Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

Avoidance...

I've figured out thatit isbetter for me to avoid people. They have a strong tendency to annoy me. I've stayed away from people today and I've gone from a very grumpy morning to an evening where I feel like I'm recovering. Obvs I'm transitioning between a schizophrenia disgnosis to an OCD diagnosis and whenI'm moody OCD tells me I do have schizophrenia. For a fact I bottle up my anger in an effort to be polite for some reason. Also being confrontational is a side effect of my escitalopram. It is hard to work with Drs while travelling as there is a language barrier, the health services might be struggling and I move so much.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

I would just be careful because avoidance can become a slippery slope. The OCD will try to fool us into avoiding more and more and then feeling like you HAVE to avoid things in order to stay safe. As long as you are avoiding things out of a true mental health break for your brain (and not because of OCD) , then that’s just fine. But OCD will eventually probably try to hijack the whole thing.

Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

I think I'm being around annoying people to be polite and people please. I'm biting my tongue and bottling up my disagreements as they grow. It may be a meds issue but tbf some people are misguided.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 I understand. Some of my closest family members feel the same way about people

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 They are angry all day at people but can’t say anything. They bottle it up

Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

@Tea and Honey The problem is I end up saying something and I'mworried about being violent tbh. It is better toavoid people that make me that angry.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 If you are worried about being violent, that’s the OCD telling you to avoid triggers (e.g., people). You are not going to be violent. You MUST keep facing your triggers, or the OCD will make your world smaller and smaller. Don’t let the OCD make you think you have to avoid triggers. It is GOING THROUGH the triggers that you gain freedom

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 It’s not going to be fun. It will be easier to keep away from triggers. But it will be good for you in the long run

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Tea and Honey I understand what you were saying, though. Sometimes it’s nice for me to take a break from triggers in order to let my brain rest a while. Every day when the triggers come up, I get a little frustrated because I want my day to continue without conflict. Ultimately, it’s good for me to process the triggers, but it would be easier for me to go through my day if they weren’t there. Sometimes it is nice to take a vacation from triggers for a while. I have religious OCD, and I spent several months away from church to give my brain a chance to recover a bit, because going to church was triggering. However, even though the breaks are good, I couldn’t make it a lifestyle choice. After the break, I have to go back and go through the triggers. You are so normal if you feel annoyed around people. I know people like that for sure!! It’s OK. And the HOCD is normal as well in OCD. It’s a very common sub-type. So you are OK!!! Everything you are dealing with is normal in a sense. There is nothing wrong with you!!!!! Taking breaks can be nice sometimes.

Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

@Tea and Honey Sometimes I am violent. Only to the point of pushing people around etc but it needs to be addressed so I'm avoiding my anger triggers.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 That’s still not hurting anybody though!! We can’t control our angry emotions or angry words or tiny little actions. Being angry at people and pushy is not violent.

Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

@Tea and Honey Pushing people is assault and you can be arrested, sent to jail or in my case deported.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 Big hugs!!! I wouldn’t worry!!! :):):)

Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

@Tea and Honey The police,were called one time. I have to be careful.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 44w

@Newerthannewb82 Big hugs!!!! 🤗

Newerthannewb82

Date posted: 44w

@Tea and Honey Tq.

Sillyguppy

Date posted: 24w

Was able to identify OCD

Hello all! Yesterday I had another event, and I recognized it immediately and was able to calm down a bit. Unfortunately it's still on my mind today, but I realize how absolutely silly it most likely is. Most people would shrug something like this off and move on; so I'm going to just move on. OCD really tries to grab and pull me away from experiencing life. Yes, unpleasant or gross things will happen, you will do those things, and there is no sense in hiding away in a locked room all day in fear of those things happening. If you do that, you miss life.

Real Events OCD

AJ__

Date posted: 21w

OCD & social isolation

I remember reading a comment someone had made to one of my posts on an OCD subreddit and they told me how they believed their OCD symptoms got worse during a time in their life when they were socially isolated. Reading this comment made the brightest lightbulb go off in my head because it basically summarized most of what I’ve been going through. In addition to OCD, I also struggle with depression and social anxiety. I feel like these three things and the profound sense of loneliness I’ve felt throughout my years in college (undergrad) feed off of each other. I know that OCD can manifest in so many different ways regardless of what your social life looks like, but I can’t help but feel like the lack of relationships (specifically friendships)/community in my life has something to do with my mental health and the delay in my recovery. Side note: I’m still relatively new to NOCD, but I’m happy to say that I’ve been making some good progress in my therapy sessions <3

Zeedle-D

Date posted: 16w

New here!

I feel like I’ve had a lot of different categories of ocd. Some categories stick with me more and are repetitive. I’ve been doing well with mental health - not having anxiety stick around. When the physical feeling of anxiety sticks around, every thought is horrible, but when the feeling of anxiety is gone the obsessions don’t really impact me. If I can keep anxiety at bay, my life is good. I’ve been doing well lately, although this week I was scrolling through tictok and watched a video about someone in a coma and wondered if I was in a coma right now and didn’t know it. I had a panic attack for about 15 minutes. Anxiety, sweating, etc. It didn’t take ahold of me and it quickly lost its impact on me. It still shook me and I was just like “wow” where did that come from. Now I am staying away from social media. Is that avoidance? Should I make myself keep watching social media? Many ocd problems have come from social media or watching a movie or show that triggers something and then spirals. I am limiting what I watch, which I believe is good because I shouldn’t be watching that stuff anyway. What do you think?

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