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- 1y
Periods
Anyone’s periods make them super moody and emotional and then your ocd thoughts just like taunt you to make it worse
Anyone’s periods make them super moody and emotional and then your ocd thoughts just like taunt you to make it worse
Oh my goodness. I was just thinking about this. Every time I’m on my period it seems like my OCD gets so much worse. I feel so emotionally unstable. I was wondering if there was a reason for it. Maybe hormonal changes exacerbate symptoms?? You’re already high stress and it only escalates it, idk??
@DeeDoo I believe it’s the sudden hormone changes
It is hormonal and stress on the body that triggers it. You can't be rid of that unfortunately as it's part of being human but you can deal with the ocd if you learn how to. Also, periods don't just effect women's ocd when they go through it. My ocd definitely amplified when my ex had one 🤣
@Wolfram Haha 😂 thankyou
So over all of this. Why do periods have to make everything so much worse. I keep thinking that I can get over an intrusive thought and then the next one comes in. My brain tries to make be obsess over something that i've already obsessed about and moved on from. Wish this could be over.
I’m constantly finding myself getting irritated easily and sometimes it even confuses me because I was happy and fine two seconds ago. Like I feel emotionally unstable. I also randomly will get sentimental or sad and I just start crying. Is this just me??
How are your experiences during an ocd spike while going through a menstruation? It doesn't matter if you are afab, your experience is valid too! I noticed my thoughts get worsened and the spike intensified, but now that I'm taking sertraline I don't feel an panic attack as before but the throughs and feelings are definitely there so is an unpleasant situation
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