Does anyone just feel exhausted sometimes?

I know that I’ve come a long way with OCD and have been able to do so much and function so much better these past few months. Still, I feel so burnt out. Does anyone else feel like this? I am in the midst of a little ROCD wave. It’s just frustrating. I feel like each time I start to do better with one theme, another theme pops ups and I’m just so done. I feel exhausted and tired fighting sometimes, but if I don’t fight it just gets to the point where I can’t function. I guess, and I know that this is unreasonable, but I thought I would be doing great forever and I forgot that OCD will always be there. I have better tools, so I recover more quickly, but still… not great. Not great at all. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent! I needed to get that out.

Username: JesterJXJesterJX

Date posted: 39w ago

I feel burned out all the time because I’m not doing what I love and want to do in life. People think I’m lazy or that I just can stop thinking but it’s not that easy. I’m pushing forward, there has to be a breakthrough at some point. If you give up now, then you cancel any chance of recovery

Username: Striving for joyStriving for...

Date posted: 39w ago

@JesterJX Yeah, I get that. It can be so rough and hard to continue functioning through. But you’re right too about recovery. If we give up, there’s no chance at getting better! So we got this! Besides, I keep trying to remind myself that it’s just hard -right now-, but it won’t feel so awful forever. Definitely tiring though.

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 39w ago

100%. I'm constantly "complaining" to my therapist and wife that progress is soo slow, and I'm just so damned tired of fighting. My wife always wants me to be practicing and doing exposures, and I just can't convince her how mentally exhausted I am. But this is my second time going through treatment, and I felt even worse the first time, and still got better and had relief for a number of years.

Username: ambermayxambermayx

Date posted: 39w ago

All the time! It’s so draining and exhausting constantly fighting it everyday

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 39w ago

And yes, I hate how the OCD creates these thoughts/feelings that have to be dealt with in the present, there doesn't seem to be any neutral option. It's either fight now and win or give in now and lose. I hate it and wish more people would understand.

Username: AnxiousPenguin33AnxiousPengu...

Date posted: 39w ago

I am exhausted!!! Thus has been the worst meltdown yet. I think I've made so much healthy change in my life and to have OCD flair up like this in my 30s I'm just beside myself. Everyone says try this try that, I try everything!!! And people don't get it... I eat right I exercise I meditate I read and listen to self help books and I can still meltdown!? It's just so exhausting. Why can't I just feel normal. My partner is supportive but my family is not. My friends don't understand and I find myself on a dark spot now with very few people left in my life. I will continue to fight and I'm back on medication/in therapy but it's just frustrating to hate myself all the time. And I'm exhausted with all the "fighting" sending all the community love. Here's to fighting OCD!

Username: Karotajs-theanxiousgogettergirlKarotajs-the...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 39w ago

I feel tired alot. It does feel like a constant struggle. I always tell my husband how i wish i could just turn off my brain. Hang in there! I think we are stronger than most for fighting our brains every day.

Username: WillyNileWillyNile

Date posted: 39w ago

i really feel you on this, the whole rollercoaster with ocd can be so draining, especially when you're doing better and then suddenly it's like you're back at square one with a new theme. it's tough, but it's also super brave of you to share and keep fighting. 💪 have you heard about "unstuck"? it's this ai-powered therapy tool specifically for ocd (unstuckmyOCD.com). it's been a game-changer for me this past month and could offer you some relief too. another member here put me onto it, and i just wish i knew about it sooner!

Username: PhillipFillip1PhillipFillip1

Date posted: 39w ago

Great suggestions!! I have also been using the unstuck app over the last few months and I have to say its been really helpful. The developers are very supportive and make new updates every week.

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

OCD is suffocating

I feel like I don’t know how to deal with OCD anymore and I feel like I am burned out. Anyone else feeling like this? It is just defeating. Any ways to combat these feelings?

Username: Fear and Hope 🌼

Date posted: 2y ago

Anyone relate??

It’s so crazy how even though you have been through this a million times, when a new thought pops up or an old obsession resurfaces, it feels impossible to get through. You know the tools and you recognize the feelings, and yet somehow “this one” is different. It’s more serious, more disturbing, it’s a sign of your true desires, etc, etc. Taking the risk of uncertainty is not worth it “this time”because the consequences are too severe. Every time you start to make progress on an obsession or even just part of an obsession, you think you are finally getting the hang of it…and then ocd hits you back and it’s like all the confidence and progress you were starting to feel like you were developing gets blown away and in that moment you are back at the beginning. Ocd is truly diabolical and so smart. It causes so much suffering. I am so tired of making progress or even just maintaining my current obsessions just to get smacked in the face with something “different” and somehow “worse”. It is exhausting. One thing I never considered I would need to fight ocd and use erp was stamina. I really hope everyone out there struggling with ocd is doing ok. If you have ever felt like this, just know that I am in that same place.

Username: anonysheis

Date posted: 22w ago

OCD exhaustion

OCD is so strange because I feel so mentally exhausted 24/7 but i’m so good at masking it that like it’s like i can think double. I’m not sure that makes sense. But i am so used to the OCD thoughts racing through my head that i can respond to my environment whilst completely existing in my head. I can have conversations when intrusive thoughts are taking over my inner dialect. I feel like i am even doubting whether i have OCD and whether it’s all just an excuse. I feel like my rumination hasn’t stopped for the past 3 years. Everything i used to enjoy or look forward to, is now dread and tainted by the thoughts telling me i never knew. I don’t even know what i like or who i am anymore. The thought of getting help and talking through it all scares me because what if i’m invalidated or if i speak about it too much then what if i don’t stop thinking. I’m so exhausted

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