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! 😊
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
@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!!!
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.
Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
Hello! I'm new here and have a nice, big grab bag of OCD sub-types, but the one I struggle with most is health anxiety. I would love to hear from folks who have had success with ERP and this subtype! Maybe without many triggering details 😉
I’m 19 and struggle with health anxiety, contamination, harm, and magical thinking OCD and would love to meet people with similar experiences and hardships because I have never had an opportunity for such a supportive community!
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