ocd with no trigger

does anyone else's ocd seem to come just...from nowhere? oftentimes i can't identify the trigger for my ocd, and sometimes i can't even figure out what exactly im having ocd about. ill go down the list of my fears, what my ocd targets, and find nothing, but my mind still feels like it's racing, i still feel unstable and anxious and full of dread and like im losing my mind and i dont know if this is a normal ocd thing or something else.

Taovryou

Date posted: 10w

Yes this happens to me as well but I just understand it as just feeling anxious because of the constant stress OCD puts me under. There’s not always a trigger I can pinpoint.

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 10w

Yes! I get songs stuck in my head (as we all do) but they will come out of nowhere and play on a loop for days! They’re so “loud” I can’t focus on anything and I’m left feeling exhausted! Haven’t been able to identify what triggers it. Hang in there! 🙏

aaliyahr7

Date posted: 10w

@AllisonWonderland literally!!!! and most of them come from clips on tiktok. like why is my brain latching onto this random section of a song…

Kevin V

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 10w

For me, when a song gets stuck in my head, it's usually just a 10 second clip of it, and it's not super loud, but it loops constantly for a while, often 10+ minutes if I keep focusing on it.

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 10w

@aaliyahr7 For me it’s almost always kids songs from my toddler’s shows 😅

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 10w

@Kevin V I’m currently stuck in one of my loops and I’m going on 30+ hours straight. I’m trying so hard to tune it out but I’m getting worn down 😅 And I can’t figure out if the song loop is the obsession or if it’s a compulsion (in response to what obsession? No clue). Would be nice if I knew what I was dealing with so I could take the appropriate steps, but that’s the uncertainty we have to live with 😂

ohmaddyy

Date posted: 10h

@AllisonRojas How did you get over it?

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 10h

@ohmaddyy I started purposely singing the song in my head, first singing it as fast as possible and then as slow as possible. That kind of broke the loop, then any time it tried to pop back up I would use a response prevention message of “it’s possible this song will loop forever and I’ll never have peace again. I’m choosing to accept that and move on.”

ohmaddyy

Date posted: 10h

@AllisonRojas So you don’t have it nomore

ohmaddyy

Date posted: 10h

@AllisonRojas How long did it take for you to accept it ? I’m trying my best in its hard

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 9h

@ohmaddyy Music still loops through my head from time to time, but it happens less often and it’s much less intense. More like a radio playing softly in the background. It didn’t resolve overnight but with consistency it got better pretty quickly

ohmaddyy

Date posted: 9h

@AllisonRojas Okay I’m gonna try my best

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 9h

@ohmaddyy You got this! I know right now it doesn’t feel like it will ever get better but it can. Hang in there and feel free to reach back out if you need to talk 🩷

ohmaddyy

Date posted: 9h

@AllisonRojas Did the songs ever switch in your head to different songs?

AllisonRojas

Date posted: 8h

@ohmaddyy Oh yeah! Sometimes it’s one song playing on repeat and sometimes the songs switch out but the loop keeps going. And sometimes it’s not even music! I also get words or phrases looping too

MilOCDeez

Date posted: 10w

You trying to identify the trigger is also the ocd mechanism. Your brains seeking a certainty. Reply to the why am I being randomly triggered with “I don’t know” over and over until it shuts up

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