I feel like my OCD was almost nonexistent during my 1st and 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Now that I'm in my 3rd I feel like it trying to itch to come back ..... my mind wondering more , spikes of anxiety from thoughts becoming more frequent..... still managing on controlling it better - but I can def feel it starting to creep. Anyone else experiencing something similar?
i’m not sure as i am currently pregnant also but i’m in my first trimester and am experiencing pretty severe flare up of OCD/anxiety! it’s also my first pregnancy 😭 but i am sure it is completely normal since OCD tends to flare up in high stress situations and you’re getting close to giving birth and there is a lot of stress and things to think about with that and room for our OCD brains to worry!
@moonlightgoddesss That's what I was thinking too and possibly rising hormones? I have relationship OCD , and I swear it's starting to crawl back once I hit around 27 weeks !
@Toriiiiiiii i have definitely experienced relationship OCD before! and honestly, it has started to come up for me recently as well and i keep getting the “ick” towards my bf😭like everything he does is cringy feeling and it’s making me question can i do the rest of my life with him and have a kid if im feeling like this lol. but honestly, i think its normal especially during pregnancy… we’re not always gonna feel 100% affectionate and loving and adore our partner 24/7. our bodies and minds are going through a lot right now and we are worried about many things for the future. sometimes they might annoy us or we might find ourselves criticizing them especially if we have OCD. but that doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t love them at all anymore. love is a choice anyways. but if you have been through this before you know what to expect and we can identify it for what it is. but there’s always that “what if it isn’t OCD and this is how i actually feel…..” that in itself is OCD though !!
Pregnancy is a while animal in its own and our hormones on top of that. It's a lot for a woman to go through. I had postpartum depression the mental works. Best thing for advice is definitely have or get mental support as well because it's important for you and your baby. Don't be afraid of people helping you out accepting help is a blessing for you as well. When I had my first child I freaked out when people came up to her etc and had a panic attack because they wanted to touch her etc my mom had wounded off and boy did I freak out people are curious about kids but I had some crazy experiences. I had no clue why I just freaked now ik why but like I said if you start feeling like things are going to get bad definitely have support
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Pregnancy is totally tough but amazing
@Karb101 It's crazy I've been going to therapy here now for a little over a year . Around the time I became pregnant up until 26/27 weeks my anxiety has been so low and ocd thoughts practically non existent. I was almost thinking I must have had a hormone imbalance previously that caused my ocd ?? But now it is starting to return..... sigh
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