Weather food and ocd

Does anyone else have this really weird thing where if the weather reminds u off a bad ocd trigger, when the weather isn’t just right, for me it’s the awkward temperature between winter and summer, it reminds me of the days I had very bad ocd and it triggers severe anxiety and I just want to be inside and avoid feeling the temperature? I get this with this specific drink from boba as well. If I drink it I’m convinced it makes me worst and spiral. I’m so scared. I suffer from PURE O and SOOCD and health OCD & death mainly.

helpmeimsosc...

Date posted: 1y

Like when the weather is similar to the days I had my worst ocd episode, I spiral and feel like my ocd is like that again

djflorio

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

I know exactly what you mean! I remember way back when I was around 12 years old, I had one of my first real big OCD episodes while I was at a summer beach house. At the time I didn't even know what OCD was. From that year on, the summer weather, the sounds and smell of the beach, all brought back the same feelings I felt then. I used to dread summer because of that. While it's no fun, as long as you don't avoid these things entirely, that feeling will go away over time. The triggering sensations have gotten weaker and weaker for me as I've associated more memories with summer. In fact, I actually kind of like being reminded of those days. It sort of feels like a badge of honor.

helpmeimsosc...

Date posted: 1y

@djflorio Awww that’s such a nice way to think of it. That’s literally how I feel!!! It’s so weird it’s like PTSD?? So weird because that’s what I’m experiencing now. 4 years later 🥲🥲

djflorio

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@helpmeimsoscared - I think it involves the same sort of mechanisms that are at play with PTSD. Basically during really bad, scary, dangerous, or traumatizing events, the brain will soak in as much information about its surroundings as possible, creating what's known as a "flashbulb memory." It does this so that it can remember as much detail as possible in order to avoid experiencing that event again. The problem is, it soaks in all of the details regardless of whether or not they actually caused the scary event. It would much rather falsely label something as dangerous, than risk getting hurt again. This creates the feeling that certain things should be avoided, even when they had absolutely nothing to do with the event that you're afraid of. And that's why even if you logically understand that the weather or the boba tea had nothing to do with the original OCD episodes, it still FEELS like they did. The parts of the brain responsible for creating these flashbulb memories don't understand logic, language, or reason. They are very primitive parts of the brain that only understand actual experiences. Therefore, the way forward is to face your fears (slowly) and actually SHOW these parts of the brain that those things are safe. It will take time and repetition, but eventually those scary memories will get buried under fresh, new ones.

missbluesky

Date posted: 1y

I completely relate. Whenever I go home for Christmas, I always have an uptick in my thoughts because my first episode started over Christmas break so many years ago. I have a hard time being in my hometown at all.

yaya_zz

Date posted: 23w

OCD flaring up

My ocd has been flaring up lately I’ve noticed some things that I don’t know if it’s ocd or something else whenever I seen someone like drugged or sick or just not “normal” I feel like or get scared that’s gonna end up being me? Does that make sense or then after a few minutes I feel like I’m them I don’t know exactly how to explain it I feel like I’m gonna start acting crazy or like I act weird or like them ? Idk exactly how to explain it and I have such a drop in my stomach thinking of it because it makes me feel insane, I haven’t had such an ocd episode so it’s getting hard again and making me feel insane specially because I don’t know how to explain this that I feel, I feel so scared rn can someone please comment on this?

annakonw

Date posted: 23w

Some form of contamination ocd?

Trigger warning ⚠️ , Hi, I’m Anna, I’m a young adult in my senior year of high-school. I’m not sure what subtype of ocd this may be but my obsession changes, usually one lasts 3 months- a year and it’s been like this since I was a small child. For example it used to be an obsession over sweat, then over religion, then over getting ill. Now it’s strange, very strange but I’m afraid of my dad slipping something into my food. We have a rocky relationship and in arguments he’ll sometimes makes comments that scare me like “we should all 0ff 0urselves” or that he wants us “dead”. I also smoke pot time to time and he doesn’t approve and I’ve had this strange fear of him slipping me something stronger to “teach me a lesson” after I eat anything of his if I absolutely have too I wait an 15-60 minutes and look for any signs of illness or a high. It’s exhausting because he mainly cooks in the house and I’ve lost 5lbs this week due to this fear..it’s consuming me and may be my most exhausting obsession yet.

bokang

Date posted: 17w

Is this OCD or just...me?

I'm really struggling to figure out where my OCD ends and where I begin. I’m scared of most things—not in a panicky way, but in a deep, cautious, worst-case-scenario kind of way. Example: I haaaaaaaaate my spectacles. I’d love to do Lasik, or even just wear contacts, but the idea terrifies me. I’ve heard about the tiniest risk of blindness or infection, and once that thought is in my head, it takes over. I picture the worst, and then I don’t act. TRIGGER Also Lasik involves cutting TRIGGER which petrifies me. I’m stuck between wanting change and being too afraid to make it. The same goes with wanting to travel but being scared I'll be trafficked or someone will plant something in my bag & I'll get arrested overseas. No amount of praying will fix it. Does anyone else feel like their OCD makes them freeze in everyday decisions? Like you can’t tell if you're just being practical or if it's the OCD gripping the steering wheel again? Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's not OCD but my personality, that's what I'm trying to figure out.

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