Nikki68
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- 5y
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EsosaEsosa
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- 5y
OMG SAME! I feel like this is God punishing me for not accepting things in the past
carrie4carrie4
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- 5y
My morning ritual has become very long. Even if I wake up really early, I usually am late to work.
Lolly_97Lolly_97
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- 5y
I find my OCD interferes with my work by not allowing me to sleep. Most of my triggers are late at night before going to bed and I can spend hours either doing my compulsions or lie there thinking about them. I then sleep very little and have little motivation to get up on time for work. It also effects my work in the sense I sometimes worry I’ve done things incorrectly (I work with radiaiotn so it’s important) or that I annoy people when I do something wrong or like to check things. Anyone else?
KathieKathie
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- 5y
I was that way more when I was younger. Life has worn me down, I can usually fight some of it off. I've been trying different sound frequency recordings on YouTube. Some of them help me fall right asleep.
Lolly_97Lolly_97
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- 5y
I’ve tried listening to things also and using different lotions/sprays like lavender and chamomile which do help. For example though once I’ve done my compulsions once or twice say I calm down and quite happily go to bed. It’s right before I go to sleep I feel the urge to get go and check things all over again-is it really just a case of fighting through it?
KathieKathie
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- 5y
@Lolly_97 That's all that's really helped me. Antidepressants take the edge off.
EsosaEsosa
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- 5y
It strained my friendships a little bit and it killed my appetite for a bit
lyriclyric
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- 5y
I had to quit my job and have been off work for about a month :/
KathieKathie
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- 5y
It messes with almost everything. I've been fighting it for so long, I think I'm doing well, but always wonder if people notice. My friends don't seem to mind. I explain it, some get it, some don't. I've busted at least one person I didn't know exhibiting behavior. I act normal, maybe smile gently. We all need acceptance, very badly.
Sarah26Sarah26
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- 5y
I always just barely make it to work by the skin of my teeth even after giving myself 2 hours to get out the door! I can easily spend about 45mins just putting my hair in a simple ponytail that’s perfect enough and almost glued down with loads of hairspray! And I stay at work later than any other teaching assistant way past clock off because I have to organise my classroom and clear some of the cupboard that looks like a bomb site ?
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Kammy
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- 21w
This is draining
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
LnB90210
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- 20w
Flare ups when stressed.
Does anyone Else’s ocd flare up bad when in stressful life situations? I was doing amazing and now that I’m having some drama with my life it seems to have come back with a vengeance. Anyone else?
confused writer
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- 12w
Does your ocd make you deal with nausea?
I have HOCD and ROCD and it makes me wanna puke all day I live with my husband
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