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- BrainNotBrainin
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 32w ago
Health OCD
Hey!! I have health OCD wondering what everyone else struggles with and how you cope with things? Just seeing if there are similar story’s out there! 😊
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- rango rango
- Date posted
- 32w ago
I also have health ocd!! mixed with a few others haha. I struggle pretty hard with the aspect of always thinking there will be some form of illness or infection, and I will be too late to catch it. I’m still on the learning how to cope end of things. I luckily have a very kind partner who will talk me down when I start to spazz. I have to refrain from giving into my compulsion- it gets 10x worse when I do lol
- Username
- BrainNotBraininBrainNotBrainin
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 32w ago
@alyssaw Thank you for sharing!!! If I have a pain in my chest which is normally caused by my anxiety I resort to the worst thing possible and spiral out of control. You are lucky to have a partner that understands!!!
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- Ocd_beanOcd_bean
- Date posted
- 32w ago
I convince myself atleast 2-3 times a week I'm dying. I will freak out about if I'm having a heart attack, stroke, or any other random thing.. I usually just spiral and freak out until I either come to peace with dying or just convince myself I'll be ok. It's not great coping mechanisms really but I haven't found anything else that eases the paranoia/anxiety.
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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
My OCD is generally around my health. It is hard for me to differentiate between what is real and what is OCD. I have a skin condition (HPV) and it’s truly not bad at all although my OCD theme is very focused on it. I’m in constant fear that it will get worse, spread or ruin my life some how. Does anybody else have health anxiety OCD? Or OCD about contamination? I feel like it’s really difficult to combat my OCD at times because there is a level of rationality behind it. I do have the skin condition already that I’m worried about so my OCD has “evidence” to make me more worried about it. Does anybody else have an OCD theme that is hard to differentiate between what’s real and what’s OCD? Sorry for the long post but I’m very interested to hear more about your experiences!
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- Graciegirl
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Health Anxiety/OCD
I’ve been struggling with OCD since middle school. Over the years I’ve had many different obsessions such as POCD, Harm OCD, and now Health Concern OCD. For the last 6 months my newest obsession has been thinking that I am having a heart attack. I constantly body check, google symptoms, ask others for reassurance. I live at my university which is a little bit far from home. This causes me to have to call my mom in the middle of the night every time I have a panic attack over this. My roommates a nursing major so she always offers to take my blood pressure which helps, but still I don’t enjoy living like this. I always feel bad bothering others, and constantly feel like a nuisance. If anyone else with these worries and obsessions can let me know new ways to cope with it that would be amazing:) I just started my switch from lexapro to prozac for my OCD and I’m hopefully starting ERP/CBT soon but any tips on how to help this would be amazing.
- Username
- Jib.exe
- Date posted
- 1y ago
People with health anxiety, tell your story.
I’ve been struggling with health/allergy OCD lately. I’d love to hear some stories from everyone to help me cope and move through this.
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