Of course we can’t stop the inevitable but with my ocd it’s all I can think about. I’m afraid I’ll be alone for ever and I’ll fear forever. Fear does not stop death it stops life. But how do I stop fear??? I can’t think of anything scarier than the fact that our conscious will vanish for eternity. I am only 20 years old but I mean the last 5 years flew by like nothing.
I totally get it! Unfortunately, we can't stop fear. Fear is an inevitable part of the human experience and, because of that, the best thing we can do is ACCEPT fear rather than try to push it away. By accepting fear as part of our reality it actually becomes far less intimidating, too. By accepting fear, we cease to make it an "other" in our life and we accept its presence without fighting it. That's the key here.
Me too I’m only fourteen ive been thinking about it since I was 10 But for me having faith in God helps. And my advice is don’t worry about that untill your a certain age like 40 or 60 it might be bad advice sorry maybe talk to someone ur close to and tell thems. God loves you 💕
Hi ana444, I can see how hard it is to have these thoughts and feel like they are never ending. Unfortunately, we can't stop fear but we can learn how to live with fear and not allow fear to control us. If you do not have treatment I recommend ERP. This is the gold standard of care for OCD and at NOCD we are trained as expertise in the practice of ERP. ERP will be able to help you learn how to face that fear and take back control so you don't have to keep living like this. Please reach out to our care team at care@nocdhelp.com or visit www.treatmyocd.com. I hope this reaches you well and know that at NOCD, we are always here to help!
I feel the exact same, the past couple years have flown by and I can barely remember any of it. I can’t seem to be present in the moment either so it just feels like I’m watching my life pass me by like nothing
My first realization of death was when I was 7 and I remember it so clearly, it’s my biggest fear quite literally ever. I’m working up to addressing it more directly in ERP right now. You’re not alone 🩵
I feel so freaking scared. I know I’ll have an intrusive thought/urge and whatever I know I’m going to fight off another compulsion until I eventually give in bc I’m still so new to this. I am petrified and I feel like I cannot for the life of me relax. I’m sleep deprived, in a terrible place hormonally, withdrawing from meds, and being treated like a burden by people around me. I literally feel like I can’t do this. I keep thinking about those posts where people talk about the hypothetical scenarios where you learn your death date. I feel like if someone told me I’d die soon, I would cry of relief. I would never hurt myself but boy do I not want to experience this anymore.
I feel like I’ll never lead a normal life again with OCD, my thoughts have begun to be convince especially about POCD. I feel like so sad and down that this will be my life forever. I’ll never get to fall in love again without intrusive thoughts. I’ll never be worth falling in love with. I can never be intimate again. I’m just done, my life is over. I can’t even look at my nephew and niece anymore without the smile fading. It feels like I’m so nasty and then my brain convinces me this is how I feel. That there’s some part of me that is a p*do and that’s it. I’m a disgusting human being for that. I just feel hopeless
I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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