So over all of this. Why do periods have to make everything so much worse. I keep thinking that I can get over an intrusive thought and then the next one comes in. My brain tries to make be obsess over something that i've already obsessed about and moved on from. Wish this could be over.
I just found out I have pmdd. That week before my period is torture with depression and anxiety and my ocd gets worse that week. Try journaling your symptoms and tracking your period. I found when I know it’s coming it helps
yeah, i always experience heightened anxiety and depressive symptoms around my period. and suicidal ideation, unfortunately. im really sorry you experience this. have you found ways to cope around your period? i hope it gets better with time. it really is torture :(
I hate it so much 😭 the other day I'd been telling my mom how my OCD was acting up all of a sudden, and she went, "Well, isn't it almost that time?" Every month, this happens and every single time I forget. I get really hopeless and depressed. My mind goes to the extreme way out 🥲 It's horrible, and I'm sorry that you deal with the same. I wish I had advice on how to manage it.
i really hate periods with my entire being, i wish they didn't exist. i don't want a uterus anymore 😭 and yeah trust me, i relate to how it feels like the terror is renewed every time of the month, like you haven't been through it before 🙃 it's so frustrating. i wish i could be done with it. i so badly wanna tell my mom but idk where to even begin it doesn't help that before this entire episode, i've always experienced su¡cidal thoughts before and during my period and now it feels 10x stronger because OCD just makes things worse. 😭💔
@moon027097 Same 😭 It sucks so bad. And yeah, explaining these things to family can be complicated :( I don't go into specifics most of the time. I did a lot when I had no idea what I was dealing with lol, but that turned into confessing every little thing. It does help, though, to just have people know you might be struggling ❤️🩹
Yess! Do your thoughts get worse leading up to your period?
yeah. it gets really bad. i have days where im super overwhelmed and angry and intensely sad. it's horrible. do you experience the same?
@moon027097 Yes I’m like 2 days til due and this week has been, one moment I’m sad and then next I’m anxious I’m gonna lose control.
@Holl1 ugh, there's not much i can say other than, im sorry :( i know what you're going through and it really does suck.
Im sorry you are too. It’s tough being a women sometimes lol. So I started an ssri again. I tried to do it without anything and I was not thriving but just surviving. Don’t think the ssri is helping the ocd though
had the same thought today, being a woman freaking sucks 😭 as if the period itself isn't enough lol. i hope the ssris are helping with it, but sad to hear they're not helping with your OCD symptoms. have you and your treatment provider/psychiatrist talked about that? it would probably be worthwhile because maybe you can find something that helps with both? (but obviously take my opinion with a grain of salt)
This isn't forever, and I'm trying to stay positive, but I'm so uncomfortable in my own body. I can't stop hyperfocusing on every little sensation I experience, especially when I have intrusive thoughts. I can't stop holding my my breath or tensing up when I experience them. I know it's a compulsion, but I genuinely feel so unsettled. The physical sensations of anxiety aren't really there. Like, I'm not nauseous, but I just feel... off. I hate my mind, I hate these thoughts. Like, I wish OCD didn't attack every single thing in my life. I'm feeling really gross right now. I haven't been able to cry in so, so long. It's probably due to my meds, but I miss having that emotional release... Just a mini vent. I've been really struggling against the urges to confess/seek reassurance. One more week until my next psychiatrist appointment, but I'm just really frustrated with my brain right now.
The repeating thoughts about insecurities, negative self talk, and not being good though are just more of OCD. I feel so done.
I’m tired of thinking about the same OCD thought to “kill mom” it just doesn’t leave. I try to break the cycle but when it’s broken it just sits there and waits to be interacted with. Idk what to do im tired of it. And it makes me feel like a psycho path and I’m tired of not feeling like myself.
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