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I get this 100%. This is also my personal nemesis. The good news is that you are still getting out there and driving!! My driving issues have gotten significantly better through ERP although I am still attuned to every single bump. Make your fear hierarchy. I would suggest cutting out watching the news and asking your husband to check first. For me it has been hard to not redrive the route and to quit obsessively checking the mirrors.
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My therapy homework a while back was to say “I have hit someone and I don’t even care” each time I felt a bump. This practice helped me realize just how often I was having these worries (sometimes several times a minute) and how absurd it is to have these thoughts as frequently as I do. Finally another thing that helped me that I read was by redriving the route or obsessively checking we are actually more distracted and therefore likely to have an accident. This spooked me into wanting to get over my compulsions.
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I also have this!! I’m currently in outpatient treatment completing ERP and it works and would highly suggest it. I’m much better than I was even two weeks ago. Don’t fall for your compulsions and sit with the uncertainty, and just remember you’re going to feel worse before you get better with ERP.
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I gave up driving for a couple of years since mine got so bad. Now I am back driving and even sometimes enjoying it. I have even done 2 motorway trips! Thinking of getting my own car next year x
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I wish we could share our hierarchies on this app. It would be nice to see other’s ideas. I realized I had also been unconsciously selecting busier roads so that if I hit a person someone else was likely to stop and help them
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Ohhh thank you so much for responding. I am going to follow your therapy homework I think. It’s like my mind never turns off, how exhausting it is:( I feel comforted that I’m not alone!!! Thank you again!!
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I am so appreciative of the advice! Driving is a necessary evil, and I have got to get through this... I just have to get strong enough to resist the compulsions!
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Oh that’s awesome! You are all giving me hope that I can get this this!!
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I’ve done that too!! I figured then I wouldn’t have to worry about backtracking. It’s amazing how the mind works. I definitely had compulsions today, but thankfully they were as bad as they normally are
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I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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Hey all, This is so strange to share this, and I have been judged by others and misdiagnosed many times. About a year ago I worked with an OCD therapist and it was really triggering. For me my thoughts are mainly about suicidal ocd and harm ocd centered around my children of all things. Fear that I could or would want to hurt them, then feeling so horrible that I believe I’m suicidal then I go back and forth on that. After reading a few of your posts, it makes me truly have a bit of hope that I can overcome this.
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Does anyone have hit and run ocd ? Or possibly causing an accident by crossing the middle line and a vechile going into a ditch ?
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