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Losing loved ones
How to deal with anxiety and obsessive thoughts about my loved ones travelling to a dangerous place for 3 months? They haven’t travelled yet but I’m so scared of losing them already
How to deal with anxiety and obsessive thoughts about my loved ones travelling to a dangerous place for 3 months? They haven’t travelled yet but I’m so scared of losing them already
I didn't let my partner go anywhere for 5 hrs. I unknowingly controlled him &, had to hear from him a ton of times to alleviate my anxiety/ fears. What I realized is NOONE knows what can happen at any given time. I had to literally give up the idea of thinking that my loved ones are ever 100% safe. My partner now goes skiing & when I think all the horrific thoughts about what COULD happen I talk back to my OCD and say we'll it could. And I'm not going to worry about it till it does. It is very hard. Dont think its a walk in the park. So you for example could talk back to your OCD and say (warning this could be triggering) well ya know yes OCD that could happen. The plane could crash and it would be horrible and I'm not going to worry about it right now. And yes this or that could happen and I would be devastated and I'm still not going to worry about it now. I had to understand that I could lose anyone I care about at any given moment and it fucking sucks but the alternative is for me to MISS out on my life and those precious minutes with my partner. I find saying things like shut up OCD or yes that could happen fuck you OCD ALOUD really helps me keep things in perspective plus it feels go to yell at it.
@Anonymous Do you ever start to panic when you realize things that will for sure happen some day? For me I always have the horrible thought hit me that I know my parents will get old and die in my lifetime (assuming I’m lucky enough to live a long life). Like, it’s not an “if” at this point, so my OCD reminds me that ERP doesn’t actually change this fact and I know my fear will happen some day. Idk, its discouraging me lately because ERP helps me so much with things that have uncertainty and COULD happen, but since death in this scenario isn’t a question, I’m struggling with how to cope with it. :(
@alissaa I'm not sure if my OCD has caused me to panic about that example you gave. I do get what your asking. If your looking to give OCD uncertainty in regards to Death I'd be like yeah it could happen today or tomorrow or sometime idk when so I'm not going to worry about it right now. OCD likes to be a fortune teller. We don't know when we're going to die. That's as uncertain as we can get. If we're unsure and uncertain when we're going to die then I choose to not worry about it right now cause who know when it's going to happen.
It was 5 years not 5 hours.
I’m experiencing anticipatory anxiety related to OCD. I have an important trip in 7 weeks and travel triggers my ocd. My feelings are just a dull ache in my belly constantly, and a jittery feeling. I’m confused about the actual obsessions. I used to have harm OCD that sprung from a travel incident years ago and ever since then, travel has been very fear inducing. I get the physical symptoms then my mind starts going hard. I ruminate about whether or not the stress will cause intrusive harm thoughts which in turn causes some intrusive harm thoughts. It’s very confusing and hard. I want to be someone who enjoys traveling and experiencing new things. I want so badly to enjoy this trip. Any advice helps. Thanks.
Hello, this is my second post, not too long ago i made my first, talking about a sudden come-back of my intrusive thoughts. This post will talk about another of my issues, mainly regarding ocd (obviously) and relationships. As i had said before, i had been feeling terrible and felt like i didnt deserve love, especially the love of the guy that i love. I would like to add that in prior moments we have promised eachother and he has reassured me he will never leave me, but today he was pretty much gone all day (long distance) and for the most part ive just been overthinking, all night, actually.. thinking that at any moment he will just randomly block me on everything and never talk to me again. Its now 4:03 AM, and i just feel so scared. Im scared of losing him, this is predominantly because in a past relationship things ended suddenly, my ex switched up after we had promises and everything and i am absolutely horrified of things ending the same way for me and him. I’ve been anxious, trying to take my mind off of it, but if i do, my mind tells me that if i look away, when i look back, i’ll miss it and he’ll have already blocked me. and tries to tie in earlier conversations i had throughout the day and somehow ties them back to now. (Like my bestfriend telling me she had some dream where i apologized to my friends for ‘leaving’) For the past few hours ive just been out of it. Im scared of being obsessive, Im scared of losing him, and whenever i check to see, my heart skips a beat because i thinks he’s gone. The thing is, I know this isnt the case, and I know there must be an explanation, but for some reason im still worried. and I know these thoughts arent a reflection of reality, but ive also had the idea that my thoughts can also affect what actually happens. I would also like to add that he lives in the US and is mexican, and with the increasing violent situation, my mind even starts to wander off and ask itself what if something happened to him? It makes it worse. because i can’t control it. and that makes me afraid. Im also worried about being a horrible partner, about everything failing and its all just making me feel worse. Yesterday morning I woke up feeling sort of out of it, and throughout the day i felt as if i were emotionless, which made me wonder what if i had lost emotions for him? this also happens to me sometimes. I, for some reason begin thinking like “you lost your love for him nothings gonna happen ever.” and my mind starts making up reasons why, or simply gives me this feeling of emptiness for that love, as if i have been detached from it. and then i overthink again “what if i actually dont love him but im just obsessed and thats all it is an obsession and none of it is real?” that last part, im feeling it right now. along with everything else. Im exhausted, Im tired, and i just want to be happy with him. Thank you to all those who choose to read this. thank you. ❤️ Edit: I would also like to add that ive been also dealing with the occasional regular intrusive thoughts. which dont form fully in my brain but i can still sort of, “feel” the intrusive thoughts uncomfortable themes.
Hello! I just needed some words of encouragement. I have a trip in a few weeks to Florida. I have severe airplane anxiety. I get unwanted thoughts and urges. I know I’ll never harm anyone but I always think “what if” I do. What if I get the urge to open an emergency exit, or I get the urge to say “bomb” out loud. I would never want to hurt anyone. I’m in serious distress and I’m thinking of cancelling my trip.
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