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I am so sorry you feel this way. I had this months ago before treatments when my ocd was very bad :( are you going to a therapist ? Please don’t believe your thoughts?we are with you
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Thank you, I appreciate that. And no, but I think I might have to. Been trying to beat it myself with sheer willpower, but I don't think that's enough.
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What kind of treatments were the most helpful?
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@Fuckheadfuckface Therapy with exposure and I am on 200 mg of Zoloft ! I hope you will feel ok soon
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I wish I could sleep long hours. I get a solid three at night then I wake up around 3 more times before just getting up for the day.
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I absolutely understand your predicament. I was too the point where I felt that sleeping WAS living and being awake was the lack of living. I was also to the point where I couldn’t leave my house because of the anxiety from my spikes. I couldn’t drive by myself, and going into public anywhere by myself was horrible. I had to walk with my head down while squinting at the same time as to block out people from my view. I cried all the time, and of course slept and slept.
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Fuck dude, I feel this. My anxiety, depression, and ocd all work together to tear my self down. Not at rock bottom anymore, and I hope you're doing better now.
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I am doing better thanks. I hope you continue on your journey and find mental wellness. I don’t believe OCD can trap us all forever. I think this because I can remember a time long ago when OCD was just three letters to me and meant nothing..at one time us OCD sufferers were standing on solid ground and mentally wholesome..then at some point we somehow started digging that solid ground with a shovel and kept making s bigger and bigger hole. So in that same sense it stands to reason that if we can find a so called missing link and the final pieces of the OCD puzzle we can then start shoveling all that dirt back in that hole and be standing once again on solid unearthed ground...I feel if we can all work together we can find enlightenment.
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Thank you for sharing. Came across this post by chance. I like your perspective on overcoming OCD.
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Of course! We ARE the answer! Good luck FHFF and JCM.
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Currently what I am going through besides work I am in bed I can’t seem to find any motivation anymore
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Same here, i'm doing the bare minumum functioning. I work, and I live a very monotonous life. It's so freaking hard to get out of bed and do anything proactive/productive.
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@Fuckheadfuckface Same here. I work, eat, sleep, and repeat. I believe there is a T-shirt out there with the same slogan. My couch is an evil place to be. Once I crash on it, good chance I'll be passed out on it.
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Done the sleeping thing forever.
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The only time my head is quiet. But it's just a stop-gap, I want to use my time more purposefully but my f ing head is so crowded I do nothing.
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Absolutely JCM thank you very much.
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Thank you, I appreciate the thoughtful response. Reading it just felt right, and i'm glad to hear this from people who can empathize. All supporting eachother to climb out of our pits.
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Yes, I literally want nothing more than to just sleep the rest of my life away. If this is how I'm going to live, I dont want to.
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My parents also know the extent of my obsessions. I’ve been researching tirelessly on my own time to figure out if all the subtypes of OCD have a common interest or common link. I was thinking if we can figure out what it is then we can learn how to better treat it.
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Me all the time I sometimes want to sleep all day
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If we met in person, here is my hand ✋. Don't let this weigh you down. I have been in your position before. This feeling won't last forever. Life is strange that way and precious. Get help. We only have one life, we get to live it the way we want.
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Twyler guy I’m with JCM on this one. I have been in your shoes as well. Definitely seek out help. We are also all your friends and here if you ever need advice.
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I'm currently in therapy but cant get a psychiatrist appointment until Jan 22nd...
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My parents also know the extent of my thoughts
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I'm wondering if this is a common OCD experience: does anyone else find that when you have idle time, your mind just spirals into endless rumination on negative "what ifs" & intrusive thoughts? It's been happening to me for the past three years, which coincides with starting a really high-stress job. Weekends used to be my time to relax, but now I dread weekends...I only feel relief when I'm sleeping because it's the only time my mind seems to quiet down. It's honestly so depressing to lose that enjoyment. Does anyone else relate to this, and if so, what helps you cope?
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I'm really frustrated right now because once again I feel like I can't keep up with my own brain and I just can't keep doing this. I'm so tired of doing this. My head is always going and going and going and I just want to unplug it. It makes me so stressed. It's like I have someone else in my head who won't shut up and is always pointing everything I do out. Like I'm walking on eggshells around myself so I don't trigger these thoughts. But if I walk on egg shells then it just goes on about something else and I feel like I'm going crazy.. I feel so bad because it makes me so snappy. I want to bash my head in because I'm so over it. The only thing I know that helps is anxiety meds, because I had one one time and it actually really helped me (it didn't even do it's job! Because of how bad my anxiety is!! I'm just so desperate at this point for relief) But the last time I brought up going on meds for anxiety with my mom she said I'll get addicted, like my dad, or my grandma, or whoever else in my family because everyone in my family is addicted to SOMETHING. I don't see the issue in trying though. I feel like I'm someone who could really benefit from anxiety meds. I don't talk about my feelings often BECAUSE of anxiety, so it seems like I'm just trying to go on meds for no reason. But it's like..my body hurts. All the time. And my brain never stops. My brain is so messed up. I feel like I could do so much more if I wasn't like this. It's never going away, I've tried and I've tried and I'm still a mess. I just want it to stop. I'm not asking for much. I just want the fear to stop and the intrusive thoughts to stop and the racing thoughts and the feelings of doom and the nervousness and and I actually want to feel okay in my own skin for fucking once. I've tried everything nothing works im losing patience and I'm losing hope. I feel like there's something wrong with me. I feel like my brain is broken and that makes me sad to be honest. I feel like everyone around me can work. Why can't my stupid brain work???? I try so hard. I try so hard all the time. And it still doesn't do what it needs to do. I hate myself so much.
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So over all of this. Why do periods have to make everything so much worse. I keep thinking that I can get over an intrusive thought and then the next one comes in. My brain tries to make be obsess over something that i've already obsessed about and moved on from. Wish this could be over.
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