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- 6y ago
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- 6y ago
I wish I could help!! I feel the same way about black (kinda). The color stresses me out and I have no clue why.
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- 6y ago
I’m the same actually! I can’t go near red though for slightly different reasons. I also can’t go near the number 6. I’ve tried to slowly start exposing myself to it for example I have a poster in my room with the number 6 on it and I’ve started to wear or incorporate the colour red into stuff I do for example when I draw. It’s about doing what’s right for you and making progress in your own time but you can do it!
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- 6y ago
I have the same with certain color
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- 6y ago
When I was little, I was involved in a very bad car accident while wearing a purple sweat suit. For years and I mean YEARS, I wouldn’t wear anything purple, touch anything purple, look at anything purple for fear that something would happen to my family. I still have a small twinge of fear when I buy something that has purple in it, but I now realize that was just part of my worry and had nothing to do with the accident.
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- 15w ago
I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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- 10w ago
Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
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- 9w ago
Does anyone else get fixated on one “topic” with their ocd?? like for me trains and guns are mine. like i’m scared of trains and im scared to be around guns because that’s what triggers my ocd and makes me convince me that that is the way to go. i literally worry myself into thinking im going to sh*t myself when i don’t even have a gun but my ocd convinces me. idk if im explaining it good, but its a real struggle. just need some tips & advice
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