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My TOCD is really bad today, I can’t eat anything without throwing up. My panic is just so bad, please any advice?

Kontheili

Date posted: 45w

First things first, take some deep breaths to calm yourself down. It’s not the end of the world and you won’t let ocd take the wheel, okay? Now, I find that if I stay home for a long time, I tend to get more anxious and my intrusive thoughts tend to get more and more intense. So what I’ll advise you is to go outside. Get away from your phone and all this info and hang out with your friends and family if that’s a possible option. I have come to understand that socialising helps a lot with my mood so I guess it can help you as well. Although I say this, there’s a possibility you won’t feel a change in your mood and that’s okay, but it’s better than getting yourself isolated inside the 4 walls of your room just constantly ruminating and making yourself more and more anxious. Another thing you can do, which is a tool I learned in therapy, is to think of your intrusive thoughts as a radio station lol. It’s just the radio station playing these intrusive thoughts in the background. Nothing more, nothing less. Thank you radio for all these amazing tunes you’re playing but I’m going to continue my day doing the things I like such as hobbies, hanging out with friends, listening to my fav songs etc. Be careful though to not use this as a compulsion! I hope these can help you feel a little bit better. Keep going, you’ve got this!

landonw

Date posted: 45w

@Kontheili It’s just so much, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know where to go.. It’s so much. So so much. It’s gotten so bad to the point where even if I hear my own name I get anxious I felt weird about it. I can’t take this..

Kontheili

Date posted: 45w

@☆🖤☆ When you think of it that way, that it is all so much and you can’t handle it then yes you’re making yourself feel worse. Idk you but I’m pretty sure you can handle all this very well if you just give it a try. I know and I hope you know as well that ocd is a wave, where there are going to be good days and there are also going to be bad days. On those bad days if you feel tired and overwhelmed you can just lay down and do nothing if that helps you. If not, then do something. You can listen to some music, go out or just watch a tv show that makes you laugh. Don’t get me wrong, the thoughts and feeling are going to be there no matter what you decide to do today, the important thing is how you decide to react to them and I bet you know what is the right thing to do in this case.

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Date posted: 45w

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landonw

Date posted: 45w

@Kontheili They feel so real. It’s making me question every aspect of who I am. What if they’re true? What if it’s who I am? It’s too much. I’m trying to remain calm but the thoughts are fighting hard.

ChaoticCatte...

Date posted: 25w

Contamination/health OCD struggles

Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 22w

panicking so bad

I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.

Holl1

Date posted: 15w

OCD

I’ve tried living in the uncertainty today & kept myself busy but I can’t shake this feeling that I’m about to lose control & act on my thoughts. I keep feeling like I need to check in to see how I feel & keep my self safe & when I’m near my trigger it feels like I’m being pulled into doing it & feels like I want to but I’m not using compulsions. My thoughts feel like my own & feeling like I’ll be like this forever. Can someone relate or give advice 😩

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