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I know this isn’t much help but feeling the same 😕 it doesn’t make me want to do anything but then when I do things and go out I just get so triggered you’re not alone
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Maybe try to give your OCD a name and consider it another person or a monster that is annoying you. Don’t think of it as part of you. Like, my OCD is not real— it is just that annoying “Oscar” here to pester me again. Leave me alone!! Then force yourself to get up and do one small thing. Then another small thing. Keep a list of all of the small things you have accomplished. Doing a few things may break the cycle. Good luck!!
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- 1y
What helps me is what I learned in therapy I believe it’s called “opposite action”. I know how hard it can be to push yourself for even a small win but just do it I promise you’ll feel even alittle better later on even if u don’t in the moment. Like for ex for me when I feel very sad and sluggish and get in a mood of “I’ll never get better” and I just want to sit in my bed and ruminate I push myself to get out of bed and do productive things like - clean my room - get ready - go to the gym have a good workout or do a fun workout class try smth new - go to the pool read a book - do something for yourself like get your hair done Just anything even grocery shopping has become positive for me. Also search some serotonin boosting foods! Incorporate them in a yummy breakfast
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I’m going through the depression too. As soon as I wake in the morning ocd reminds me that he is here and I feel depressed and I dont want to go on i just want to lay there and do nothing. But I get up anyway and go about my day. Sometimes it gets better sometimes it sucks. The point is you have to keep going. I know that just doing nothing is definitely going to be worse. Focus on what is in front of you not your ocd thoughts. Let them be there but focus on what’s in front of you. If you don’t have something to do create some to do. Like a language learning app and learn a new language or listen to your favorite music and sing out loud to it or go to work or for a walk and notice nature. As the thoughts pop up instead of doing compulsions say to yourself “this thought is meaningless and unimportant. I refuse to engage with that thought.” Then focus on something in front of you. Even if you feel the thoughts are meaningful and important. It don’t matter. Tell yourself that it’s not. You’re not alone. Don’t give up🙏
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- 22w
Any tips on how to deal with the rollercoaster of good and bad days with OCD? I had such a good day yesterday with tackling my compulsions and rumination. I tend to get up in the mornings and my OCD loves to start immediately. It becomes frustrating when you feel like you made progress, only to go right back to where you were. Any positive encouragement of how you’ve dealt with this would be appreciated!
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So this past week I’ve had a really bad ocd spiral. I can’t stop thinking about death and what happens after. Because of this, I’ve felt no motivation to get out of bed. I don’t know if it’s burnout from school, depression, or just existential ocd. I can’t focus on the present,and I feel like I’m in a dream like state. I went through a similar time a few years ago, and was able to get out of it. Even if I do accept that death is inevitable, how do I get motivation to do anything when I know it won’t matter in the end? Any tips?
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I never heard about people with OCD who have messy living conditions. Maybe this is why it took so long to accept my diagnosis. Although I really dont like how OCD is percieved at by the majority of people, I feel like Im weird or something because I dont fit into that stereotype. I understand that a lot of people with OCD have this issue, but why do I feel so different? If anybody else has/had this belief, what helps with feeling more comfortable? Everytime my mom points out my room, and how its messy- Its like I feel so lazy and useless. So then I often plan out everything I was going to do, step by step, always having a reasoning behind everything, because logic always comforts me. When I start tidying up my room, I go full out (Sheets, Laundry, Clorox, Candles, Vaccuming, Then I start going through the guinea pigs cage to rearranging all of their stuff) Yet always somewhere after doing a few things, I start feeling disgusting and almost shameful of myself. 99% of the time I end up laying on my floor sobbing, noting every little thing about my room. How my furiniture doesnt match, how i would rather have solid floor like hardwood or vinyl instead of the carpet, usually things i cant change… and then barely anything gets done in my room. I start to have a meltdown and often dont take care of myself even more afterwards. A piece of me feels like my thoughts are just me being a spoiled brat and wanting everything i dont have- meanwhile others dont even have a roof over their head. The other piece of me is just tired, just emotionally exaughsted. Please comment any thoughts or recomendations to maybe improve motovation and attitude towards doing long tasks.
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