199903
- Date posted
- 4y ago
SolomonSolomon
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Hello. I am sorry you are going through this chronic condition. This may or may not be helpful, but usually when it comes to chronic conditions there is an underlying deep seated emotion behind it, like repressed emotions, fear and anger. That may be too much to go into atm, so right now I wouldnt cal off work, cause thatl just lead to more worrying. Instead do go but before try anything that you know will put you in a high vibrational state, like music, meditation, binaural beats etc. Ive had a chronic condition (tms) for a long time and i only recently stopped identifying myself with it. So instead i refer to it as “the pain” instead of “my pain.” I believe in you, I know you will get better. Its just a mater of your perception. Hope this helps.
konijntjekonijntje
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Sorry, but chronic health conditions are caused by physical issues with the body; they are not caused by repressed emotions. Granted, anxiety can certainly cause physical symptoms, as can other mental health conditions, but aside from that, chronic illnesses have a physical basis that cannot be corrected by resolving some sort of deep emotional state. Lab results, the results of genetic testing, family history, other lab tests, and environmental factors, among others, are what indicate that an individual has a chronic illness. From that point of diagnosis, you then are prescribed drugs, therapies, and other treatments to manage your health and chronic illness. Yes, having a good mindset certainly helps in managing chronic illnesses; I will never argue about point. But repressed emotions are not the cause of chronic illnesses.
199903199903
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Externalising the pain as a great way to seperate me from my condition, thank you! I really like that idea
ButterflyStarButterflyStar
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Hey! I am sorry your ocd latches on to that. Have you started therapy with an OCD therapist? Or at least a therapist that has worked with OCD before? Relax ❤️ Your digestive condition isn't your fault. And the OCD is not your fault either. Perhaps you could practise a different response that usual by using compassion. What would you advise someone else who posed the same question to you? Personally, I would advise them, it's not your fault at all that you can't go into work due to your condition. Rest today. I'm sure you could get a doctors note to explain to your boss this condition you have and therefore you will require days off when it flares up. Most of all, you deserve the help of treatment working with your therapist who will take you through the recovery steps suited to your ocd❤️ ?
199903199903
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Thank you so much for your sweet reply. Yes I’ve just started ERP with a therapist! You’re right, self compassion is important. I often get stuck in worrying that the employer is going to struggle and forget to focus on how I feel. I ended up calling in sick and my boss says we need to talk. I’m really afraid I’m going to lose my job.. Your reply is so kind, it really helped me to feel a lot better. Thank you!
Fox-y 🦊Fox-y 🦊
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Just my personal experience : I started to be daily stomach sick when my OCD exploded and took me off work. The last days and since I started therapy (4 weeks ago), I am way less sick. I believed it was somatic OCD and anxiety combined. I am not saying it is the case for you but don’t forget than anxiety and OCD can give pretty strong physicals symptoms
199903199903
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I’m really glad to hear your physical symptoms are improving! For me personally this is a condition I was born with and have had for 20 years, but anxiety defintely contributes to it flaring up!
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Anonymous
- Date posted
- 9w ago
URGENT! Should I find a different job?
Hello! I am really looking for some advice. I have been struggling with OCD for a few years now and it drastically affects my daily life. I am going to give a quick run through of my OCD, and then the current situation I am in now. So for almost 2 years now my most prominent themes of OCD have been getting sick with the stomach bug (emetaphobia) and watching someone die/ having to see large amount of blood or do CPR on someone (I just graduated nursing school). Last year I stopped eating out, wouldn’t touch any of my food with my hands, would wash my hands until they bleed every day, bleached everything I touched when I was in public etc… I would have these major panic attacks all the time and the thought of getting sick hasn’t left my head 24/7 for 2 years. I was unable to complete my nursing school clinicals due to panic attacks each time I was at the hospital afraid someone would die and get these terrible images in my head. I didn’t sleep ever, barely graduated. I did ERP after school and was able to make up the clinical days I missed. Got to a point where I was eating again, felt like I was able to get my hands clean just by washing them. I have been doing exposures every day, and have accepted that getting sick will probably happen at one point and I am okay with it as long as I am at home when it happens. So locking myself in my apartment for 48hr every time after I could have been exposed to the stomach bug is major progress for me and I have been overall doing much better. Fast forward to now: It’s time for me to start my new job on a med/surg floor in a hospital. This week I have made it through a few days of orientation with panic attacks day and night but I am doing it even though I am petrified. I don’t feel ready for this big of a step, being exposed to both of my biggest fears constantly. Today at orientation the girl sitting next to me told me she had been vomiting all day, and continued to run out of the room a vomit the rest of the day. I now am 90% sure I am going to get sick and feel as if I would rather die than continue this amount of stress and anxiety I have felt from just a few days of being on the job. This is my BIGGEST fear and it’s coming true and I don’t know if it’s worth putting myself through this every day at work to just be having constant panic attacks and be miserable. I know with OCD you have to face your fears but I have been pushing myself and trying so hard and I don’t feel like it’s worth it to work this job. I would also feel incredibly guilty for quitting on the first week, but there are a million other nursing jobs that are not in a hospital. I think this is too big of a step for me right now but I wanted to see what others think. Any advice at all is so appreciated!
tryancav
- Date posted
- 7w ago
Health OCD
It started when I became an adult, and started receiving my mental health diagnosis. I hyper fixated on each and every action I did and how it could be related to my diagnosis’s. It then lead to fixation to my physical health — making appointments and seeing every specialist I can to rule out every possibility. I currently have been suffering with obstructive sleep. I woke up the past few days with severe pain from the lack of sleep whilst believing I was oversleeping. Luckily my fit watch tracks my sleep cycle and it turns out I am not receiving any sleep. I had an extreme panic attack — bursting into tears on the phone with my mom wondering what this case might be. She told me it could be sleep apnea and that a simple sleep study could figure this out. However, knowing my family history I made appointments to every specialist I can to make sure it is nothing serious. The unknown of health can be scary to me. Watching my mother suffer with her physical health chronically since I was a child lead me to be very conscious and aware of how my body is functioning. This morning was one of the worst moments of physical pain. I should just take one step at a time with the sleep doctor instead of taking measures to see every specialist that could pertain with this issue. However, that is very hard to me. I don’t want to ever wake up in the pain I was this morning. Does anyone else suffer with health-related OCD? And if so, how do you find a sense of ease during moments like I expressed?
Anonymous
- Date posted
- 6w ago
Ocd
I'm having awful stomach pain and nausea and it's really worrying me and scaring me
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