Hello everyone. I often get the feeling that I will go crazy or in a state of permanent suffering. The thought is very persistent and I think is OCD repeating that disturbing thought. If anyone feels the same way. What do you do about it?
I get this thought and feeling all the time! It’s terrible. For me, it depends on how intense the thought or feeling is because sometimes I use distraction or mindfulness techniques and others time it’s easier for me to allow it to exist and pass. I heard something about how feelings in the body only last 90 seconds, so I try to last that long. Just a minute and half of feeling awful and then I can move on.
This is totally OCD
For me, OCD is constantly trying to drag me into the worst forms of certainty. There is certainty in being “crazy”,“irredeemable”, “broken beyond repair”, etc. and OCD want us to be convinced of this so that we don’t have to live with the uncertainty we are facing. Don’t let it win! You are not your thoughts. Giving into compulsions does not make you “crazy” or “irredeemably broken”—it is a sign that you are having strong symptoms. Keep working with your therapist and practicing ERP! Stay hopeful when you struggle, and celebrate your victories, however small. Wishing you all the support 💜
@j vv This is super encouraging! 🙏
The persistent and negative nature of it sounds very much like OCD. The most important thing is accepting uncertainty about the whole thought. There’s just not enough information to be sure about it. Thanks for reaching out, helps me too, seeing that others have similar thought patterns as me ❤️
yes. i can’t describe the feeling, but even when im doing kinda “okay” theres like this bubble in my mind, that’s still reminding me of fear, distress, worries, and it makes me think im crazy. i have no other way to describe it other than it feels like im the only one that’s afraid. and im very much scared im crazy and ruined my life due to the overthinking!
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)
I feel like there’s no way out of this. everyday i’m anxious and depressed from these thoughts. i feel like i have to constantly question if it’s OCD or not. the panic attacks are insane and i freak out. and a compulsion i have is looking eveything up on the internet when im stressing to know that it’s just my OCD and im not in danger. but looking things up add on to my thoughts and i start thinking “what if” actual suidcal people think. do others with this theme whenever they do something like if im taking a picture it’ll be like “yeah you look happy people will wonder what happened when your gone” LIKE i DO NOT want to end my life. or even as simple as cleaning my room, “yup keep it clean so when your family goes through your stuff” then i panic and can’t even do anything. those thoughts distress me so bad. i’ll sit there and think how good my life is or when im having a good day my thoughts will be like “NOPEEE what if your just saying that to convince yourself” it never shuts up and genuinely makes me think i have SI or something. i hope this reaches the right people just to know im not alone. Even when i do get better in the back of my mind it’s always “people who want to are the same a day before too” im genuinely scared and im scared one day im going to just snap and do it because its “too much” do i need to go to a mental hospital! i feel insane.
My OCD has never been this strong, it's so real, it feels like it will never go away, it's never been this strong for me and it's very scary.
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