confused writer
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- 35w
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
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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- 35w
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.
confused writerconfused writer
- Date posted
- 35w
@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.
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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- 35w
@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.
Tea and HoneyTea and Honey
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- 35w
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.
୨ৎ ୨ৎ
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- 35w
yes yes yes!! if i’m ruminating or having intrusive distressing thoughts, i get extremely nauseous
analogueatomanalogueatom
- Date posted
- 35w
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
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