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In my experience, OCD varies from person to person (I'm just another OCD sufferer, I'm no doctor). Some people have contamination, some something else, but generally what I'd suggest is if you think you may have undiagnosed OCD or something else, I'd say scheduling an appointment with the general doctor is a good way to start figuring out, since they'll have all the contacts you'll need and they can help with documents and setting up things (I had to meet with a psychiatrist over Skype). So yeah I'd just work on setting up an appointment at the nearest convenience with the doctor's if you can, then they'll look into it and help you out a fair bit more than I could!
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Thanks! I am definitely going to be doing that soon.
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I can relate to this, but it's always with kittens. That somehow, my direct actions will result in a newborn kitten getting violently mutalated. I ALWAYS cry and grieve over the poor baby. The guilt is heavy. I'm sure it's hard with your loved ones in your imagry too The only way I've come back from those thoughts is through conversation. I just really need people around me to confirm how convoluted it is. But most importantly- my therapist!!
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Thank you :)
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Are you interested in speaking with a professional?
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I am, eventually. I was about to start with a therapist at my college however my college was closed due to the virus. It’s actually a good thing though, i’ve started journaling in the meantime to order my thoughts and figure out what my tendencies are in relation to OCD.
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@wannabeokay So you're taking care of yourself despite the barriers from the virus *high five*
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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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This is my first post, so I apologize if the formatting is weird. I experience existential ocd I always struggled as a kid but learned more and more how to manage with school and such forcing me to learn how, now I experience a lot of overwhelming intrusions from when I wake up to when I go to bed (simply because I live and work in the same place it gets cabin feverish) but now more often going out maybe it’s just paranoia, I walk into a place and each person comes with a story immediately, every piece of trash on the floor, every piece of produce, each isle is a brand new way I could get into a life altering situation. I’ve managed well enough but sometimes I just completely lose my original objective and just leave or I’ll wanna leave my house but everything that goes with it and that could happen pops up and I just won’t go. It’s started to become avoidant behavior. Any help or similar stories? I just feel like I’m going crazy but my thoughts are so scattered and immediate it’s hard to break the habit and not spin a story. Thank yall!
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Does anyone experience ocd really bad with posts they see online? I just saw a post just now about someone who said they’ve come to terms with dying in their early twenties, and it popped up on my Instagram for you page and i panicked. I’m 20 myself and posts like this genuinely scare me because I always think “It’s a sign or there is a reason it’s popping up on my page.” Has anyone dealt with this before or had an instance like this? Especially with those posts that say if you don’t share or like it something bad will happen, it genuinely freaks me out and I love instagram.
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