Anonymous
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- 29w
Ocd Driving
Does anyone have hit and run ocd ? Or possibly causing an accident by crossing the middle line and a vechile going into a ditch ?
ghicks428ghicks428
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- 29w
I convince myself bumps in the road were ppl
OCDsurviorOCDsurvior
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- 29w
Look straight if you see someone walking it helps
marleykmarleyk
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- 29w
yes omg, i’ve never met anyone with ocd driving
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 29w
It is seriously is exhausting.
smol_fry18smol_fry18
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 29w
Oh all the time!
Sarah McNSarah McN
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- 29w
Yes 😭
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 29w
How do yall cope ? These thoughts will consume me all day
Sarah McNSarah McN
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- 29w
@Anonymous I try and tell myself “This is OCD talking, not reality.” And “I drove carefully and didn’t notice anything unusual.” I also like to do the 54321 method to help my anxiety and ground me ( 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things you can smell, 1 thing you can taste)
AnonymousAnonymous
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 29w
I used to do this all the time. I would look down at the radio for a second, hit a bump and think I hit someone. I would drive around the block sometimes multiple times to check. I would look in the rearview mirror to watch if the car behind me slowed down. I don’t do this anymore at all, partly because I recognized that it was a very common OCD thing, and partly because I realized that if I had actually hit someone or some thing, I would have heard a sickening thud. You just have to live with the uncertainty.
ClairenzClairenz
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 29w
I don't have it anymore but i remember in my 20s being crippled by it going around and around the block. Kept thinking i heard a bump etc etc and each time i went around to check then thinking ok so if i didnt hit someone last time maybe i did this time... Agh it was beyond awful. I find some comfort in the commonality of our ocd brains... We dont know each other and yet we all understand how we make these associations. Our brains glitch in similar ways ☺️
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