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OCD is horrible...
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Can you describe a situation where this has happened? I have dealt with it, but just want to see if it’s similar.
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My ocd is triggered due to social anxiety. So this happens at work, social gatherings etc where I cannot make proper eye contact and due to the anxiety I end up making eye contact in wrong places: privates/groin/breast. Even though I’m happily married with kids. Esp if I feel judged at work or in social gatherings it gets triggered more. Are you experiencing something similar?
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I will have to remind myself in social settings to maintain better eye contact. It will even happen with people I know and trust - I break away from maintaining eye contact too quickly and I’m not sure what to do about that at this point. Reminding myself to improve eye contact isn’t doing much, but it’s a start.
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Yes it happens to me with people I know as well. People at work have started to notice and have been very judgemental to say the least. Most times I also break away from eye contact and also don’t like to engage much with people at work. However it is easier said than done. This has caused me sooo much anxiety, shame, depression that I really need to find the right therapist with ERP for this subtype of OCD. The podcast called OCD stories has been very helpful and educational. The host also talks about staring OCD which is exactly what I’m going through.
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The other day I had an intrusive thought while it was raining that my windows were leaking in my room when it was raining hard in my town. I went into my room and just kept looking at my windows to make sure nothing was leaking. Even though it wasn’t leaking at all, I kept checking, staring to make sure it wasn’t wet. That’s the kind of staring at things I deal with. I do have hard times with eye contact. Not necessarily with the same things you do, but I feel your pain when it comes to staring OCD a little bit.
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I have just recently realized that I had SO OCD. This began whenever I was watching porn and had an intrusive thought about the guy in the porn. It was more minor at first, it was a majority of what I was thinking about throughout the day but it didn’t feel as distressing at first. If I had downtime to think about it, it would affect me but if I was just going about my day I wouldn’t notice it. I began going through the compulsions of checking myself. This lasted for a while until another obsession occurred. Then it seemed as if my SO OCD took a step back. I would have flare ups but they would seem to pass. Recently, I had a very bad night of constant compulsions and looking at pictures and imagining things to check myself. After that night it was very distressing, it affected me to the point where people around me began to notice and ask me if I was okay. One of the big reasons I was so upset was my girlfriend, we have been together for over 3 years and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I was thinking “Oh my god, if I am gay I can never be with her.” I would sit and cry about it thinking I would lose her and that might life would change because I was gay. I finally had enough and talked to her and my parents. We did some research and I was so shocked to find out that I had a form of OCD, it was like a weight being lifted off my shoulders just knowing that other people have been where I am and that I’m not gay. However, I may have naively expected the compulsions and obsessive thoughts to go away now that I knew I had an actual problem. But I found that the compulsions and thoughts were still there and I was going to put some effort into getting better. I have researched and now know what to do when experiencing intrusive thoughts, yet I still have been performing the compulsions which is just feeding into the OCD. I find myself having intrusive thoughts and then start performing compulsions to see if they are true. What really bothers me is when I have an intrusive thought that tells me that I do like something. But when I think about it I have no desire to pursue those thoughts. However when I feed into the compulsions they just seem to feed into each other. It is like my OCD ignores all the things that I know I like and goes straight to panic mode. I am also trying to do ERP and am going to start doing my best to get better. Does anyone have any tips for not performing the compulsions no matter how anxious you are feeling and no matter how real the intrusive thoughts seem to feel?
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This my first post and frankly I am so scared. I was diagnosed with OCD as my first diagnosis, at only 10 years old. Ever since, my OCD has COMPLETELY overtaken my mind and actions. Im scared that if I ever get my OCD figured out and under control, I may loose a part of myself, because its so familiar to me and all Ive ever known. As someone who is ready to tackle their extreme OCD thinking, where should I start? I am open to any/all suggestions. PLEASE leave any advice that you recommend and that has benefited you in your own journey!!!! Thanks!
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Hi everyone, I suffer from a really embarrassing form of ocd and it’s one of the worst ones-staring ocd. I quit my job last year because of it and I’m going back to work next week and I need some tips as my job is very customer forward. I have really bad anxiety around people wearing anything that shows their stomach or cleavage. My ocd always fears I’m going to look at the wrong places and it even goes to their movements randomly and makes me look like a weirdo because my eye darts to their hands. It’s gotten so bad it’s become a habit and now my eye instantly goes to those areas. It’s very frustrating and it’s ruining my social life. Please no judgement, I know it’s a weird form and I wish I never developed it. Any help is appreciated.
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