“OCD makes your world small” ?

What does that mean? I always hear people say it

scutodragon

Date posted: 1y

I wish I did not have this disorder

Wolfram

Date posted: 1y

I believe it means something like... There are many paths in life but people with ocd tend to take the same one, whether it's good or bad and go around in circles. We do this because we are scared something will happen if we don't take this path even if we've taken it a million times before. People who don't have ocd are able to take other paths with less fear. The path I'm talking about are compulsions, and all of them together are neuropathways. We tend to take the same one which is our fight, flight or freeze response. It's a brain glitch and the way you undo it is to be brave enough to step into the unknown and take new paths. Erp is designed to help you do this

tylermatthew...

Date posted: 1y

@Wolfram This helped me understand so much !! And I figured so. Giving into OCD made me reflect on all the months I lost my life to this disorder and how much of it id like to regain back using therapy.

MIOK1102

Date posted: 1y

Hi! I would like to know as well, I wonder if it has to do with cutting people out your life or not being able to relate. If someone knows explain please 💕

scutodragon

Date posted: 1y

Why couldn’t god give me diabetes or something instead

MIOK1102

Date posted: 1y

@scutodragon I have both 🫣 you don’t want diabetes trust me.

scutodragon

Date posted: 1y

@MIOK1102 Would still choose it over OCD any day you do know how hard it is my ocd is really severe to the point where I can’t function it sucks always being the mentaly insane one and to always be the angry one while everyone else is happy It also sucks in Uni to see yourself getting the same grades at some who is not trying but because of how bad your OCD is you can’t get the same grades Treatments have all failed for me You have both but if I had to choose I would rather have diabetes Than the menace and cancer that is ocd I had lots of white hair at age 17 it was so much stress

dvnissecn

Date posted: 1y

I personally believe it means that your obsessions become too overwhelming to the point where you feel trapped inside of them. Like your world is slowly crushing you into your OCD. This disorder sucks, but we could always get through it. It’s just really tough

bea_255

Date posted: 1y

Does it mean that you’re avoiding things and doing things you love because of it. Which makes your life smaller

Christy Str...

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 16w

OCD & Isolation

OCD can be an incredibly lonely experience, especially when people around you don’t understand the thoughts and fears you’re facing. But you’re not alone—others have been there too. What’s something about OCD that makes you feel isolated or alone?

Christy Str...

User type: Therapist

Date posted: 14w

What does your OCD say?

If your OCD had a voice, what would it say most often? And how would you love to answer back?

୨ৎ

Date posted: 14w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔

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