Jailyn.h1

Date posted: Yesterday

Holidays season

So idk if it’s normal somedays im feeling the holiday spirit and some days i don’t I’ll keep it short and simple. I’ve been doing very well and i have my days where im worried about my low bp. Plus im taking bp meds apparently to calm the palpitations. So it’s probably the main reason why i feel it down but i feel discouraged that the bp is not getting better. That’s why i cant break the cycle of not checking sometimes case i want to make sure its not too low. Sometimes I just dont care and dont check at all and just have those days of laying in my bed. I think we all have those days. But I see progress i see healing i see life coming back to me. Ever since I was diagnosed with OCD it’s hard for me to somewhat get into the holiday spirit but I want to feel that feeling again so I’m looking forward to healing and seeing the positive side of me again 💜

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

I know it’s hard not to check, but you can take your medication regularly and practice delaying your checking or response, even if just a little. For example: Even for three hours, half a day, or a full day—that’s good progress. Or designate one day where you only do checking. Avoid mental compulsions like telling yourself, “I’m fine, nothing will happen, don’t reassure yourself.” The disappearance of OCD doesn’t mean recovery. Recovery means the thoughts stay, but they lose their power—meaning you won’t care about them, and they become trivial. Sometimes the disappearance of OCD is just a trick, making you feel better temporarily before it comes back suddenly—so be aware. I wish you continued progress and much success, beautiful💋💅.

Jailyn.h1

Date posted: Yesterday

@Anonymous Wow thank you I truly appreciate it lovely 🩷🩷🩷

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

Thank you, I appreciate that. I hope it was helpful, and I wish you all the best❣.

Jailyn.h1

Date posted: Yesterday

@Anonymous It was very helpful thank you so much and I wish the same thing for you💖

Anonymous

Date posted: Yesterday

@Jailyn.h1 No, thank you, it’s my duty. Take your medication on time and take care of your nutrition so your blood pressure doesn’t drop. I know about OCD and health anxiety, but the treatment is simple if you just prevent the compulsive response. Also, be careful with mental compulsions because they are not obvious like behavioral ones. Have you been to a psychiatrist?

Jailyn.h1

Date posted: Yesterday

@Anonymous That sounds good thank you so much for your advice and no I have not been to one ☺️ I do take sertraline 25mg for my panic and ocd and for bp I take Bisoprolol 5mg

Jailyn.h1

Date posted: Yesterday

@Anonymous Also what do you mean by taking care of your nutrition to help bp?

Anonymous

Date posted: 13h

@Jailyn.h1 You mean things like eating your meals regularly, choosing healthier foods that support your blood pressure, avoiding stress, and staying away from unhealthy foods you don’t really need.

Anonymous

Date posted: 13h

@Jailyn.h1 Really? Since I don’t take that medication myself, I’ve only heard that it can have some side effects. But it’s okay — you’re staying positive through it, and that’s what matters. I wish you all the best.

Jailyn.h1

Date posted: 13h

@Anonymous Absolutely I love to eat yes lol tons of food and also eat three meals a day. For example I eat a solid breakfast I never miss. A good lunch sometimes and for dinner I eat well as well. Which helps me stay stagnant. Sometimes I forget.

Jailyn.h1

Date posted: 13h

@Anonymous Yeah as of the moment my cardiologist will see if my bp stay too low he’ll change it so it won’t be that low. Thank you for your help it means a lot and I wish you all the best as well!

Anonymous

Date posted: 12h

@Jailyn.h1 ❣❣❣

nae nae

Date posted: 23w

Thought I'd been doing better

I am (or was)! Yesterday, I started to get really anxious for unknown reasons, and then (just my luck) I got triggered by something online 😭 It's always so... humbling. I'm trying to sit with the intrusive thoughts at this moment, but I'm just feeling really icky and a bit down. With OCD, it's bound to happen at some point, I guess. Even without OCD, you're going to have good and bad days. It's just how life is 🥲 I'm just afraid of being slingshot back to how I felt a few months ago, which I know realistically WON'T happen, but my brain doesn't want me to think logically lol. I'm also afraid that the repetitive nature of OCD intrusive thoughts will somehow alter who I am as a person, making my fears a reality? It's weird. Classic OCD, but it still makes me anxious! I have been doing better not engaging with these thoughts, but occasionally, I'll accidentally argue back. It doesn't help because then my brain says, "You're just in denial, and you're actually a bad person!" And whenever I say anything in opposition of something against my morals, it feels performative or fake for some reason 🫠 I'm just venting at this point, I'm sorry! Anyway, if anyone reads this, I hope you're doing okay, and if not, I hope things look up soon. Take care of yourselves, stay hydrated, and rest well!

ihavehope8937

Date posted: 21w

I have hope

Today I had a big learning moment. My ocd had been getting better these past few weeks and things have been looking up but today i was struggling. I stayed in bed all day super bored and my ocd flared up really bad. Looking back at my day now i feel bad how I handled certain situations.. im just going to look at it as a learning moment and handle bad days differently. Everyday can't be great, I have lots of things im looking forwards to and i know tomorrow will be better. Recovery isn't a straight line

alan87

Date posted: 20w

The ebbs and flow of OCD

The past month or so I have been in and out of OCD spirals. I’ll have a couple days of spiraling and then a couple days of being better. Then a couple days spiraling and then a couple days doing better. Today is one of those days where I can feel the anxiety under the surface and where I am monitoring it to see/keep it in check. Yesterday I was good, I had good dialogue in my mind, I was content with making mistakes in the past, but being a better human and person these days going forward. I can feel the ebb and flow of it today where the anxiety spikes, my internal dialogue say “am I going to freak out”, “confess this”, “say that”, “don’t say that”, “I’m a bad person”, “I’m a good person that is learning and growing every day” etc etc. Then the anxiety comes down, my mind feels clearer, less noisy and less physical feeling, and I feel like I don’t care about the OCD and me as much. Just been feeling the ebbs and flows of OCD over the course of months and days, and even within the day itself.

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