I’m constantly finding myself getting irritated easily and sometimes it even confuses me because I was happy and fine two seconds ago. Like I feel emotionally unstable. I also randomly will get sentimental or sad and I just start crying. Is this just me??
When I'm experiencing more symptoms, this happens to me, too! I think we might just be getting overwhelmed by it all.
I want to see what the responses to this are!!! Interested!!
I can disassociate when I’m Having a thought
Yes. All day, everyday
I’ve felt the same way with my recent ocd flare up too. It’s like the same day I convince myself I need to be sent to a psych ward and then an hour later my life is awesome and I’m super euphoric?? I think this is just moods generated by our thoughts possibly? because the more good thoughts you think you may feel happier. Or if your mood just improves randomly then your brain will probably generate more positive thoughts? just a guess tho but I totally get what you mean abt being emotionally unstable. I’ve even considered myself having bpd or bipolar sometimes bc it rlly is hard to know what’s ocd and what isn’t. Your feelings are valid though either way :)
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I feel all my emotions so deep!
Also, if you don’t mind me asking if you’re in or close to 40s? It could be perimenopause at play too
For me it actually depends. When I was experiencing deep-rooted intrusive thoughts which consumed me entirely, I felt no mood swings, rather just a numb feeling of distraught. Since then, I've gone through ERP and learned many techniques to avoid these deep intrusive thoughts. However, I've noticed frequent mood swings when an intrusive thought does come up. I'll feel really sad and may even distract my mind from it, but moments later it turns into a feeling of ecstasy and excitement for no reason. I'm not too sure how to describe it but my numb pain has turned into jumping emotions over the last few months.
It's not just you. I myself have mood swings and get irritated easily mostly over petty little things but I just can't help it. It's like I have no control over it.
Can OCD mimic depression? With this theme I’m always wondering if I have OCD or depression. It first started out as harm OCD and now this. Today I told myself if I did have depression then it’s treatable and I would work on it. Then I started to feel depressed and emotional and like had an urge to google the difference. When I did this I just broke down because I felt like I related to them, it made me worse. However when I look up OCD symptoms it makes me feel better. So now I’m unsure. Almost like OCD wants me to believe it’s depression
Hi all, I’m brand new to this app. I’ve never had any mental disorders. I’ve never been diagnosed or even suspected that I had some kind of issue going on. But recently my partner gently pointed out to me that I’ve developed some weird tendencies that are progressively getting worse. I’m getting overly anxious about the smallest of things. Every time he leaves for work, I stare at the tracker on my phone until he gets through his 25 minute commute because I’m convinced there will be a wreck. I’m terrified that someone is constantly taking pictures of me through my windows and even feel like people can see through my (solid) blinds at night. Every time I hear someone in the hallway of my apartment complex I stare out the peephole because I’m convinced they’re going to break in, even if it’s a neighbor that I recognize. I check myself for lumps in my body every morning and every night, and my partner too, even though neither of us have any scary medical history. I unplug everything with a cord every night before I go to bed because I’m terrified that something is faulty and my apartment will catch on fire. I am constantly afraid of being sued by people I don’t know even though the worst thing I’ve ever done is gotten a speeding ticket. I have dreams that people are sending me threatening mail and it stops me from opening my actual mail. There are so many more, I could go on forever. Writing it all down, I know it’s stupid. I just don’t know if feeling this way is normal. There are people out there that have actual stressors and here I am working myself up a million times a day over nothing. Do normal people feel like this? I thought it was normal.
Does anyone else ever feel like they don’t feel “bad enough” to have OCD, or that they don’t feel “the right way” for it? Or like they’re just saying they have OCD as an excuse? Because i was so much better for like 3 weeks now and now im on my period and i started doubting again. So because of that im scared that i was feeling to good and that my fear is actually true.
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