Ocd spiral

Hey everyone, I haven't been on here in about 6 months because Ive been doing pretty well with my ocd. I still had flare ups but I managed them well. But now my health ocd is back and it feels like there's no hope. I can't be sure I don't have every single illness I'm afraid of, I can't stop checking my body for weird symptoms and sensations. I've been through this before but never this bad. My mind is spiraling 24/7 and I don't know how to calm down. Nothing helps. Most of the time I try to distract myself and do something but this time I can't. My brain won't shut off. It feels like Im living in a cage and it's slowly drowning. What helps you calm down quickly because I'm so tired and scared?

Username: YouarenotyourthoughtsYouarenotyou...

Date posted: 28w ago

I understand. Even I feel hopeless and clueless during an OCD spiral even if I had been doing good for a long time. Reached ER again because I thought my UTI was a kidney failure 🤦🏻‍♀️ My advise will be to go back to OCD basics. Whatever your OCD comes up with, agree with it. Try to relax with belly breathing or some exercise. I often forget my symptoms when my entire body is engaged in an activity.

Username: PijaPija

Date posted: 28w ago

@Youarenotyourthoughts Thank you! I'm sorry that happened to you. I recently had to have an echocardiogram because I thought I was having a heart attack. I've been sick so I've been lying in bed doing nothing just ruminating and panicking. I really need to get out and get my body moving

Username: YouarenotyourthoughtsYouarenotyou...

Date posted: 28w ago

@Pija Sorry to hear that. Heart attack scare happened to me twice so I understand. Yes, that’s a good idea. Doing nothing and just playing ping pong with our brain makes it worse. Engage with life by doing an action 💫

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 28w ago

I hate when “it” comes back, just happened to me as well. You have managed it before and you will again. Breathe and do not engage. You’ve got it!

Username: OCDoodlebobOCDoodlebob

Date posted: 27w ago

I am currently in a spiral just like this right now. I cut my hand on a grill last week. A very small paper cut almost. I’m convinced I have tetanus and since it takes weeks sometimes to show symptoms it feels like Im a ticking time bomb. Constantly monitoring my body for symptoms.

Username: PijaPija

Date posted: 27w ago

@OCDoodlebob I'm sorry this is happening to you too. I'm trying really hard to distract myself and not engage with my thoughts. Rumination is my biggest compulsion and it's hard to stop or even notice when I'm doing it

Username: BobbyIX32BobbyIX32

Date posted: 27w ago

hey, i'm really sorry to hear your health ocd is hitting you this hard. it sounds incredibly tough, especially when your mind is on that non-stop spiral and distractions aren't cutting it. feeling trapped by your own thoughts is exhausting and scary. 💔 by the way, have you heard about this new ai-powered ocd therapy tool called "unstuck"? when my ocd was at its peak, someone i trust recommended "unstuck" (unstuckmyocd.com/try) to me, and honestly, it was a game-changer. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it's designed to provide personalized, step-by-step support just like an ocd therapist would, especially during those moments when your thoughts feel overwhelming and unmanageable. it's really good at helping you work through the specific challenges of health ocd, guiding you through exercises that can help reduce the urgency to check or reassure yourself. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have qs or just want to talk more! <3

Username: 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.

Health Concern OCD

Username: juliarenee11

Date posted: 1y ago

Severe health ocd

I’ve struggled with health anxiety for about 11 years, and it’s been horrible the last 3 years. Health related stuff wasn’t my first theme though. It started out with contamination OCD and magical thinking, and then I was diagnosed in 2015 after being hospitalized. Throughout the last 5 years or so, I’ve been hospitalized a few times for debilitating health anxiety OCD, been on countless meds and struggled to find an OCD specialist. I just want this nightmare to be over. I’ve been convinced of having breast cancer, lymphoma, bladder cancer, brain tumors, ovarian cancer, skin cancer, cervical cancer, and many other health issues. I’ve been to the doctors multiple times, I’ve demanded tests, I’ve compulsively gone to the ER and urgent care to “check” for reassurance, I’ve been convinced that doctors aren’t looking good enough or are lying to me. I do a lot of body scanning, and reading and rereading doctors note for reassurance. I also call the doctors office a lot. Again, I just need this to end but I don’t know what to do because I am so burned out.

Username: Learningtoco...

Date posted: 39w ago

Health ocd

I feel like throughout my life my ocd has taken on different forms and I feel like every time I have issues it’s actually my ocd just getting bad again. Like someone reveals the scooby doo villain and surprise it’s just friggin ocd again . My main “flavor” that I have struggled with ever since the end of 2019 has been severe health ocd . So badly that I have had countless dr visits , hospital visits ranging from panic attacks to lingering anxiety that builds up after weeks of obsessing and loosing sleep . Is there anyone here with some tips to get through this kinda of thing? I’m in therapy and that has helped a lot but I still feel like I pops up and wrecks my life every 4 months or so

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