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- Anonymous
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- 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.
Hello everyone! (Existential Obsessions) I have struggled with anxiety since I was a young boy. I remember worrying when I was younger that I was inadvertently trying to harm my mother, even though I love my mother more than anyone in the world. It’s shifted more times than I can count, from worrying about poisoning or contamination to thinking that I had heart disease. It’s all the same animal just shape shifting into whatever I fear most at the given time. Currently, (trigger warning) I am constantly obsessed with the fear of developing some sort of delusion or schizophrenia. I am 25 years old (I know that it would’ve probably developed by now) and have no schizophrenia in my gene pool. But I am constantly checking my thoughts to see if they sound delusional or if I am hallucinating my reality. This of course if extremely frustrating for someone with OCD because there is never going to be any definitive proof that I am not going mad. It has caused me extreme discomfort over the past few months and has brought me to extreme states of panic. I was wondering if any of you deal with existential OCD or fears of losing touch with reality. Of course, some days this seems laughable and others I can almost taste the insanity. On paper, everything in my life is going amazingly but in truth I can’t seem to enjoy any of it because I have these nightmarish intrusions of everything falling apart around me. Is this a common symptom? P.S I already run a few miles a day, meditate, do yoga and am working on strengthening my CBT. Any other suggestions?
Is anyone experiencing existential OCD as well?
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. ❤️
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