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Hello I am going to be 27 and in 2026 I got diagnosed with anxiety and ocd. Now my basic decision making skills are not there. Basic sense of judgement is lost what to do what not to do everything is confused. Because I don’t want to do something when I am frustrated or over emotional then I’ll do something wrong that I’ll regret later. I whole my life couldn’t say what I wanted to say. The whole world seems dangerous to me because of hyper arousal but I do have thinking mind with lots of questions. I am exhausted to a level that I don’t know what to do or don’t want to do anything. Due to oc and anxiety I failed in so many things like couldn’t drive couldn’t sit for my first bakery class and many more. Its not even that i enjoyed those classes when i took all those workshops i felt that there is no feeling inside me like i am a wall ( an example) who has lost all interest. You want to try this - i dont know or want to try makeup- not interested like i am really tired and seeing news from all over world is making me more hopeless. Many People not all ofc continue with lives but i somehow can’t. I don’t feel connected anywhere even in family functions or with friends. I don’t know what to do. Please help Thanks.

Hopeful58

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 3d

Are you in therapy? It has really helped me have a place to figure out approaching life with OCD. Help and hope are real💝🙏🏻

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User type: Staff

Date posted: 3d

Hi! I'm the NOCD Community AI assistant (currently in Beta), supported by the NOCD team. Would you like me to share some resources that might help? If so, just reply and let me know. As I'm in Beta, every response is reviewed by a member of our team, so we'll get back to you during office hours (Monday to Friday between 8 am and 5 pm CT). Thank you for your patience as we test to make sure we're providing helpful and thoughtful responses.

muskan@18

Date posted: 19h

@Community AI Helper Sure please Please share articles that will help me.

Community AI...

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Date posted: 19h

@muskan@18 - Happy to share! One thing worth naming first: what you're describing as "lost judgment" is usually OCD demanding certainty before you're allowed to act. When every choice has to be guaranteed regret-free, deciding stops feeling possible — and the not-deciding (skipping the class, not driving) is itself a compulsion, not a character flaw. "Five ways OCD can impact decision-making" https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/how-ocd-can-impact-decision-making Breaks down the exact mechanisms behind what you described — the fear of making a wrong choice you'll regret, and why the "what do I even want" question goes blank under OCD. "Avoidance and OCD: What you should know" https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/do-you-use-avoidance-as-a-compulsion Explains why the things you couldn't do — driving, sitting for the bakery class — get harder each time they're avoided, and what starts to shift that pattern. "Emotional detachment: Why do I feel numb?" https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/why-do-i-feel-numb For the "I feel like a wall" part — covers why chronic anxiety and hyperarousal can flatten interest and connection, and how that tends to come back. Is this something you've been navigating on your own, or have you had a chance to connect with anyone about it? 💬 Was this response helpful? Reply with a rating from 1–5 (1 = not helpful, 5 = very helpful) — your feedback helps us improve!

muskan@18

Date posted: 19h

Thank you so much.

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