What is this feeling that i feel?

For 3 days I had a feeling that came up pretty often and I cant name it, I dont know what is it and the more i try to see what is it the more i feel worse. Usually letting feeling be and letting yourself experience it helps but not with this. I find myself feel grumpier, triggered and more angry. Its a mix of fear, but then i get angry too and I dont find letting myself experience it helpful cause I just stuck there. It feels like its in my chest and when it gets triggered it makes things hard to enjoy. I tried to be kind with myself and see what causes it but trying to be kind with myself triggers this annoying feeling and it just gets worse... i dont know what helps thats why i ask your help, if you ever experienced this... also i what i almlst forgot to mention, what is really important is that i became really sensitive to every thought, and any thought can trigger this feeling or any thought can trigger a negative feeling that will trigger this feeling. And honestly the "just accept it and let yourself feel what you feel" doesnt helps here cause i find myself really angry that i have to let myself feel the emotions that are triggered by these intrusive thoughts...

Ocd&me09

Date posted: 26d ago

I am actually going through this now. I can’t shake off this odd feeling. I feel sad but then I don’t I am angry and anything is triggering me lately. I just cannot put my finger on it. What I do know is that my OCD has been loud and has thrown me into a spiral lately. So hard but continue to hang in there🙂

AnonymityK

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 26d ago

Hi, I hear you! I really do. OCD can be really tough, and it’s frustrating when you’re told to just "sit with it" or "let it be," especially when everything feels so intense. It’s okay to feel stuck, angry, or overwhelmed by the emotions and thoughts coming up. When people say to "sit with it," it doesn’t mean you just have to let yourself stay stuck in the feeling. It’s more about moving forward while those emotions and fears are present, knowing they’re there, but not letting them stop you. It’s not easy, but that’s the way through it. I just wanted to acknowledge how hard it is and that you’re not alone in dealing with this. Are you seeing a therapist?

PRIV8

Date posted: 26d ago

When it counts pushing it away? Cause I can see it. If you want to focus so much on the present that means you have to slowly push away the feeling by focusing on the present

AnonymityK

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 26d ago

@PRIV8 Focusing on the present isn’t about pushing anxiety away—it’s about allowing it to be there while choosing to engage in what truly matters. Pushing it away would mean trying to force myself to feel differently or doing things only as a way to get rid of the anxiety. But when I focus on the present in a way that aligns with my values, I’m not trying to escape my feelings—I’m just not letting them dictate my actions. For example, if I go on a hike because I genuinely enjoy it and value being in nature, I’m staying present with something meaningful to me. But if I start hiking just to get rid of anxiety, then it becomes a compulsion—because my intention is to control or eliminate the feeling rather than accepting that it’s there. The key difference is whether I’m acting from a place of values or from a place of avoidance.

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Date posted: 26d ago

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PRIV8

Date posted: 26d ago

I stopped for a minute and asked myself what i feel. I realized it might be that one day i was tired, it was one of those days when you are more sensitive, and for some reason I got hit by alot of intrusive thoughts and emotions and because i was already in a tired state, It was worse and i reacted bad too, with this angry/sad reaction. I was angry cause I felt like no matter what i do it wont help cause now im tired and that means it will br like this everytime when im tired, so this triggered me. I wasnt able to deal with the emotions well, it went away but now everytime something triggers me this angry/sad emotion comes up. It gets worse when i feel like it happened cause i push away feelings, and then i try to feel it fully but it doesnt leads me anywhere but staying stuck in that feeling. I think maybe i reacted in a bad way and now my brain sends me that feeling cause I made that a dangerous thing and it wants to remind me that i should avoid that. But this is my interpretation of it, maybe its not that...

PRIV8

Date posted: 26d ago

@PRIV8 I need help for how to respond when im tired cause its just automatic that i react with "this is too much, i cant handle it" and i became desperate. I realize that its not good and i want to change it but i still try to change it desperatelly which feeds it more, then i try to be kind with myself and i try to love myself more but i try that desperately too... I cant stop that desperate reaction for some reason which makes me angry and that why it gets worse.

andrea_sam730

Date posted: 14w ago

Self pleasure and intrusive thoughts :/

I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh

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Chels0212

Date posted: 13w ago

Intrusive thoughts

I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅

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issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 11w ago

I don’t know what this is. Help please?

Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?

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