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Gosh I relate so much to this. I can’t believe I finished school to be honest. You just have to force yourself through it. I know how it feels to be judged. I got broken up with by a boyfriend over my OCD and lost a lot of friends because of my reassurance seeking. It sucks. But if someone doesn’t even try to understand our OCD and are judge mental, are they really the type of people you want to be around?
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- 6y ago
Surround yourself with positivity, it helps.
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- 6y ago
i relate to this so much!
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- 6y ago
Same happens to me, I have just finished college and I am currently looking for an apprenticeship but every time I have an interview my ocd gets worse and it makes my anxiety worse. Hope you’re alright.
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- 6y ago
Same, honestly I’m failing so bad and I can’t help it, I force myself to go to school but most of the time it gets too much and I end up coming home early. Some days are alright though and I can get through the whole day without needing to escape and it does suck honestly no one at school knows about my ocd except my best friend and school counsellor. But I’m hopeful that it will get easier as I have an appointment on Thursday to see a psychologist.
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Oh yeah. To the point that I have vomited repeatedly and lost a lot of weight.
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- 6y ago
Yes! I usually do a round of Nexium every 4 months to help with the related acid reflux, I’ve cut out any dietary triggers like Dairy or Excess sugar, and I try to exercise regularly! It helps a lot, I still have nervous bathroom breaks but they’ve improved significantly
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- 6y ago
I used to think I had IBS ad heartburn but that was before I was diagnosed and started on Zoloft. Now I don’t have any of those issues. I guess it was al anxiety related.
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- 6y ago
Very much so- it was like the symptoms that made me first realize something was off in my case.
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So I've had OCD since I was a child. Like really young. The first intrusive thought I can remember was when I was 5. It just keeps getting worse and lately they've been making me physically ill or throwing me into extreme panic attacks again ( ones where I can't move my body ) the other night I thought God was trying to kill me because I was thinking about ending myself from OCD+ life issues but in reality I was just having a panic attack😭😭it affects me daily. It gets a little better with therapy but I don't see therapy coming into my life any time soon and I'm not even sure if I would want to go (for multiple reasons). To wrap this up if you have severe ocd can you tell me what it's like?? I don't want to label anything without proper research and hearing others perspectives. Thank you!! <3 (My profile says all of my subtypes if that helps any)
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I'm having awful stomach pain and nausea and it's really worrying me and scaring me
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- 12w ago
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.
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