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Story of my life!! Being isolated like this makes my OCD so much worse. The best tips I have are to try and structure your day, have the same wake up/bedtime, 3 meals and snacks, lots of water. Think about the work you have to do, do it, and meditate/pray/yoga/whatever grounds you! Practice self care while keeping yourself busy. Also funny TV shows help the time pass and give your mind something to focus on! The Office literally saved my life when I had a really bad bout of OCD a few years ago
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Good advice all. I am struggling as well. Knowing that we are all together in this battle really helps. ??. Stay strong and good luck.
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Love this so much! Gonna write out a schedule today and start sticking to it. I’ve been meaning to get more into yoga! And love the funny show idea, new girl has really been there for me recently
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@kinzeymarin New girl has been my go to show too! All the good relationships that address so many awkward moments is nice to see
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Hey there! Currently going through the same thing. I know it’s hard, but honestly going on this app and communicating with others who are also struggling with OCD has made it feel MUCH less lonely, at least for me. I’m here if you need to chat! Relationship OCD is something I also struggle with, It’s definitely hard when you have to be away from your significant other for long periods of time.
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I agree!!! Just posting this helped SO MUCH! I hadn’t been on the app in a while but it’s good to be back hahahah
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I’m in the same boat we should talk
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Thank you so much, everyone!! This is all so helpful! And even more helpful to know you guys are going through the same things. Thank you so much for your responses we got this??
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Definitely watch funny shows, it helps! I also have rocd, but we live together and I runinate all day before they come home. Next week their home quarantine starts and I keep going back and forth between happiness and fear of us being together 24/7. Just taking it one day at a time and trying to work on CBT. Hang in there!
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This is literally so relatable, i also ruminate like crazy until my partner gets home when we’re at school together. I totally get what you mean about going back and forth abt being together 24/7, too. You got it!! We’re all here for you and going through the same thing
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Part of my OCD deals with relationships as well. Something that has helped me is starting a new hobby. In preparation for social distancing I've picked up some inexpensive watercolor materials (turns out it's not just for kids). There are lots of free videos on YouTube that can help learn. It has been effect I've at engaging the left side of my brain - I believe some of the unhelpful rationalizing that we try to do with OCD happens in the right side of the brain. Let me know if you try this!
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Do you have a therapist that will do sessions via Skype? Or video chat??
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my therapist isnt avaible for a this week and this weeks been hell, cant focus, i keep getting stuck in my thoughts, if i predict something will happen and it doesnt, my brain gets stuck on what if it did and then my obession keeps going, i keep trying to not pay attention or let go of my thoughts but feels like im in a trance when the thoughts come up and feels hard to snap out of it. also since my ocd is to the point of disability (despite social security keeps denying me) i cant go out much and my fears have been getting more and more dehabilitating and i dont know how to properly fix it, i dont know the right way to respond to these thoughts, i dont know how to let go, its just been super rough and demoralizing...
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my ocd has severely flared up the past 2 weeks while I’ve been on spring break, probably because I’ve had nothing to do and I’ve been bored and boredom is a big trigger for my ocd/anxiety. I usually go every other week for therapy but the past two weeks I feel so lost and confused on my own and feel like I need to go every week but my therapist is booked and can’t get me in until 2 more weeks. My ocd hasn’t been this bad in years, and it’s been so isolating and I feel so alone at home with my thoughts. Every 2-3 days my obsession changes, first it was health ocd after I got really bad allergies I convinced myself I was dying. After that it was harm ocd and I feared I would hurt myself, then it changed to me fearing harming others and I’ve felt scared to be around others even family. I’ve stayed up sobbing because I’ve felt so bad, so terrible. My therapist told me even though she can’t get me in, that if I really need to come in I should call her office and see if she has anything, but I feel like that would be pointless since she quite literally is booked- I’ve been clinging onto the few things I have from my last 2 therapy sessions but feel like it’s not enough. does anyone have any techniques to deal with specifically harm OCD that I can use for the next two weeks?
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I have been really really struggling for the past 3 months and haven’t been able to stop intrusive thoughts/ rumination and confessing. It’s making me question my entire life, my relationship and even who I am as a person. It’s mainly effecting my relationship, I am so afraid that I did something or think things that are definitely hurtful to my partner. I know my brain is contorting my own memory and making things seem so much worse. I also know I haven’t done anything bad, all my things I’ve confessed about have been considered “normal” and I’ve been told that “you’re normal, you didn’t do anything wrong”. But I have felt this intense sense of guilt and shame and it doesn’t go away, I can’t even be a normal person anymore. And I keep searching for “just one more thing I need to tell” and I don’t want to keep searching my brain of every time I’ve said or done anything that I can distort and make seem 1000% worse. I’m isolating myself and just feel like I’m a bad person. I keep confessing my thoughts, feeling, urges, etc. to my partner and while I know I would never do any of these I feel like my ocd is trying to convince me that maybe I would because “why else would you think it or feel guilty” and that makes it so much worse. I really need guidance on how to handle this. What do I do to stop feeling like this and heal?
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