Does anyone ever have really good days where you think all these thoughts were just silly and then suddenly everything hits you and you can't escape? Do you also question whether it's really OCD or not?
First of yes there are sometimes I go wow did I really spiral over this lol I know that's that who I am. But ocd will always find a way to keep us stuck. And yes I think all ocd suffers have the "what if it's not ocd" thoughts it's because of ocd Ocd is the doubting disorder
Yes!! That’s all of us here ! Hahaha not making fun! But I struggle with socd rocd and harm ocd, mostly soocd and rocd, majority of the times I’ll have my storm, I’ll get through it and it’s calm and I feel myself and great again, I’ll look back and either laugh at the thoughts and spiral I was just in, or completely just forget about what I was spiraling over, but when I look back at the spiral and I’m feeling perfectly fine and normal again I feel like everything I just obsessed about was wrong and a liar , and then I’ll feel fine again for a good min, and then back into a spiral , even though I know I suffer from ocd, I still get mad at myself for becoming stuck or believing in said obsessive thoughts and doubts , even though I know my true self isn’t want my mind tells me. OCD sucks !
yes! and i feel it comes back stronger every time :/
@m6 But keep in mind, it also always goes away ! No matter the journey of stormy seas, there’s always the journey of calming sky’s after ! Never give up ! You’re not alone !
@Iamtheonewhooverthinks Thank you, I really needed to hear this 🫶🏻
@m6 No problem at all! Not being negative here, but ocd will never leave us, we just find a better way to live with it, with growth and maturity it gets better ! You manage it better, there will be days there’s world war 3 going on upstairs , but it still won’t be as badly as when you first were diagnosed or feeling said feelings, that’s my option at least , I’ve had ocd for a very long time, and I look back in my younger years and see it’s not as badly as it used to be, I still have bad moments, but nothing compares it to when I was younger
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And to add onto what I just said, literally have been obsessing and stuck in thought and urges and ideas of I don’t love my fiance , two weeks ago I purposed, she knows I suffer , she’s been the best woman to ever walk into my life , she knows all of my ocd subtypes and has still been there for me , I fell in love with her , but I always get doubts I don’t, or she doesn’t love me, it sucks, but anyways I purposed cause I’ve felt it throughout my whole soul and body over the year and a half with her how much I love her , but two weeks after I purposed I randomly got thoughts and ideas and urges she’s not the one, doubting my love for her questioning it, it’s detrimental and hurts me and scares me terribly, but I know myself and she does to, but literally after I posted my Comment those said thoughts went away lol, now they’ll probably come back, but I’m telling you cause it’s just so funny how ocd works, you can be stuck one min and then fine the next . It takes time but then you’re fine again .
@Iamtheonewhooverthinks Thank you for sharing, you got this!!
I meant to put that's not who I am lol
Haha I figured :p
So, yesterday while I was laying in bed, I was relaxing when suddenly I had an intrusive thought about someone, but the thing is that it brought me a sense of enjoyment or calmness for a few seconds before it went away. Once it did, it was only until hours later when I realized what had happened and I began to freak out because I'm reading everywhere that when someone experiences this type of thing, the anxiety happens shortly after the enjoyment or "false" enjoyment. Can OCD do this?
This is kind of a weird question, but I recently increased my SSRI dosage and have experienced tremendous relief. It has quieted my intrusive thoughts so much and my compulsions are no longer as all-consuming. However, I don’t want to be on this high of a dosage forever and know that medication alone shouldn’t be my only fix. I’m seeing a new psychiatrist on Wednesday and am wondering if the recent decrease in frequency of my symptoms will be a bar to my getting ocd treatment? In other words, if in this present moment I’m doing better, but up until a few days ago my compulsions were taking up pretty much every moment of my waking day, will I still be classified as having ocd? I start getting worried when I feel better that I don’t actually have ocd and just use it as a defense mechanism to avoid consequences of my actions/I’m secretly a terrible person
Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!
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