Does anyone else ever just get caught in bed all day to avoid everything? I know it’s avoidance, but I called out of work for really no reason besides I didn’t want to deal with my stress, anxiety and then my SO-OCD. Anyone else do this? How do you get out of this funk and back into life?
Same here. I find myself wanting to stay in bed at times, but it really helps to continue to push forward. Check out Sally Winston’s book, Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts. It’s very informative and she talks about this very thing.
Yeah i know that feeling.. I’ve been home from work in a month now.. it’s so hard.. but everyday I take small steps forward.. In the beginning I tried just to get out of my bed, and then take a bath.. that was so hard for me, but I did it.. and then I tried to go for a small walk even tho i got so much anxiety about it.. but trust me, it will help
Does anyone else face depression and OCD? It’s relentless I’m struggling so bad….yesterday I just laid on the couch all day long…sleeping, like wtf I don’t want feel like this anymore…
Has anybody out here ever been so depressed and anxious that you feel as if you’ve completely let your life go? For example: I haven’t gotten a haircut in months, I wear the same clothes all the time (no motivation to wash them even though it’s downstairs,) my apartment is an unbearable mess (all my life before this disease I was neat as a pin,) my mailbox is probably flooded from not checking it for weeks, I’ve been putting off projects I’d like to do that I know will make me feel better, my to-do list has stayed stagnant for over half the year, I never wear make up or do my nails like I used to… I feel like a terrible bum. Everyday I just sit on the couch and pray to survive the day and then it ends there. Oh, and I’m sure my car looks terrible, as I haven’t been the one driving it lately. I’m also always stressed about money and hang onto every penny I possibly can even if it means taking away necessary things. I feel like I’m going to explode. :( If any of you have ever let everything go before, how did you go back to normal/bring it all back together? I’m afraid I’m going to live this way forever. Any advice would be so incredibly appreciated. I would be so ecstatic to hear your story — we may be able to help each other even. Thank you so much.
How do you get up and live life after you had an ocd episode? I need to clean but all I want to do is hide and sleep.
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