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Hang in there love
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hey! loved ones hold an incredibly close place in our hearts. when we imagine the inevitable, it can often be a mixture of deep sadness or some form of anxiety. perhaps even guilt, if you feel you are responsible in some way. as difficult as it sounds, acceptance is an important part of recovery. try to find and break down any irrational beliefs that may be fueling this cycle, and replace them with rational ones. that may help. also, maybe trying to approach it with a fresh perspective. that although the ones around us may pass one day, we would have lived such fulfilling lives together. that’s kind of what makes life so special. and, to reference a scene from The Amazing Spider-man 2, to take a part of them with you. they’re not gone as long as you take them with you, in a healthy way. best of luck.
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I’ve dealt with that, fearing of losing my family. It did eventually become another topic but at the time it was very distressing. Stay strong you got this ?
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Yeah it definitely comes and goes throughout the years and something I read or saw on the news usually triggers it. But it goes back to even my childhood. I was always convinced my mom was in a car accident if she was only 5 minutes late from picking me up from school. But all I can do is live and cherish each day. Thank you everyone ❤️❤️
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Ugh same. I’m afraid of my mom or dad getting hurt and it really messes up up to the point where I’m basically safety proofing the entire house.
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I know somebody with this and it sounds just awful to go through. Especially as death is a fact of life and no amount of lifestyle changes, contingency planning or avoidance of risk is going to solve it. I should be glad that my own OCD fears aren’t inevitable ones even if they sometimes feel that way. I’m about to start a book called ‘freedom from ocd’ ‘living with uncertainty’. I wonder if it could help you too. The serenity prayer often helps me when things are bad. It takes a lot of courage to accept the things you can’t change ❤️
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Hi! Just got this app. I don't have an OCD diagnosis, but I have some traits, such as a constant obsession over a topic that causes me distress. Like, fears. It's been pedophilia, racism, global warming, death, secrets I've kept, suicide... Basically everything I don't like the idea of. Now, it's the obsession of my dad passing away. I've come to the realization that if my dad died right now - I'd have to move in with my mom, 2,000 miles away from home. Not only would I lose my district scholarship, which would ruin my plans of going to college, but the room at my mom's house would not be big enough to house all of my belongings, so I'd have to get rid of most my stuff. All of my dad's belongings (books, video games, clothes) wouldn't fit either. Not that my mom would be pleased with me showing up with all of my dad's stuff (they're divorced and not on speaking terms.) I try to counteract these thoughts with things like "dad is not under an active threat" or "even if dad died, I'd figure it out." But I'm still plagued with little jabs from my brain about it. Yesterday, my dad expressed his excitement for this year. He's gotten a new job, we're making more money, we're happy - having the last few years be ruined by my mom running away and other fun things along those lines; we deserve to be excited about this new opportunity. But then he said: "I think this year is gonna be our year." As his daughter, I should be thinking "yeah!" or "right on!", but the only thing that came to my mind was in season 4 of Stranger Things when Eddie Munson says "It's my year, '86, baby!" Before getting eaten by demobats in the upside down. This morning, while driving to school, my dad expressed his happiness about the VaultBoy bobblehead on the dash standing up (there's a magnet on the dashboard that helps him stand, and in our old car, it always fell over.) I just said normal things like "yeah, that's cool, I'm glad." But my mind told me "if dad died right now, would you have time to grab the bobblehead to keep to remember him?" which led to "if dad died right now, would you have time to say goodbye?" I try to push the thoughts away because I tell myself I'm gonna jinx it, and thinking about it manifests it. I try journaling and justifying why none of this would happen, but the thing is; if my dad died, I really would have to move in with my mom, wether I like it or not. I would lose my scholarship, wether I like it or not. Another thought process I have is: "I'd never expect it if my dad died, because in all the stories, it happens when you least expect it." It's like I'm playing a game with my brain, just waiting for the timing of circumstances to lead my dad to his death. I think about it - I manifest it, I don't think about it - it's gonna happen because I'm not prepared. How can I cope with this?
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17+ no below that or blocked —- What kind of theme is it, when your bf does something to you physically, but then you get worried that what if your bf did something actually really wrong to you physically, but you know he didn’t do anything wrong but your brain keeps saying that he did, so you have to make sure he didn’t or try to relieve it by proving it to not be true
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so i have ocd but this is the main theme ive been dealing with for the last few months, im obsessed with my mortality and i feel trapped by the reality of death. i dont really believe in an afterlife which makes it scarier, not that i dont wanna my brain literally just wont let me. but i have daily panic attacks thinking about death all day, its honestly the toughest thing ive ever dealt with. does anybody have any tips on how they manage this if they have ever dealt with it? not looking for reassurance, just some non compulsive ways to kind of lessen the grip of the fear.
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