What Is Going On?

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: 1y

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: 1y

@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: 1y

@☆🖤☆ 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: 1y

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landonw

Date posted: 1y

@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.

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