Fake gut feelings
Does anyone else get this sinking feeling in their gut, like something terrible is about to happen? I use to panic over it but now I know it’s my OCD, it’s just so random, like all the sudden my brain is like SOMETHINGS WRONG OMG OMG DONT BE ALONE DONT LEAVE OTHERS ALONE 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
I used to get that all the time. I described it as feeling like the seconds leading up to when a bomb is going to go off. It’s just another type of intrusive thought/emotion!
Yep, I got that sinking feeling in my stomach normally if I was distracted and not in my "OCD" mind and an intrusive disturbing thought popped in my head I would get that feeling and panic a bit. Knock on wood I haven't felt that feeling in a while, but it's taken a lot of years and a lot of therapy. Still need to jump on the ERP bandwagon though. Night time is the worst for me
@AAK1 Before I was diagnosed and treated for ocd, I was so terrified at night that I slept with my mom in my parents room, while my dad slept in my room. I was that terrified, I did that for years, from 15 to close to 18
Yup, I used to
How can you tell the difference between your gut instinct that something is wrong or OCD?
Is this an OCD thing: just the general sense of worry or dread something bad may happen in the future? For example: planning a trip, and the thought "you could die by then!" Or something similar but related to loved ones?
Sometimes I'll have the general feeling Something Bad is going to happen. Is this common with OCD?
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