. but with my menstrual cycle, it gets super bad too!
i'm really sorry to hear you're having a rough time right now, especially after making so much progress. it's hard to cope when fears like death and food safety pop up out of nowhere, not to mention the worry about your sanity. you're not alone, and it's okay to feel overwhelmed 🌼 by the way, have you heard about this new AI-powered OCD therapy tool called 'unstuck?' i was in a similar situation as you, constantly obsessing over every element of my life, and what helped a lot was using this free tool called "unstuck" (unstuckmyocd.com/try) that my NOCD therapist recommended. it could be especially helpful for you because it personalizes support to guide you through these distressing periods, almost like having an OCD therapist in your pocket. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have qs or just want to talk more! <3
@RileyAdams55 thank you riley for your sweet words. it’s been very overwhelming. and i’ll definitely be checking it! will lyk if i need any questions 🩷
Sometimes I worry that I don’t have ocd and that I’m losing my mind and that I’ll never feel better again. I was starting to feel really good last night and I thought it was finally over so I went ahead and did a lot of the stuff I enjoyed doing before this happened (the reason I had to stop was because certain things were triggering in either one way or another) but eventually I hit a point where I just could not bring myself to do something because it was causing too much anxiety. I got this horrible image last night in a dream and then I began to get a flurry of bothersome thoughts, so now I have 2 obsessions to worry about now. The first one is kind of in control but I’m just afraid what’s going to happen to my brain and I’m worried about having an episode in front of my family, who I’m supposed to be having a small dinner with today. I don’t want to tell them what’s going on but I’m afraid they’ll notice that I’m not well. I’m never present because I’m always in my head analyzing and ruminating and worrying. The feeling last night gave me hope that I could be myself again but I just worry that these thoughts will always linger and make me lose my mind. :(
sometimes it feels like if i talk about my ocd stuff to my therapist especially about when it was at its worst then i get stuck on how bad it was and scared it will get that bad again and then it scares me it could happen now right when ive been feeling better than i have in a long time like honestly on my drive home i was like oh god and i have to just go maybe you will maybe you wont i also think my ocd gets worse when i pms so thats a factor but yeah the fear of ocd taking me down again becomes its own theme and then its like your mind starts thinking of thoughts it hasnt in a long time on purpose or something very annoying
Ive been doing well with managing my ocd for a while since ive been putting all my focus on my work. But today was a particularly bad day, and im scared that I might be getting a flare up again. My last one was horribly debilitating for months so I am terrified of it occurring again, even though this time around im better equipped with a psychiatrist and meds. But its just such a scary feeling of doom and panic, I havent been able to sleep all night. I just hope im overthinking it again and that ill be ok.
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