Is it possible for OCD to start playing with your feelings? Because I'm so sure about it, but sometimes it feels like it doesn't even when I don't feel anything. And I'm feeling so empty. Like it's okay to feel when it's not. I don't want to feel this. But I feel so weak to deal with it. Is this normal? I'm feeling weird. Everything kind of hurts but at the same time it doesn't.
OCD can manipulate your feelings yes. With me all I want to is to get better and be strong but I feel the opposite, like too weak to deal with all the thoughts , if that’s what you mean?
Yes! I was reading some things and I read that sometimes the stress and suffering is so much that our body needs a rest. I've been under stress for months and today was the first day I felt this way. The morning was too stressful, maybe that makes sense. I don't know what's going on with you, but I hope you're okay. I'm praying that things will get better. You'll get better. Everything will be okay. Thank you for your help. I am praying that you have the peace you deserve.🥺🤍
That’s how I am right now, just can’t even bear to deal with the thoughts right now, it’s too much I’m so emotionally exhausted I just feel so weak. I feel dead inside
I feel that way too. It's kind of weird. I saw something about us getting used to anxiety and about emotional numbness. I don't know if it could be that, but an apartment is also an OCD trick. And it passes! Everything will be okay. I'm praying that things will be okay for you. Everything will be okay.🥺🤍
@Anonymous Thank you 🙏🏻 Jesus will get us through
Sorry you're struggling with this! I think we sometimes gives OCD more credit than it deserves 😂. It isn't some gremlin latched onto our brains controlling us and our feelings against our will (even though sometimes people find it helpful to think of it that way). It doesn't spread like a tumor and "infect" different parts of you. When you get down to it, OCD is just our strong desire to avoid intrusive thoughts, avoid anxiety, and gain complete certainty/control when it isn't possible. Because of this strong desire, we pay a LOT of attention to thoughts that scare us, and do whatever it takes to get rid of them, which feeds the "ironic process" that keeps the cycle of anxiety going. So personally I wouldn't say that OCD "plays with your feelings," but rather it can warp your *interpretation* of your feelings. You may overanalyze your feelings and think they mean something about you when they really don't. All of this overthinking is stressful, and stress causes a lot of feelings in the body. That's why most OCD treatment involves mindfulness. At the end of the day, what we all need to learn is how to be present with our feelings, rather than latching onto the thoughts. As we practice this, things naturally become less confusing. When you feel sad, you allow yourself to feel sad. When you feel anxious, you allow yourself to feel anxious. You don't attach extra stories to those feelings. It's okay to feel whatever you feel. Hope this perspective is helpful. If not, just ignore me!
Got it! Makes sense! Thank u so kuch for u help. It's just so hard. I got used to being anxious all the time and now I feel empty. And it also feels like I should be reacting more to the thoughts, as if I had accepted that I really am what the OCD says. I don't know if it's because it's been such a stressful few months, I read about emotional numbness, or if it just doesn't make sense to react with so much desperation because I already know I don't like the thoughts. Anyway. Thank you! It helped a lot. I hope you are well.🥺🤍
Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!
Whenever anyone starts to feel like their thoughts are less triggering or they feel a moment of happiness/ relief OCD tells you that you want the thoughts back or you actually like having the thoughts and maybe thats just the person I really am? I feel like im going insane😢
I’m really anxious because I know my ocd is really bad right now so I shouldn’t try to figure it out cause my thinking is a mess but I’ve been having feelings of like I’m not sure if I love him anymore or worrying that I haven’t felt a lot like numb (a lot because ocd has been getting worse and worse) and thinking of like how I’ve been focusing on the negatives and only been looking at him through that lens and analyzing and also feeling like I don’t want this anymore. Basically just like negative thinking in feeling like I’m really scared it’s that it’s I don’t love him cause I don’t want it to be over and the thought of having someone replace him makes me ill. But like it feels like I’m not seeing him how I used to and it makes me upset. Today I was near someone I was like oh this person is cute and then I was thinking that the possibility of meeting someone new sounds exciting and now I’m freaking out because this in combination with feeling like maybe I don’t love him anymore is bad. Also my thoughts keep changing. and like sometimes it feels like I don’t care at all and this has happened but like worst it’s ever been and then other times I’m like I do care I do still feel. I’m just really anxious has anyone else felt this before and it was still ocd? 😭😭
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