- Username
- Serena
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Thank you. I kind of know resigning and running away is not the answer. It’s just these days my mind is constantly thinking a lot of things that make me feel uncomfortable. I still haven’t figure out whether to resign. Cuz, when I am feeling ok and OCD is not bothering me. I will say even if I resign my job I will be able to find a new one. But now, the anxiety thing is playing the tricks and it keeps telling me that if I resign that means I cannot work. So, kind of in a dilemma. I will calm my mind and figure it out.
In my opinion, it seems like resigning would be giving more power to your OCD. But also, maybe there’s a way you can talk to someone at the company and ask for a bit of time off? During this time, you could really sort out a plan/how you will be handling living with OCD and Anxiety. I know there’s a large stigma and most companies don’t seem to place much importance on mental health, but it’s just a suggestion!
Does Zoloft help you with your ocd ??? Any real side effects tiredeness? What dosage? Here for you ?
I’ve learned from my treatment and experience that medication can help you get by, but does not by any means treat the issue. Therapy, specifically Behavioral Therapy has been a god sent to me and is now what I’m getting my Doctorates in. Only you know what is best for you. For me, the moment I gave in to that need to be home, everything got worse and I couldn’t dig myself out alone. For my future, if I feel like I need to take a break, I plan on having intense treatment set up and ready for me, because the moment I decide it’s okay to lay in bed, I would never get out of it on my own. That is, of course, just MY experience. I think everyone is entitled to a break. Those without mental illnesses need them too. But for those of us with one, my big advice would be to have set plans to get you out of the house at scheduled times. Consider talk therapy for a start. Speaking to someone who understands the brain and human behavior is so refreshing to me. Whether you take a break or not, I definitely recommend giving it a try. Sending lots of positive vibes your way. I’ve been in your shoes and hope you are able to find a solution that works best for you. ?
Thank you. I agree resigning is not a good choice right now. I faced similar situation when i was in college but things turned out to be just fine. I guess I need to push myself a bit more. Learn to work with all the thoughts in my head and the pain and anxiety those thoughts caused. I used to do it easily and the anxiety faded away gradually. It seems a bit hard now, but I guess that’s not the excuse for quitting. But, sure. If I feel like I need a break, I will ask for help. Thank you guys.
Exactly! Just push yourself more and don’t place so much focus on how you’re feeling all of the time. Do the things you can do to make you happier/feel better and take one day at a time!
I need some advice on this, I was diagnosed with OCD a few years ago and I managed to be free for a few years by don’t giving attention to the thoughts and by giving my full attention to the outside life and not was going on inside my head. After stressful event OCD is back and again I feel that is something else. I am currently for the first time on CBT therapy but I am still on the early stages. My therapist told me that changing my attention to something else when the OCD is at its full blown is good technique but eventually I will need to face the thoughts and try to challenge them. The problem is that the moment I turn inside it’s like I have a train of thoughts that self doubt everything. When I am on this state I cannot challenge anything on the opposite I doubt that I have OCD and I try to understand if my symptoms suggest that I have something else and the fear and anxiety gets worse. I fear that I have something else and that I am a bad person. My big problem is when I am working. I work in an office and I need to sit in front of pc for 7-8 hours. The moment I start working these thoughts kick in and I feel that I cannot find any escape. I cannot do something else to turn my attention somewhere else and find my self doubting and searching was going on with me. And slowly slowly I get so scared that I come to face where I pass something like an anxiety attack. Is there any technique that it can help me to avoid what is happening to me, do no reach the levels of anxiety attack. I try to hear loud music, to concentrate on the pc but it didn’t work. I feel like I am trap somewhere that I need to sit still and just suffer with the thoughts until I reach the level of the full blown anxiety attack. Thank you for listening, any advice is well appreciated.
Hey everyone! I’m new to this app, but not new when it comes to OCD treatments. A few years ago I had to leave school/ my job in order to work on my mental health which was hard but needed. Mentally things have more or less gotten better OCD wise but I still really struggle with protectionism. I started a new job within the past 6 months that is challenging, but I enjoy enough to hopefully stay at for a few years. As of the past two weeks I have been really struggling with ruminating over my performance at work. I have been trying really hard to learn all the moving parts of the job, but because of lack of mentoring and constant little hiccups I have been stressing. Currently I have been overwhelmed/ overthinking so much that I have been messing up my work and it seems like my coworkers are pretty annoyed by constantly having to correct me. It’s honestly my worst fear as a perfectionist to feel like a burden. My intrusive thoughts as of late is that they are going to think I don’t care or try hard enough, that they talk bad about me to each other, and that they are going to fire me. Has anyone else experienced this type of OCD perfectionism that affects there performance within school or work and if so is there anything that you did in order to help recenter yourself in the moment to stop your brain from running in circles?
I only recently was diagnosed with OCD and have started my journey which I am proud of, but am struggling with finding balance because of the dissonance between my work responsibilities and ERP. I have been attracted to the career I am in because I care about doing right by others, and I have a passion for helping leaders create a healthy environment for the people on their teams. I also of course like clear expectations, writing and following rules, so educating on policies and procedures is a strong suit. Unfortunately, I am just recently learning that a big theme for my OCD includes moral scrupulosity and it has opened my eyes to see why I have struggled so much mentally the past year. I work in HR as a team relations specialist which means I make recommendations on how managers should address issues with their teams, i investigate employee concerns or allegations, and also advocate for team members when they are being treated unfairly. Additionally my job involves doing nonstop documentation of the content of every call we have, every email received and sent to us etc. we then have to save them as files and write notes summarizing each file or piece of correspondence and key information from it. (There is very much the mindset of there being no such thing as too much documentation at my company) I have noticed that since taking this job a little over a year ago, I have not been ok. I love the work I do and the good moments where I feel like I helped someone. I also love that the company and managers put so much weight on doing the right things, but the expectations put on those of us in the roles also feeds my OCD and reinforces my compulsions like getting reassurance that my thinking is right, ruminating, or checking and rechecking. It also gives strength to the arguments OCD makes to me about needing to analyze excessively to make sure I am not missing anything, or that I am not mistakenly engaging in cognitive biases and factoring them into my recommendations. Since I have a large influence over how situations with team members are handled my OCD emphasizes this and convinces me that if I do not do my job adequately or make a compelling argument, I am doing a disservice to the team members I support.....but so does the HR leadership at the company. It is consistently emphasized that we are expected to be the ultimate moral voice in every circumstances and that we are responsible for remaining 100% objective in guiding leaders on what to do to ensure all risks are assessed, taken into account and avoided in addition to us making sure leaders are doing right by their teams. Many of the others in my role like myself also keep spreadsheets during investigations we conduct that documents all perspectives in situations of people we interviewed, track definitive evidence, and analyze all factors/ devils advocate arguments to ensure appropriate steps are taken to address and that every situation is handled fairly. I'm finding that even though I tend to be behind on work because of my just right struggles with documenting and investigations, I am seen as a star performer in my role because I am hyper-empathetic, scrupulous, and risk aversive. Unfortunately, those same qualities makes my OCD obsessions and compulsions stronger. Not sure if there is anything I can really do at this point because finding a new job isn't an option right now, I just needed to get this off my chest and see if anyone has experienced similar where they found themselves in a spot where their work responsibilities were at odds with their recovery or made it more challenging to use ERP tools.
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