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If anyone wants to share how they are feeling I am here :)
If anyone wants to share how they are feeling I am here :)
I just started ERP Therapy but I feel overwhelmed and my intrusive thoughts are still bothering me is this normal?
@Korndavis ERP doesn’t work for me tried 4 times it simply Inst for me ocd does not have a cure and I know this seems like horrible advice but that’s what made me get over it in the end I wish I had diabetes,adhd or autism instead but god have to give a good brain to dipshits and shitbags who didn’t deserve it
I'm feeling so much anxiety. It's killing me
@Cynthiawedding1 Me too. It comes and goes in waves like all emotions.
Love hate relationship with ocd is what im feeling bc i have My GooD days and i have My Bad ones
@IH8OCD(: I hear you. I feel the same way. My OCD takes up so much time and it’s really hard, but just know that your not alone ❤️ I hope things get better for you
@Maya1012 - Thank you! Same for You(:
I opened up to one of my close friends about my OCD thoughts. (Sad part is they are a mixture of real event ocd, false memory OCD, and pocd.) she hasn't treated me any different but I have a hard time thinking that she sees me the same. I'm scared that she secretly judging me or secretly trying to move away from me because I told her too much. I've always had this problem of oversharing. I really admire her as a person and think of her as a really great friend I would hate to lose her.
@Applecore I’ve been in the same situation. Here for you. I have all three of those themes and it’s hard, but I do have good days.
@Applecore Same, I’ve been through this situation countless times
@Applecore Confessing to friends is a compulsion and it makes ocd worse. You need to refrain from confessing and just say maybe or maybe not to your fears
I am stuck in the absolutely worst loop when It comes to health. First It was colon cancer, then stomach, then esophagus. Once all of those were ruled out, I went into brain cancer, pancreatic cancer and ALS. I’m still stuck on the pancreatic cancer one, but I’m 45, and I keep having to look at the stats that show me only 2k people a year out of 40 million between the ages of 40-50 get this type of cancer. The odds are very very low, but anytime I get a pain in the ribs, or a weird pain in the stomach, here I go down the Dr Google hole of death!
I was going to ask for advice and vent after i just had an episode but reading through everyones post on here. I can see that everyone is collectively struggling at the moment and i think we need to utilize this community for more than just sharing our sadness. Nothing is wrong with venting of course but i feel like there isnt enough positive energy here to encourage everyone to keep going. I know asking for reassure feels like a must sometimes and trust me everyone has asked for it, it was a heavy compulsion of mine. But reassure is not what you need. It will make it worse everyone please trust me. Instead of letting out mind win we must support each other, understand our struggles but also share out wins. I feel like we dont use this community enough for finding friendship among us or spreading enough happiness. OCD Is not a happy disorder but seeing that everyone here is just here either hating on someone, people being too afraid to ask for help or no one reading peoples post. This place isnt just for our negative thoughts and events to fester we need to support each other here too! Ask for help, comment on peoples post with love everyone is struggling. In this community we should help pull each other out from dark places not let them stay there. I hope everyone who is going through it right has a better night/day/afternoon. You’re loved deeply your not a monster, your not evil, your not dirty, your not a heretic your Nothing your thoughts tell you are. Peace to you🤍🤍🤍🤍
I don’t have much of a support system outside of my bf, so I find myself here a lot. I think I just need to vent, so forgive me if I do this too often. It helps to have a community of people who truly understand. I haven’t felt this debilitated by mental illness in months. There has to be some explanation, maybe it’s hormonal, because I feel like I’ve completely lost myself. The panic hits in waves, sudden and overwhelming, like my head is submerged in lava, burning and suffocating. Then, for a brief moment, I feel almost normal and wonder what all the fear was about. But it never lasts. The chaos always comes back. I even considered going to the ER because I’m not sure I can trust myself anymore. Something has to be wrong, because this isn’t me. My life isn’t perfect, but it’s not unbearable either. Since I withdrew from school, I’ve been so much less stressed that even my cycle, which has been irregular for years, has somehow regulated itself. But even with that, I feel like a failure. I was one semester away from finishing, so close, but OCD hit me harder than it ever has. It felt like drowning, gasping for air, reaching for something solid, only to be dragged under again and again. Now, I feel like that again, but worse. I feel hollow, like something is wrong with me at my core. I don’t just feel sad; I feel broken. I break down into uncontrollable sobs every few hours, and I don’t even know why. I just know that whatever is happening, OCD is taking full advantage of how vulnerable I feel. Is this what MDD feels like? Everyone tells me I have it, and it’s been confirmed by my psych, my pcp, and my therapist, but I still can’t seem to fully see it. I don’t know how to separate what’s OCD from what might be another disorder. I’m sorry to anyone also going through such a hard time, my heart goes out to you 🤍
I’ve been in an OCD loop for a month now and Im struggling so much alone, no one in my family get what Im going through and are just ignoring me, and I got no friends to tell Im stuck in this cycle and it feels like Im lonely in a dark place, Im writing this right now cuz u guys know the struggle, if it’s okay can u please leave a comment so I don’t feel alone in this, can u please share tips and advice so I can go through this, I feel like Im losing it
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