- Date posted
- Yesterday
Venting/ pls give me some encouragement
If ur here just to give some encouragement dw ab reading this Im just venting š. If you read my billions of posts you can see Iām having a really hard time. Iām analyzing memories, possible false memories, weird childhood exploration, uncomfortable thing that happened in 7th grade that feels like undeniable proof, the beginning stages of SOOCD, my crushes in the past to see if they were real or if I liked them enough, false attractions (which are constant now), Iām triggered by everything, Iām checking for attraction, Iām just miserable. I cant even enjoy old movies or cartoons that used to bring me comfort because I have thoughts like āDid I find this character attractive? I probably didnāt if I canāt remember. I used to always want the boy and girl to be together, but I cant remember if I liked the boy, It must be denial. I probably liked the girl.ā I canāt remember shit and my brain keeps filling in the blanks but idk if itās real. Im worried that this isnāt even OCD because the thoughts arenāt consuming me itās just pure rumination and other compulsions. Is that still OCD? I still get random thoughts like when Iām watching something random on social media. I could be calm, not triggered by anything, and get a thought like āIf she was naked youād be aroused, rmbr that childhood exploration, youāve been aroused to XYZ so you probably would be right nowā and then I start to ruminate. Idk if thatās rumination or intrusive thoughts. But I usually just ruminate all the time š§āāļøas soon as I wake up and when I go to bed. I get like images and flash backs of the āproofā idk if that counts as intrusive thoughts. I feel so terrible and completely numb to everything. Whatās eating me alive right now is my years of numbness. Was that OCD, depression, or me just being in denial? I feel like thereās too much proof at this point. I really have suffered a lot with my mental health over the years so it could possibly just be that my brain is just in shock mode but I donāt know why itās been so long. I havenāt seen anyone on this app say all their libido and attraction went away for YEARS. But then again I was not diagnosed for 5 years and just completely shut down. I was still numb when I started dating my boyfriend and I was so afraid that it would ruin the genuine feelings and attraction I started having for him before we started dating. I was feeling happier so maybe thatās why I started to feel those good feelings and emotions again. I swear to whoever reads this I DID feel attraction, excitement, all the things for him š. Him confessing to me made me anxious and scared bc my numbness makes me feel like a rock and I wasnāt sure I wanted to peruse a relationship. But I was like no, I felt those feelings after YEARS, he makes me feel happy and I have a crush, I wonāt let fear take this away from me. I was doing good, my checking compulsions were annoying, but I was doing pretty good. The fear was going away, I was checking less and started feeling the full attraction again, I was in the moment when we hung out, dates were amazing, but then the thoughts and ruminating literally fucked it all up. When I was laying down in bed one night I thought āWhat if my numbness makes me stop liking him.ā It automatically made me anxious and I was stuck ruminating about it all day. Then it just progressively got worse and now Iām stuck dealing w full on SOOCD again š. I feel like a rock towards my man now. He sent me a picture and I felt nothing. But then I think āyou were numb anyways you probably never liked him.ā I donāt even know if my feelings for him a couple months ago were even real bc of how much I ruminate. I was so sure of myself a couple months ago but not anymore. How do I go from āOmg his smile is so nice, I want him to kiss me so bad, his laugh is so cute, he looks so good.ā to NOTHINGGGGGG. Prior to the big flare up I rmbr going to a festival with my sister and thinking another guy was cute bc he looked like my man (I swear he was waking up my emotions again) and I started to worry and freak out ab finding another man attractive. Why is my brain so confusing š? I want to hangout with him but Iām also scared to at the same time bc Iām afraid of feeling nothing and being triggered by it and ruminating, checking, analyzing. I feel like iām shutting down again. Thatās whatās been happening since high school. If my mental health and OCD make me feel like shit, my brain shuts everything down, and I do nothing. I want to do nothing and isolate because itās safe, itās not triggering, and it doesnāt leave me exhausted. Ever since I graduated high school I have been a rock. I have no goals, wants, motivation, NOTHING. I had to drop out for a bit bc when the lcd calmed down a bit, the depression just TOOK OVER. I feel like thereās never going to be an end to this. If this isnāt OCD then idk what to do.