Please please pleaaaase someone read my posts š§āāļøjust tell me how to not spiral pls and thank you š I think right now iām experiencing real event and SOOCD. Read the millions of posts iāve made these past couple months to get context if you want.
I know OCD can be very hard to deal with, but this post is seeking reassurance, which only makes things worse. If you are not in ERP therapy with an OCD specialist, please look into getting professional help so you can get better. Here are some helpful tools and resources to help you through this: -What is OCD? Explained by Nathan Peterson: https://youtu.be/eeTFME9mOMc?feature=shared -The Psychology of Seeking Reassurance: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/reassurance-seeking-ocd-anxiety-how-to-stop-cycle -5 Things To Do Other Than Compulsions: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/five-things-to-do-instead-of-compulsions -Stopping Ruminationās Tough! Video by Nathan Peterson: https://youtu.be/CkcspsmLh9k?feature=shared -Somatic OCD & How To Treat It? https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/what-is-somatic-ocd -What is Rumination? https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/the-rumination-trap -Confessing compulsion vs. healthy sharing: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/ocd-compulsive-confession-vs-healthy-sharing -Whatās Pure O OCD? https://www.verywellmind.com/pure-o-primarily-obsessional-ocd-4159144 -What is an OCD backdoor spike? https://www.treatmyocd.com/what-is-ocd/info/ocd-stats-and-science/backdoor-spikes-how-to-deal-with-sudden-ocd-episodes -Intrusive Thoughts: Images, Sensations, and Stories by Dr. Martin Seif: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-with-a-sticky-mind/202305/unwanted-intrusive-thoughts-images-sensations-and-stories -Therapy in a Nutshellās Playlist on Panic Attacks: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiUrrIiqidTWhubkHEJcr6iTLVRxXZmPE&feature=shared -OCD vs. GAD Differences: https://ocdla.com/ocd-vs-gad-7071 -How To Stop Rumination Video: https://youtu.be/CkcspsmLh9k?feature=shared -ERP scripting: https://www.shalanicely.com/aha-moments/erp-scripting-for-ocd/ -Forgiveness for Past Mistakes Video: https://youtu.be/2Lq1Su3mEHw?feature=shared -The Hidden Power of Swearing at Your OCD: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/beyond-the-doubt/201711/the-hidden-power-of-swearing-at-your-ocd -Taking The Power Away From OCD: https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/taking-the-power-away-from-intrusive-thoughts -ERP Worry Script: https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/WorryScript.pdf -What is ERP therapy? https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/erp/ -Whatās An OCD Trigger? https://psychcentral.com/ocd/what-is-an-ocd-trigger -Grounding Techniques: https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/grounding-techniques -OCD vs. Anxiety Disorders: https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/articles/ocd-vs-anxiety/ -ERP Techniques for Reassurance video: https://youtu.be/D1O3RGnLjRM?feature=shared
hi! iāve read some of your posts and for me (even though i dont exactly follow my own advices bc.. ocd right? lol) taking a shower would help prevent going into spiral. getting up, going into the shower, brushing your teeth and all help me redirect my attention because im occupied to actually finish showering. it sounds so weird i know.. but i went through moments where i called up my mom crying because i felt im broken and i decided to take a shower and it helped me to stop going even further into my spiral. good luck for you and i know it hasnt been easy, just take it one at a time!
Is there a therapist or a specialist on here that I can briefly chat with? Or maybe an OCD conqueror whoās very familiar with the disorder? I need an experienced person to talk to me so bad. I just really wanna talk to somebody about what Iām going through so that I feel less alone, and so I can maybe get help managing my symptoms. Thank you in advance ā„ļø
How to deal with OCD when youāre dissociating and numb and itās going from ROCD, existential to how you hate yourself, to your whole life story trauma flooding, to retroactive jealousy, to how you never anointed to much, to how itās hard for you to love people and not scrutinize, to how you never really did much on your own and always needed help and attention, to how youāre scared of death, to how youāre scared of abandonment and being alone, to saying if you donāt fix all these at once youāll lose your relationship (I have CPTSD and thereās a push pull and I never had a chance to fix it) and I try to control everything. And I realize it. And itās going on about how adulting is scary. About how I try to work and the. Quit because Iām afraid of opinions. About how I hoard. About how everything in life seems senseless. About how I canāt connect. About how I people please and about how Iām selfish. About how nothing will ever be perfect. Iām not joking when every second of my day is a FLOOD of thoughts and itās been 46 days like this after one thought I tried to sit with spiraled me into a dissociative shutdown. Iāve had bad OCD all my life but as I got older more and more fears piled up. And my trauma is so bad. And so loud. The OCD is so bad. Thereās nothing in life I donāt fear. And everything feels like a threat to me. His past. Him. And how I donāt want anyone else but my brain wonāt stop ripping him apart. How āno oneā will be good enough for my perfectionistic mind. I truly donāt know how the absolute fuck to get over something this severe. And I have horrific self worth issues. Bad. Like zero self worth. boundaries. Anything. I never had skills. And idk how to explain to my family how bad this OCD is. I run to my mom like a scared child. But even she canāt give me comfort because Iām in hell. And I always wanted people to help me fix things and now that Iām trapped in my own mind I canāt. Iām scared. Shitless.
Can someone, anyone please look at my post and help me. I donāt want to ask my parents for an ocd therapist because 1.i donāt even know if I have ocd 2. They are not going to believe me. Please click on my profile, go to posts and read my story all the way through, reply, at least like it so I donāt feel so desperately alone. I feel isolated in my suffering. I know itās long. Iām sorry.
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