- Date posted
- 19w
Does your ocd make you deal with nausea?
I have HOCD and ROCD and it makes me wanna puke all day I live with my husband
I have HOCD and ROCD and it makes me wanna puke all day I live with my husband
I am so so sorry. Are you doing ERP? I think the answer is to treat with with ERP just like everything else. Tell yourself, “If I feel like puking, then great! I can feel like puking all day my body wants to. And if I don’t feel like puking, then great. It doesn’t matter either way.” This takes the pressure off of you and allows your body to respond however it is going to respond. For me, I often have a heavy or painful feeling in my chest. It’s a physical feeling almost. I just allow it to be there however long it wants to be there. I don’t try to fight it off. I think for you, the more you practice acceptance about the physical feelings that your body has, the easier things will get. I think over time feeling like puking will also go away. Big hugs ! 💙💙 I know this is hard.
@Tea and Honey Thank you so much for the lovely comment. For how long do you feel like this? For me it’s almost been a month. I hate it. It’s so hard.
@confused writer The answer is this …. it is going to take however long it takes. We don’t know how long it will be, but we have to have an attitude that it doesn’t matter how long it will take. In the meantime, we can WELCOME the physical symptoms to stay however long they’re going to stay. And during that time, we are going to live our lives just exactly the way we want to, no matter what. The more we don’t care whether or not the feelings are there, the more likely they are to go away. But we are not in control of the timeline. And that’s okay. We just keep living our lives.
I remember having a bad OCD episode and going to be at a track meet where would be in the stands for hours. I had heard of some techniques from a therapist, so I had a chance to practice… I had these really sticky, bad, heavy feelings in my chest. And I just said, “ You bad feelings are welcome to stay all day if you want to. I’m glad you’re here.” And then I went about watching the track meet. It was the best thing I could have done.
yes yes yes!! if i’m ruminating or having intrusive distressing thoughts, i get extremely nauseous
I suffer from HOCD as well and live with my wife! Its tough especially when it the thoughts involve her. I went 3 months fully nauseous, it was tough, and painful because I felt like I needed to puke but never did. I even tried to make myself puke and I couldn't. I knew something was seriously wrong and sought help, I learned it was OCD and now doing ERP therapy. Now I feel like I don't need to puke. To help with the feeling, I always drank chamomile tea or tums nauseous relief. Next is accepting the thoughts, don't try to fight them or suppress. That will make it worse. It will get better, take care of yourself
Hey I'm new here... Married for two years, not formally diagnosed with OCD but over 25 years, I've dealt with obsessing over my sexuality, then it has shifted to obsessing over my relationships. In my first marriage, I would notice other attractive men and at one point I started to obsess over one man at my church. Eventually it went away but I divorced for other reasons. Fast forward 15 years. I meet my now-husband, but we break up twice while dating. I was terrified. I have learned I do struggle with fearful/avoidant attachment, but I made it through to get married!! But now, the obsessing over other men is happening again. I work with a lot of men. If I notice one who may be handsome, all of a sudden I feel weird sensations in my body, my mind races, and I fear I want to cheat, or wonder if I'd be happier. It has happened with a guy at my church, several coworkers, my husband's best friend...so I know there's a pattern. But as of late, it has gotten worse with one coworker. I have to see him every day. The thoughts are loud. They feel real, like they're how I feel (I like him, he has nice eyes, I love you). I am a Christian, and when I pray about it, it's almost like something inside me says, 'don't fix this, this isn't OCD, I want this guy' blah blah blah. I feel awful, like a whore, like a cheater, like a double-minded person. And I feel so far away from my husband. I've dealt with feeling the need to confess everything early in our relationship. I've gotten better at not doing that, but I feel like I carry this private pain that no one understands. It really hurts. I guess I just needed to vent and let this out. Sometimes it feels so lonely. I feel crazy. I'm in my 50s, I have a full time job, I take care of my home, yet I feel paralyzed by this sometimes. Thanks for reading.
What irritates me the most is that during intimacy with my husband, it happens that OCD puts an image and scene in my head, my sister or someone for whom my OCD is attached and it's literally as if that intimacy is happening with that person, and it seems real that I can and it's exciting! I'm working on ERP during that, but it's still hard to digest... I don't know if it's the same for you?
So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.
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