my OCD is doing what it does best and it’s randomly selecting themes. Once I’m not scared or react to one it bounces to another. And then i temporarily forget all of my coping skills for that theme. Rn it’s fixating on the time I had a panic attack and it’s trying to make me have one again
That’s what OCD likes to do. Once you’re not scared of something anymore, it thinks it’s a threat. It’s trying to protect our brain. I have multiple themes. I can understand what you’re going through and sometimes they will try to create new ones. But just remember to use the same practices you used on the previous themes. It all comes down to ERP. Having to sit with those thoughts Being uncomfortable let them pass and move on. I know it’s hard and it sucks but I promise the thoughts will slow down and you will find peace.
It be like that but I also have adhd too
I’m learning that my body functions that way too, I was feeling so good and invincible until my body decided to find something to be anxious about. I’m working on being mindful that emotions come and go, and what truly matters is how my body chooses to react to the anxiety rather than identifying the anxiety as the problem. My body is just doing its biological instinctual fight or flight function, so self compassion and kindness is crucial. Managing OCD is just like surfing. Managing with the various waves of emotions
Me too,i have Hocd,but I experienced religious ocd(i left my religion so it keeps telling me if what i did is wrong or i will back to my religion in future) and gender ocd too! I like being woman and ocd sometimes reminds me of trans men and makes me questioning if i will be like them in future,so its ok, Your brain is stimulated and thinks a lot automatically, so it's natural to show you more than one topic
Just remember, this won’t last forever. It’s just a phase. After you get through this stage, you’ll come out psychologically stronger—not because the OCD is 100% gone, but because you’ve learned how to face fear and anxiety. That strength will help you live a happier life.
Yes as soon as i overcome something it jumps to something else.
so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
Does anyone Else’s ocd flare up bad when in stressful life situations? I was doing amazing and now that I’m having some drama with my life it seems to have come back with a vengeance. Anyone else?
Not necessarily asking for reassurance and I know I’ve mentioned this here before but my OCD has been affecting my cognition seemingly. I’ll forget small things or put things in odd places sometimes, or mix up words - things like that. Obviously this triggers me to be like “Alzheimers/dementia.” Can anyone relate? And if you recovered what did you do for it?
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