Do y’all ever forget basic needs sometimes? I have been going through a phase where I don’t drink water all day until night time and I drink so much that I hold my pee throughout the night until morning. I notice sometimes I even hold my breathe and get light headed or a headache and think something is medically wrong with me 😭or is this my ocd?
Some of that is normal, some of it could be ocd 🤷♂️
I definitely forget to monitor my water intake, some days I’m good at drinking lots of water, other days I’m not. When I’m stressed, I clench my teeth often, and notice I sometimes hold my breath without realizing it. For me personally, when I’m stressed or really battling my OCD, it’s easier for me to forget basic needs because I’m spending so much of my energy working against compulsions. The thought that something may be medically wrong with you could be rumination/OCD. I’m not a therapist/professional, but this is very common. In the general sense of taking care of yourself, developing routines will help. For example, now that I commute to work, I fill up my water bottle before I leave, and drink the water as I drive and before I get my coffee. I also try to focus on drinking water after 3 pm. If you find yourself holding your breath, try to ground yourself in the present and take a deep breath to release it. If you notice some of this becomes a cycle, like constantly checking if you feel ill or checking if you do/don’t have a medical condition, that could be OCD. Trying to balance self care and mental illness is tough work some days. Learn what works best for you and remember you deserve care.
@MichelleV Thank you, I noticed this very recently I even clench my teeth and even my hands when I sleep when I am very stressed. I’ve been dealing with a horrible compulsion behavior I have been trying to stop and I’ve been trying to see what causes it. But at the same time I need to focus on my needs and well being.
I think worrying about physical symptoms can definitely be a type of OCD known as Health OCD. And getting caught up in anxiety can make it easier to forget taking care of your body. It's good that you're aware of these behaviors; awareness is the first step in making changes. Keep up that awareness and see if you can switch to other habits, like using a colorful water bottle so you're motivated to drink water throughout the day (this has helped me a lot).
@Billie Ray is the dog Thank you :) and yes I will try colorful water :) I never that about that
i’m so obsessed with emptying my blatter completely to the point where i sit on the bathrooom for 30 mins literally forcing myself to pee as much as possible even if it brings me pain. and then after i finish and go back into my room i feel like my ocd might be tricking me and making me think i have to use the bathroom and pee AGAIN! even tho i just spent 30 minutes in there. and recently i always get up and use the bathroom again and everytime i go i literally barely even pee. and sometimes i don’t at all. and it’s so annoying bc the second i go back to bed it physically feels like i have to go pee and it’s so hard to ignore the feeling and convince myself that it’s just in my head so these past times that this has happened i always end up giving in and getting up to use the bathroom. i’m literally feeling like getting up and usuing the bathroom rn again after spending 30 minutes in there and i’m finding it so hard to not go. i feel like after j finish typing this i’ll go straight to the bathroom. idk how to deal with this
I have pretty bad contamination ocd. It makes it hard for me to eat enough or drink enough because of my compulsions. It’s getting pretty serious because I hardly drink enough water now. Yesterday I drank maybe two bottles of water and stopped drinking around 2 pm. It’s 10:30 am here and I’ve drank 3 glasses of water finally but that’s only because I started feeling dizzy and light headed. The room was tilting and now I feel pretty sick to my stomach because I know I’ve got to be logically dehydrated. But ocd is up to it’s tricks making me think it’s worse than what it is that maybe I’m really sick, or drugged or poisoned etc. I’ve never really had this happen before. I know logically I have to be dehydrated and this cannot continue. It scares me because I’m not even meaning for it to get this far. It’s just really hard fighting off ocd. I don’t know what to do and I can’t drive myself to therapy now because of the dizziness/lightheadedness. What’s the quickest way to get back to normal?
Does anyone else do repetitive actions?? And I’m not talking about when we think “oh I have to do this three times or else my family will die”, I mean more like turning on the shower and just sitting there while it runs bc it’s the only thing that brings me comfort. I know it’s horrible of me and a waste of water which is why I’m trying to stop and find something else that brings me that comfort. But when my ocd strikes I just wanna sit in the bathroom with the shower on😭
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