Is this an OCD thing: just the general sense of worry or dread something bad may happen in the future? For example: planning a trip, and the thought "you could die by then!" Or something similar but related to loved ones?
Yes, I think the same thing all the time. Not sure if OCD related however I do have OCD, So I would assume so.
Glad I'm not the only one. It really brings you down when trying to plan for the future!!!
I felt like that before yes don’t try to get the thoughts to go away it will only make it worse here’s what I am doing. I use your thought as an example this person I love could die. 1. Say okay to it, 2. Move on to another thought, 3. Dont care what it says so it stops affecting you, 4. don’t ask for reassurance, 5. be with the person your worried about when you can and want to it’s your life and the thoughts aren’t you, 6. and to ground yourself say things like hello person I like and how’s it going to ground yourself so that way you can stay in the present and focus now and not if something is secretly happening
Thank you so much! I've had this feeling for so many years and it's probably bc I haven't recognized as an OCD trick yet. I'll start treating it as that!
@Anonymous Oh and I am still working on it remember it’s Okay and don’t be hard on yourself also you should also try to expose yourself to the problem I have and still have issues of trusting creators I like and people because sometimes people creators I like turn out to be secret pedos and while it’s usually false it makes me want to keep my guard up so it doesn’t hurt as much if it’s true. And that also applies to my parents because they lie about not changing things. I have beat this 5 times before with different strategies and while this 6th time is the longest I think I found a strategy that will work always
@Anonymous Wait hold on one more thing
You’d have to talk to a professional, but it also sounds a bit like Generalized Anxiety Disorder. These disorders are comorbid meaning that one typically comes with another disorder, and I actually am diagnosed with both too. Obviously don’t self diagnose or take my word for it but definitely reaching out to a therapist, etc. may help clarify it!
Actually I do have GAD! I was wondering if it's a more general anxiety worry. It definitely comes with that feeling of dread you get with anxiety !
@Anonymous Definitely!! They tend to mesh a bit with that stuff! It can be quite annoying lol!
I believe I have undiagnosed OCD but was wondering if anyone else goes through this struggle. I constantly think of ways my loved ones might die. Whether that be from an event happening or a situation I am in with them and I am afraid to leave them in fear that they will die and I will be left alone. For example, I could be indoors with my family and they all go outside without me. I immediately imagine a tornado coming up, knocking over a tree and killing my family with me left to survive. Or I think of certain scenarios where a disease (especially with Covid-19 going around) could infect a loved one and my mind creates vivid images of how they could die of the disease. Does anyone else experience this? How do you cope?
How can I stop obsessing over future events and there potential outcome (personal failure etc)? I've noticed that I start to analyse the situation compulsively and think about every scenario possible. It causes lots of anxiety. This is probably also OCD?
i don’t know if this falls under a specific theme or is even related to ocd. if someone could help me out i would really appreciate it ever since i was younger, i’ve had really upsetting thoughts about losing my loved ones and it would get to a point where i vividly imagine their death scenes play out in my head and it’s started to effect me during a day-to-day basis. sometimes i even imagine myself dying and the imagery shows me how my friends and family react to my passing usually when i think of something happy, my brain enters this cycle where i begin to think of some upsetting and distressing moment and i cant help but think about it for the rest of the day i’ve had a common fear of death for a really long time, but it’s gotten really bad now is this a form of some intrusive thought? please let me know what you think
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