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
Does anyone else feel like they’re OCD turns off for a couple days? Like you go through an intense period of having intrusive thoughts and feeling the need to confess and then you only start to get thoughts here and there? And you try to keep yourself from having the thoughts but you’re not sure if it’s avoidance? Like I have felt sooo much better the last couple of days, especially in the morning, I live for those times of quiet in my head. But I still haven’t been able to accept myself for the things I might have done, like I can’t accept myself still because of my OCD. This probably sounds a little jumbled but I would like to think someone can relate lol
Have moments of clarity where you know for sure your fear is absolutely your ocd making you upset and repeatedly getting you to give in your compulsions? Then the rest of the time, it’s like your brain doesn’t work at all and your fear is absolutely true or possibly true, of which the possibility is something you can’t/won’t accept. Do you ever have fantastic days where you hardly ruminate, do your compulsions, and the intrusive thoughts seem to be diminishing. You know you have to face your trigger at some point that say but you don’t want to because you’re having such a good day. But you know by avoiding it, you’re not going to improve so you face it, and then bam! You get stuck in your spiralling thoughts and behaviours again?
I'm curious if anyone experiences OCD how I do. Somedays I barely have any intrusive thoughts and if I do, they cause me minimal anxiety. Other days I'm so anxious and tortured by my thoughts I feel I can't go on. I've gone months with constant turmoil and months without. Anyone else?
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