Obsessive thoughts

Am I the only one who feels different for having my ocd manifest in completely different ways than most of the people I know that struggle with ocd? My type of ocd relates to me not eating due to thinking there are worms in my food, which lasts for weeks, it’s this constant obsession of the grossness of worms and my fear of them. Everytime I tell someone this they think it is some sort of schizophrenia, but I am diagnosed with ocd because I dont see worms, I just can’t get the idea of them being in my food out of my head. So when I explain it to people, they constantly bash me for it, tease me about worms, call me weird, and one time my ex boyfriend started telling his friends to start showing me photos of worms to anger me. I just feel so different and although exposure therapy has been suggested for me, I just can’t seem to think of the concept of being comfortable with worms without crying.

Anonymous

Date posted: 41w ago

Just been thinking about it: OCD and schizophrenia can have similarities when it comes to certain themes. I think that the main difference between them is doubt, you OCD you "know" that these thoughts are unprobable, but they are so distressing that a probability justifies a compulsion. When it comes to schizophrenia, I think it's more that you are convinced about these thoughts. Now, OCD can convince you that your thoughts are "true", but probably not to the same extent. And just a reminder that schizophrenia is more than the positive symptoms, and it's also in and of itself an OCD theme. If you're not convinced, just think about every other OCD theme out there. It can look like schizophrenia to other people too: with all that magical thinking and everything. Just don't worry about that.

JaeDee

Date posted: 41w ago

I get these kind of improbable thoughts frequently, and have since I can remember. One of my main themes is parasites, like lice and intestinal worms. So, I understand.

120

Date posted: 41w ago

Exposure therapy would be a good thing for you to pursue when you feel able to. It’s super difficult to face those intense anxieties but doing it will help them to eventually leave you alone. And sorry that people around you are acting that way, that’s just insensitive and ignorant of them and your struggle deserves to be taken seriously.

geminileo

Date posted: 21w ago

Fear that everyone hates me

Hi all, my ocd has been flaring up lately and I’m not sure why. I think it may be due to stress and anxiety involving school and the hurricanes (I live in Florida) anyways I keep having random intrusive thoughts involving my real event and a lot of false memories are popping up, they feel so real it’s like I can feel everything in them even though I haven’t actually felt them. It’s so weird, like sometimes I will watch a movie and be able to feel the texture of snow or a piece of clothing even though I’ve never felt it before. I have noticed when I get those “phantom” ? touch feelings that they cause a lot of false memory intrusive thoughts. I’ve also been having intrusive thoughts that because no one interacts with my posts on here that everyone hates me and knows about me and thinks I’m horrible and disgusting or that someone is talking about me behind my back and telling people to stay away from me and then I’m a horrible person. I hate OCD so much, I hate that I ruminate constantly on little things and mistakes I’ve made and things I can’t let go. I just hate it so much. Does anyone else struggle with these thoughts or even the “phantom feelings/touches” I’m not sure what to call them sometimes I also get them with certain foods or smells even if I hadn’t had them before or smelt them before. It’s so weird

Vee4

Date posted: 12w ago

I think I have severe ocd

So I've had OCD since I was a child. Like really young. The first intrusive thought I can remember was when I was 5. It just keeps getting worse and lately they've been making me physically ill or throwing me into extreme panic attacks again ( ones where I can't move my body ) the other night I thought God was trying to kill me because I was thinking about ending myself from OCD+ life issues but in reality I was just having a panic attack😭😭it affects me daily. It gets a little better with therapy but I don't see therapy coming into my life any time soon and I'm not even sure if I would want to go (for multiple reasons). To wrap this up if you have severe ocd can you tell me what it's like?? I don't want to label anything without proper research and hearing others perspectives. Thank you!! <3 (My profile says all of my subtypes if that helps any)

lydiasue

Date posted: 12w ago

Food OCD

Hey guys! So I struggle with OCD, especially harm, relationship and moral stuff and I am somewhat recovered now. However, my current girlfriend has started showing signs of OCD but it’s abou5 something I don’t know much about so I wanted to see if anyone on here had thoughts about it. She is constantly thinking about food (when to eat it, what is healthy, what is too much, what is too little) and controls the thoughts by giving in and controlling her entire day around food. She don’t really know the feeling of being full. She never starved herself and always eats, but then she feels extremely guilty afterwards. Her thoughts do have to do a lot with her body image and not gaining weight but also not losing any either. Does this sound like ocd or an eating disorder?

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