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Yes, Mine switches almost every 10 minutes. If not less time.
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That is normal! 1. OCD wants to torture you. That is its one goal. So, if it schemes up a new thing to torture you with, it WILL. So in that way new obsessions can come about. 2. Sometimes old obsessions just drop off and fade away, and that's a good thing! Don't worry about that, it's less burden on you. Now usually it will replace the old obsessions with something new, but a young obsession is the most vulnerable! If you can do your erp to pounce on a newly forming obsession, you can kill it before it matures and becomes a bigger problem! So, expect that ocd WILL change because it wants to invent new ways to torture you. What can you do about this? You Have the power! Practice erp and anything else (mindfulness, meditation,etc) that actually fights OCD. Then, when a new obsession emerges, you with your fine tuned erp skills can jump in and slash the newest tentacle that your ocd has spawned and as such reduce your obsession count.
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- 5y ago
I'm so sorry you're going through that:( I don't know how to help since I can't be there for you in person but if I could be I would be there with cookies in a flash!! If you feel like you have nothing to lose, then surely it would hurt to call the suicide helpline! At least try it instead of laying in bed, just to hear someone's voice! I believe in you friend and I am sending all kinds of positive thoughts your way :) Soemthing that also helps me when I feel my lowest is chibird, try looking up chibird on Google and look at all the sweet drawings of animals that are cheering you on :)
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Rachel does rock! Including everyone else here on this app if they just?? in themselves! I want to buy chibird stickers now and put them everywhere in my house! Whenever I am having trouble or feel stuck I remember the voices or stories of people on this app being brave, scared, or just "being there" for other strangers. I imagine your voices in my head although I've never met anyone on this app in person, but it gives me strength to move on. That we are all holding onto the same common thread. I don't get to have this type of support anywhere else that I am aware of. At this point in my life, I've got nothing left to lose (yes, I just quoted from a U2 song) so at some point we all need to take a brave step forward. After all, "life is just a classroom" (yes, a Taylor Swift lyric); we get to live our lives the way we want to.
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Mine has changed over 5-6 strong themes in the last month changes by the day between them
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Thank u everyone ❤️❤️
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- Therapist
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- 5y ago
Dear @lyndal, please read the email sent to you from NOCD at any mention of self harm or suicide thoughts, actions. The email will provide referral support. Please also reach out to your support persons, dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room if you have any thoughts of self harm or suicide. NOCD cares about your safety.
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@rachelrocks7 thank you for responding, I honestly feel suicidal at this point cause I can’t control my emotions anymore and I I’m just laying bed watching life pass me by, I’m sick of everything
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Surely it would NOT hurt to call the suicide helpline, excuse my typo
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Yes. Some can be Added to my main ones and leave but main ones always there. I get obsesses on body parts. God. Death. Aging
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You know when you have weird thoughts about a coworker and because you have OCD these thoughts really stick and you panic and feel sick? Yeah that’s me and I’ve struggled with having intrusive thoughts about my coworker and now he just got in a relationship with my coworker and my intrusive thoughts are WORSE I thought they would be better? And initially they were because I was relieved that he couldn’t be weird with me now because he has a girlfriend. But this is the thought that i cannot get over- my OCD is like you’re jealous that he doesn’t like you and he’s not with you instead and i envy this girl he is with. Why the fuck am I having these thoughts while I’m in a healthy relationship and love my boyfriend to DEATH- like I know he is my forever. I couldn’t look at him today because I’ve been obsessing over this thought I’ve had in work and now I have to find a new job I hope no one will judge me for these thoughts or maybe someone has had this weird thought before? :(
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I’ve just recently found out that Relationship OCD is a thing. I feel like I relate but it also feels like relationship trauma. I’m in a fairly new relationship and I keep telling myself that things are going great, we are good, he cares for me, but does he? There’s this unbelievable amount of self doubt that sits in me because of what my ex did to me many months ago. I kept getting told that I do too much, i smother, need constant reassurance, then got told that I don’t care enough, the things I do aren’t enough and that I’m not enough. I feel like I am waiting for the day that I get broken up with because of these “problems” just so I can be proven right at the fact that I should be considered unlovable. I go through this every month around my period because I get so emotional and nervous that I stress over the idea that he doesn’t like me. How does someone continue a relationship with Relationship OCD? How do I explain it?
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Hi, I’m new here!! I’m praying I don’t get judged for this. But, back in late May of 2022 ( literally right before I graduated high school), I added this one random girl from my school on Snapchat. She posted something about a graduation party , so I swiped up on her story basically saying how I can’t believe we’re almost graduated. She replied and we had a really short and simple conversation. The next day ( i believe) , we started talking a lot , and I just so happened to see her at the highschool when we were grabbing our graduation outfits and doing the rehearsal. When I saw her irl, I kinda got turned off ( I heard she was kinda crazy) , and on top of that , she was a little ugly irl. I remember seeing her Snapchat bio , and she was close friends with my female cousin ( a year younger than me) , who I happened to experiment sexually with when I was 10-11 years old. I remember going to work later that day and having sort of a lightbulb flick thought ( it wasn’t a good thought though) , what if my cousin told her about what happened when we were younger? So I started to kind of panic and immediately distanced myself from that girl. I also experimented sexually with one of my female friends when I was 10-11 , and from that day onwards, I’ve been pretty much living in paranoia and a little bit of guilt about someone finding out and my life being ruined . On top of that, It’s gotten worse to now sometimes I wonder if a girl I added off of quick add ( Snapchat) is underage even if they told me they were 18+ or had 18 and above in their bio, and I get so much guilt and anxiety about that. I even had a quick thought last February on what if I did something inappropriate with my younger cousin when I was 15-16 but I just can’t exactly remember when it happened , and it still eats me alive when I think about it, because I don’t know if it happened or not. I’m sorry for the long vent, I just wish I felt normal again. No matter how much I try to do things that old me used to do, life always feels “ off”. I always kept the top part about when I was younger a secret up until early (ish ) 2024, then I vented to one of my best friends and he told me that that’s a normal thing to do at a young age. Since then, I have told multiple friends and they all say they did similar stuff, but my brain just can’t accept that. Please help me, I quite literally overthink everything nowadays. 2021 was the last full year that I felt normal ( coincidentally, the best year of my life so far) . It’s not just about sexual related things either, sometimes I’ll wonder if I messed up something at work or hit a car while driving/hit someone and drove off. I just wanna live my life how I was supposed to live it after highschool ( carefree and happy) before whatever it is ( I think it’s ocd) hit me unexpectedly. Thanks to anyone who read this , I just needed to pour it out regardless of how negative I felt typing this, I hope someone can relate , because I feel so alone in my head at times.
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