It’s near the tenth anniversary of when I saw my dad die, I can’t get the intrusive thoughts out of my head of him dying. Before today I was awake for 48 hours straight. God I just feel so exhausted.
I had the exact same intrusive thought about my dad too, I know exactly how you feel and man is it awful. Today that Intrusive thought no longer bothers me and hardly even pops up in my head now. Your dad was obviously someone significant to you! I used to also remind myself of the times my dad was happy and imagine that as well, but definitely easier said than done. Emdr has also helped me in the past with things related to trauma, maybe that is something to consider? I wish you the absolute best!
@Jennaffuur I’m glad you’ve been able to get to that point. Again I’m still new to this so hopefully as I work more towards my mental health goals I’ll be able to be more stable.
Have you looked into trauma therapy? You might very much benefit from it since that can be considered very traumatic and OCD plays off that.
@Nica I’d definitely be open to it. I just had my first session today so I’ll bring that up during my next one next week.
You are so loved by him. You are loved by all of us.
Hey, I’m so sorry your going through this. OCD is so unfair and it’s debilitating on its own I can’t imagine it being mixed with what you have lived through. I recommend you give magnesium a try. I have been taking it for 5 days now and my ocd thoughts have decreased drastically. I discovered giving magnesium a try off of a forum of women who had heightened intrusive thoughts with their cycles. Do some research on it but it wouldn’t hurt to take. Also really recommend getting trauma therapy. Maybe one that works with ocd as well. Life is so difficult and I really hope this helps and that things get better soon ❤️🩹
@ Skyline 🕊️ Thanks for your kind words, yeah I’m gonna bring up trauma therapy in my next session because my therapist said I might also have PTSD. And I’ll give magnesium a try thanks 🙏 hope you’re having a good day
My OCD has been terrible the for the past two weeks. I have a fear that I will never be able to get out of the thought loop. I am hyper aware of my thoughts and it disturbs me. I haven’t been able to eat for 10 days. I force myself. I haven’t been able to sleep for more than a couple hours. Then I wake up and ruminate for a couple hours, until I’m exhausted. I’m also afraid I’ll never sleep well again. And I’m afraid I’ll never eat and enjoy my food again. I’m afraid I’ll never be able to stop thinking about this enough to enjoy my family ever again.
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
So I had a panic attack a while ago to “kill mom” and I forgot about the thought until a few days later. When it came back I was mentally drained and it lasted for 2 months or more. It eventually went away but it is back. I get other intrusive thoughts but they go away after a hour or so. Why am I stressing over “kill mom” so much. I just get irritated that it won’t go away. I’m beginning to think it’s a different mental illness maybe just anxiety? I’m not sure to be honest. It just appears and sits there and I feel like I’m doomed and a pyscho and worry that I’ll never forget the thought.
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