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Going through these things and also having to work is so so hard.
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I felt similar to this last week. My OCD flared up due to other stressful circumstances in my life and it lead to a panic attack. Please go easy on yourself, and take a deep breath. You can get through this. We’re all struggling to resist OCD thoughts.
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Hey! It'll be okay, I have been where you have been (also panicking in the toilet at work). All I can say is what you need to do right now is to get through the next few moments, take 5 minutes to just focus on your breath. Drink some water. Focus on your breath some more. Those simple things will help ground you (obviously won't stop the OCD) but itll get your heart rate down. If you're able- maybe finish work earlier today. Are you in therapy ? Things will get better, I'm sorry you're struggling.
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Lol...I have them all the time. My therapist just tells me to put a pin in it for when I have time to deal with it and usually by the time I've dealt with work and other boring things, I've forgotten abt the crisis.
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I wish I could have forgotten about the thoughts bombarding me. There are moments where I’m distracted but the almost always are remembered.
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I know the feeling. I just try to remember my values and take it 10 mins at a time.
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Okay thank you , I’m trying to keep busy. I feel like my thoughts and mind are trying to detach and go outside of my body. I can’t really describe it. My existential ocd is all about being scared of my own existence which makes NO sense at all. It’s triggering my harm / suicidal ocd bad. Like .... how the heck am I supposed to feel better when my freaking brain is always upset about being alive ??
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We got to stop worrying about our thoughts it’s easier said that done but if we can learn to just let them come and go like any other thought we’d be in a much better place
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Please be careful with self-harm/suicide OCD. Please reach out to suicide prevention resources if you feel the need to.
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I don't know what to do anymore, the fear of psychosis and schizophrenia is so bad in so hyper aware of everything I hear and everything I see, I've always had eye floaters now I convince myself that it's really me hallucinating, I've always had tinnitus but now I'm convinced it means I'm going to go crazy soon, I can't sit in quiet because all I'm focusing on is what I'm hearing, and searching for any sounds I can't distinguish, when there's background noise I get so anxious if I think I heard something but im not sure I did or I'm just anxious, I'm terrified I'll start having delusions and sometimes my brain confuses some sounds for other sounds for example say I'm hyper focused and I breathe and my nose makes a whistling sound my mind interprets it as a scream and I freak out thinking I'm hallucinating only to focus closer and realize it's my own breathing, earlier I was so anxious that I couldnt tell if I had an intrusive thought or heard something, I don't know how to make it stop, I've been through this theme before I just forgot how hard it was I'm having a panic attack please help
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I can’t stop crying. My thoughts are going insane, they’re so fast I can’t keep up. I want to tell everyone around me what’s happening (my family doesn’t even know about my OCD). I can’t seem to resist compulsions today. I’m freaking out. I want to give up. I feel like I’m suffocating in whatever is going on. I feel like I need to go to a hospital. I don’t know how to ask for help. I don’t feel okay. I don’t understand this at all. It feels like I took some random drug. I’m really scared I’m sorry, I am so panicked. It’s embarrassing but I feel so desperate for help right now I feel crazy
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Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
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