- Date posted
- 11w
This ocd is fucked man
Everyone around me says I look ill and that I’m a shell of what I used to be, I’ve had it up to my eyeballs OCD has completely sucked the life force out of me
Everyone around me says I look ill and that I’m a shell of what I used to be, I’ve had it up to my eyeballs OCD has completely sucked the life force out of me
I totally get that. Fortunately you’re still breathing, so the life force isn’t gone and you can claim it back. I know this to be true because in my darkest it had taken me completely over. I didn’t even know i had ocd. I was just so wrapped up in depression and so fucking lost and confused about everything. I had believed everything anybody ever said about me or to me that was bad. I only saw the worst in me. I had no forseeable way out of it and was ready to make a final decision without regret. I felt it was the only option i had because nobody wanted or needed me, i ruined everyone’s life. Fortunately, i had a moment of clarity and decided otherwise. I decided after that i would figure out what the hell was going on inside me. It took a while, but i started therapy. I’ve learned so much since, so much i misunderstood, so much bullshit i believed to be true, so much i hated about myself i have since learned (am learning) to show compassion for. It’s been and will continue to be a journey, gladly. The comments i used to get were much like what you hear because in all honestly, it was taking everything good in me and for me and fucking it all up and i looked like i felt. I was angry, confused, sad, lonely, and in my case, was mostly self inflicted because i believed the lies i told myself, what others have told me throughout my life. When i learned to have compassion for the me i hated, it lifted the veil over my heart and eyes and i could finally progress towards who I’ve tried to be my entire life, honest with myself. That’s a lot, sorry it wasn’t short and sweet lol, but i hope what i shared helps.
@Someonemaybe It’s okay I appreciate the comment, I hope one day I can recover like you :(
@Fcukocd Start today, even in the smallest most seemingly unnoticeable way. Are you in of any of the support groups they have here? By the way, this post you shared, that’s another way to start. You’re showing up for yourself, looking for answers, reaching out. Keep doing that. Btw, i fucking love your name fcukocd, awesome!
@Someonemaybe I’m not, I haven’t been able to find a way to access them unfortunately, and thanks, wanted my username to reflect how I feel about OCD
@Fcukocd It does, perfectly. Wish I was as creative😁. To access the groups, go to your therapy tab, scroll down till you see support groups, then click view groups. There’s several different subjects. If you don’t see several different ones, let me know. I’m not an admin, but there’s an issue with some people’s support group views. I can reach out and try to get it corrected. If you can, join one and even just listen in. It’s so worth it! I didn’t think it would be. I pictured a bunch of people whining about their lives. Not very nice i know, and i was wrong. You don’t have to talk, but they do appreciate you having your camera on and mic muted unless there’s something you want to say or share. Let me know if you have any issues, I’ll do what i can to help any way i can.
@Someonemaybe I’ll have a look, thanks!
@Fcukocd Awesome! You’re very welcome
@Someonemaybe Hi I can’t find the support groups :(
@Fcukocd I’ll will see what i can find out for you. Do you have the latest version of the app? You can definitely ask your therapist about that in the meantime. They should be able to contact an admin on your behalf.
@Someonemaybe I don’t actually have a therapist on here because I can’t afford it, do you think that may be why I don’t see the support groups? Do u think if I had the 15 minute free consultation that the support groups would appear after that?
Actually, yes, that may be why. I think you could do the free 15 minute consult and ask, for sure. It’s you can access them after then awesome. Though i do believe you would have to be a patient. But you’ll certainly find out if you ask. There’s all kinds of resources for financial help with treatment, especially anything mental health. If you’d like, i can look up some info for you. The therapist in the consult may have some resources as well. Do check into that for sure.
@Someonemaybe I’ll try and book an appointment and see if it appears after
Awesome! And I’ll see if i can find some resources for you. That’s so good, I’m glad you’re making that appointment. Carrying ocd around without knowing what you can do about it sucks. There are things you can learn and do that will help and the therapist will be just the person to help you with that. And us as well, just not at the same level.
So my OCD got that bad to the point where I’m barely having ocd and my body is stuck in stress, I can’t sleep, my mind is soo loud and my chest hurts and my vains are popping out and I feel like my body is shutting down what do I do ☹️ I don’t even feel like I am here I can’t focus on anything I’m always zoned out
I feel like my life isn't my own anymore. I live by OCD's rules. I can't ever switch it off. I spend most of my day mentally reviewing and constantly checking myself. I have to do things in a certain way or i dont feel safe. All this time that i've lost and for what? Idk how I let thoughts have so much power over my life and yet here I am. Every day. I can't even get away from it in sleep because i have dreams about it and I wake up anxious if i manage to get any sleep at all. I'm so over it all.
(Long post warning) Hi, I’ve been struggling with severe OCD for six years now. it started in 2019 with my theme being getting sick/emetophobia. it devastated my life. I almost didn’t graduate high school from it. I remember washing my hands for three hours one day until they were nearly bloody while crying and asking why I could not stop doing it. I remember id have to write and rewrite sentences when I did my English homework and that’s why I nearly failed that class. I remember how I would spend up to thirty minutes to an hour pacing the halls of my apartment while my mom was asleep until I neutralized the thoughts about throwing up and I could finally go to bed. I don’t know when it happened, but my theme switched. Sometimes in late 2020 or early 2021, it switched to POCD. It started with a single thought, and I focused on it and it’s been my theme since then for four years. It has been absolutely destroying me. I feel so disgusted and lost and just tired. My compulsions are severe now. I thought they were bad before, but now they’re ten times worse. I can’t eat, drink, change my clothes, walk, or even do things on my phone normally. I’ve developed so many mental compulsions that it’s so intricate and complicated yet at the same time I’ve done them so much that they’ve become normal. An example I have is if im putting on a shirt and I have a “bad” thought, I have to take it off and put it back on two more times (that’ll make it 3 times I put the shirt back on - odd numbers are my safe number). I have to have a good thought on the third time otherwise I have to take it off and put it on two more times to make it five times I put on that shirt. If not that then I just put on a different shirt because the original is now tainted with my bad thought. I can’t open apps on my phone. It’s with the numbers again. If I open TikTok once while having a bad thought - I have to close it and open it two more times and so on. Sometimes I do it up to 30 times. So I just don’t do things usually. I don’t turn on the TV because I know I’ll redo it. I don’t open a book or grab it off my shelf because I’ll have to repeat the action. I can’t even lay in bed without getting up and redoing it even if im exhausted. I just feel so helpless. I don’t know what to do. I feel disgusting and even now my minds screaming at me that I am dirty and what I think is true. I just wish I was free of this, I wish I could just live my life. I’ve wasted hours and days because of my compulsions. I mask it so well around my friends. I don’t do them in front of anyone or I’ve learned to hide it well. But when im back home alone, it goes haywire. I just want to live again.
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