ObsessivePenguin
- Date posted
- 1y
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
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
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.
ObsessivePenguinObsessivePen...
- Date posted
- 1y
@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
Schoolie93Schoolie93
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- 1y
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.
ObsessivePenguinObsessivePen...
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- 1y
@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
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y
@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.
Endlessly PonderingEndlessly Po...
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- 1y
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.
ObsessivePenguinObsessivePen...
- Date posted
- 1y
@Anonymous Do you have the image flashes? They’re so fast and vivid :(
Endlessly PonderingEndlessly Po...
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- 1y
@ObsessivePenguin Occasionally! But you are not alone, we are all here for you
ObsessivePenguinObsessivePen...
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- 1y
@Anonymous The image flash has made me feel mad
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