I'm blaming my substance abuse on OCD. I think my anxiety and OCD had caused me to be dependent on alcohol. Anybody else feel that way?
It's numbing and a form of avoidance. That's all. It can lead to addiction which is pretty much a compulsion on its own but you don't want your body to be dependent on the substance. Ocd may be the cause and its not your fault you have it. You can blame it all you want to but that won't change a thing. Dealing with addiction / bad habits or the ocd in the right way is what you need to focus on. Looking for something to blame is a compulsion on its own
My therapist scared the shit out of me by saying alcohol drugs and stuff like that can make you not fight the thoughts and do it because when you are sober you are able to understand the difference I’m sure this isn’t true and she just didn’t want me to smoke or drink and stuff but idk
There was a study done on this. People who were drunk could still rationalise situations they were in and the thoughts they had but cared less about the consequences
I know this is insane but please, PLEASE hear me out. I just need someone to tell me they relate in some way or something. Does anyone else feel like they have some sort of 'magic' that they accidentally manifested from 'wishing' too hard during a traumatic time and can't feel like you can control it now, which is pretty anxiety inducing since it feels like it would make people be able to feel or see your ocd thoughts? Or use your muscle tensing as part of your ocd? Like if you have an intrusive thought while tensing a muscle, you feel like it's going to come true so you have to 'correct' it by thinking a good thought then tense your muscles again? Because I have both of them. :(
Hello! I'm new here and new to OCD. My therapist suggested I might have OCD due to my tendency to ruminate endlessly on doubts and fears. These thoughts are indeed intrusive and I can't seem to stop them. The thing I'm kind of stuck on is that I can't see where the compulsions come in. Unless the thoughts themselves are compulsions. Can anyone relate to this?
Sometimes i feel like im using ocd as an excuse. What if i dont really have it and im just freaking myself out? Does anyone feel this way
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