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A lot of people call this “having anxiety because you’re not feeling anxiety” lol. I think people can relate to what you said though
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Yes all the time! I find it really helpful to do a positive aspirations meditation. It's often because we feel we don't deserve to be happy or because OCD causes us to catastrophise - to assume the worst will happen. Try to remember that we actually have the power to have a positive life because our happiness often depends on our reaction to a situation. When you feel like something bad might happen, try to think why do I feel like this? What's happening right now that's worrying me? If I believe I don't deserve to be happy, why do I think this? What would you tell a friend that told you they feel this way? Chances are you'd reassure them and tell them they do deserve to be happy. Treat yourself like you would a close friend. You deserve to be happy. You got this x
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The best thing my therapist said to me is that life for every single person is two steps forward one step back. That one step back is naturally going to happen. It can’t be prevented, it is simply just life. It’s natural. So when that day comes, it’s no big deal. It happens and you just have to push through it. I used to become severely depressed when that one step back would occur. And when things would get better, I would stay depressed knowing something else was bound to slap me in the face. But that way of thinking was just wrong. Yes, something else will probably make life more difficult, but that is simply life. For some reason this concept really sunk deep with me and completely changed my outlook on any paranoia or depression I had. It wiped it away.
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Here's some tips on how to handle Anxiety when things are good: https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/anxiety-schmanxiety/2016/05/stressed-anxious-when-things-are-good-4-ways-to-handle-it
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All the time!!!!!
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In the past I used to isolate myself when I was feeling bad or when my mental health became poor. now I feel like I don't want to be alone because I'm scared that when I'm alone, something bad will happen or i'll lose control and do something bad. And I feel like when I'm around someone e.g. my mom, it's easier to just let the thoughts go because at least there's someone there to verify that I haven't done anything bad.
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Paranoia… I need to know because I’m feeling very alone in this. I’ve never met someone with the level of paranoia that I have. I can logically explain things to myself and somehow my paranoia convinces me of another story. I’m constantly thinking exaggerated thoughts that there are so many scary possibilities. Am I alone in this or what? If so any suggestions on how to calm these thoughts
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With real event OCD, I don’t know if any of you feel this way, but do you ever feel that the past event(s) that you ruminate about or constantly obsess about are gonna come up in your future and just absolutely ruin you, that’s how I’ve been feeling for months, it just feels like impending doom, and I hate having to even think that my future would be ruined by what I did as a teenager, and I did some dumb things, that I regret so deeply, I just can’t stop thinking about that.
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