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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 6y ago
Those are called mental compulsions. I have that kind of ocd too
I too struggle with many mental compulsions, in addition to physical compulsions.
Yep, I have that too.. always worrying about being kind, saying the wrong thing , apologising a lot, etc.. but this can lead to me having anger( due to other reasons too) and exhaustion, because , I’m trying so hard to please everyone. I know I need to please me too. So, I’m taking stock on this right now and trying to take more quiet- ‘me’ time. I’m a carer for my mum , so , there’s not a lot of time.. but it’s essential. All the best - we’re not alone!
That is mostly the ocd that I have as well. I have that problem with my best friend. I have gotten extremely better as time has gone on; however, if I don’t get a response back the same day I reread the text until I convince myself I must have said something wrong. I replay and reread conversations as well. Odd odd because I am confident in myself esp w my best friend but I still think I always say the wrong thing or get people upset.
@kelce87 it’s such a strange one. Because with some ocd thoughts, they can be easily distinguished as illogical but with these they can sometimes be grounded in reality.
Anything I say or do is thought about 10x the amount it should be! It’s horrible.
@Ss totally agree! ?
When I had a course of CBT for my OCD he said that everyone to some degree has moments of OCD ie ; worst case scenario thoughts etc...
This is me as well, an event happened last week that I feel awful about and that I may have upset a friend and I have had obsessive thoughts about it ever since, not getting any reassurance from that friend that everything is ok....takes over my day and so frustrating. So glad to have found this community and all of you.
Hi there! Does anyone else experience real event OCD? My days lately are filled with (sometimes) crippling guilt and shame over real things that have happened in the past. These are all things that are relatively minor in the grand scheme of things. I’ve talked to friends/family/therapists about them and I’m reassured they aren’t “that bad” but my mind can’t seem to let them go. Anyone else dealing with this? Any tips for forward progress? Much love to you all. ❤️
Hi there, does anyone have any tips for dealing with constant mental rumination. I did something that I despise myself for and i can’t stop playing it step by step in my head (though I’m forgetting loads now/ false memory is occurring). I can’t eat or sleep or work as all I’m doing is going over and over this event. Any tips are appreciated Thanks x
Hey everyone! I’m new to this app, but not new when it comes to OCD treatments. A few years ago I had to leave school/ my job in order to work on my mental health which was hard but needed. Mentally things have more or less gotten better OCD wise but I still really struggle with protectionism. I started a new job within the past 6 months that is challenging, but I enjoy enough to hopefully stay at for a few years. As of the past two weeks I have been really struggling with ruminating over my performance at work. I have been trying really hard to learn all the moving parts of the job, but because of lack of mentoring and constant little hiccups I have been stressing. Currently I have been overwhelmed/ overthinking so much that I have been messing up my work and it seems like my coworkers are pretty annoyed by constantly having to correct me. It’s honestly my worst fear as a perfectionist to feel like a burden. My intrusive thoughts as of late is that they are going to think I don’t care or try hard enough, that they talk bad about me to each other, and that they are going to fire me. Has anyone else experienced this type of OCD perfectionism that affects there performance within school or work and if so is there anything that you did in order to help recenter yourself in the moment to stop your brain from running in circles?
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