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- 42w ago
What happens during an episode of OCD?
For me it’s quick flashes of images and racing thoughts. It’s really scary and I feel alone
For me it’s quick flashes of images and racing thoughts. It’s really scary and I feel alone
I also see detailed images with my ocd. For example I see me shooting myself with blood and brain chunks on the floor. The images make me feel great distress , I even have cried from some of them. I have images of hurting others too , I hate the images but I have slowly learned they are just fear and do not mean anything. The images still do scare me sometimes. Sorry you have the images with your OCD, It’s like you are in your own horror Movie for hours sucks.
@Brooke cookie My images look so weird. As if I’m seeing it with my eyes but I know I’m not. They are hazy but look real and they suck me out of reality for a moment
I don’t like when I get those. They happen so fast and leave you feeling horrible but I will say they get better. I seem to get them more when I am having stress and anxiety about something or a lot of in uncertainty on something too. I had one doc that described it to me as having a circus 🤡 in your head that sometimes just comes out with stuff we don’t like and we should just laugh when we get it.
@Schoolie93 The images are so weird and wacky. Makes me feel like something is wrong with my head. Feels like I’m seeing it with my eyes but I know it’s imaginary
@ObsessivePenguin Yeah, the images feel real its really creepy. I don’t know why but pure OCD feels real when it’s not , it’s Terrible.
You are not alone, unfortunately most of us on this app are fighting the same fight. For me, it’s intrusive thoughts that trigger anxiety and endless rumination.
@Anonymous Do you have the image flashes? They’re so fast and vivid :(
@ObsessivePenguin Occasionally! But you are not alone, we are all here for you
@Anonymous The image flash has made me feel mad
I have had soocd for 5 years and it impacts me all day everyday every minute. I’ve read that some people only have it 1-2 times a month or for like two seconds a day and it scares me that I don’t have ocd. Because mine is legit constant and so scary
how do i snap my self out of a suicidal ocd episode? it’s constant thoughrs i feel scared and hopeless. i just want to be better, any suggestions help
I have a lot of thoughts about the universe, and they’re overwhelming—like being caught in a rip current, except it’s all inside my head. Most of the time, they’re about how small we are, how there really isn’t a “we” because our bodies aren’t truly ours—we’re just bacteria, cells, and microbes. The thoughts spiral, deeper and deeper, smaller and smaller, coiling until suddenly, I’m pulled under, drowning in a whirlpool. I’ve never felt like this before, and I’m convinced I’ve been faking it somehow. For the past few weeks, my OCD has been worse than it’s ever been in my 20 years of life. Or maybe I’m just more aware of it now. Has anyone else had their OCD suddenly get really bad? Does it ever end—if it even can? I’ve convinced myself that my intrusive thoughts aren’t actually intrusive, that my OCD is a choice, and that everything I do is intentional. As for compulsions, I don’t have the typical “If I don’t do ____ then ____ will happen” kind of thoughts. Instead, my brain simply commands, “Do ____,” and I always give in. It’s so loud in my head, and I can’t shake the feeling that I’m an imposter. Like I don’t belong here—like my presence on this app is an intrusion, invalidating everyone else’s struggles just by downloading it and daring to post. If anyone feels that way, if you think I’m intruding, I’m sorry. I only came here because I have no one to share my diagnosis with. Pouring my thoughts out, hoping someone might understand, feels less suffocating than journaling. Journaling is like letting a wound fester—each word burying the thoughts deeper, leaving them to decay in silence, for nobody to ever read but myself.
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