Savhatesocd
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Not reassurance seeking but is it possible to feel so overwhelmed by your thoughts that you feel like you are going insane š«
Mark.The.CanuckMark.The.Canuck
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I feel the same way, having harm thoughts around the ones that I love and are the closest to me. Feels like you are going insane. This is OCD and you need to fight the compulsions, mine are mostly rumination and over analyzing. Donāt do any compulsions, physical or mental.
AnonymousAnonymous
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Feeling this right now, itās almost like you feel like you need to do something but you donāt know what youāre supposed to be doing, like something is wrong, but you donāt know what, so you donāt know how to fix it
PthomPthom
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@Anonymous Exactly - I have felt like I need to āthink something all the way throughā and if I donāt, wellā¦ something bad will happen. Hate it - but true itās obsessions and the best think we can do in the moment is refocus
SpecklesSpeckles
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Yes... feeling like I need to commit myself. I feel like I'm insane right now. I know what you are feeling
@Stylist23@Stylist23
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Yes! Sometimes so much noise and sounds and images and strings of conversation and radio static and just like so much going on in my head I want to scream ābe quiet!!ā Itās the worse and made me feel like Iām going to lose it.
sunshineandrainbowssunshineandr...
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Oh my gosh yes š it is a terrible feeling and you are not alone
SavhatesocdSavhatesocd
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@sunshineandrainbows I feel like I need to go to the psych ward or something
sunshineandrainbowssunshineandr...
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@Anonymous I can tell you right now that it does get better! You arenāt alone in those feelings and yes itās scary but you are most definitely not alone
Anonymous 25#Anonymous 25#
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Yup
SavhatesocdSavhatesocd
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@Santo123# I feel like Iām actually going crazy and Iāll lose control
Anonymous 25#Anonymous 25#
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@Anonymous OCD feels as real as it can get. I struggle with harm OCD and have this same fear of losing control. Disregard all thoughts, feelings, sensations over and over again and slowly itāll get better
Catlove9Catlove9
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Iām going through this as well. Itās almost as if youāre not inside your body.
OCDVICOCDVIC
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Yes going through it rn
Lilly2442!Lilly2442!
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How are you now?
SavhatesocdSavhatesocd
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@Lilly2442! A lot better
Lilly2442!Lilly2442!
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@Savhatesocd Any advice that helped because I feel the same way you did šš» I have a fear of losing control
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