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When it comes to my work, I'm hypersensitive/vigilant to making mistakes and when I get constructive criticism i initially take it well, and then spend hours or days with intrusive bad thoughts about my mistakes or what people think. I've found my belief in what people think or say about me is all determined by my reaction, and if I react in a healthy way it helps my further thought process. Hope it helps!
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I agree man, thank you for your input it is appreciated
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oh god yeah, not sure if it’s bc of my ocd but i tend to take criticism way too personally and a good reason as to why i don’t like showing what i create to people anymore is simply because i’ve grown to be scared of not only their criticism, but their reaction and what they must be thinking. so if someone responds to my work as “i like it!” i’ll overanalyse this and think “they told someone else that they loved their art, and because they only said they ‘like’ mine, it must be terrible”. i recently get horribly embarrassed when showing people what i create and scared of the criticism
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I start to believe insults and criticism and it drives me absolutely crazy! I wish I didn’t have to ruminate on things continuously ?
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Me! Currently working on not taking it personally but it’s hard!
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Yes me too!
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@ApparentlyitsOCD What are you doing to not take it personally? :)
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Yesss like how do I not take things personally
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Today I've let myself go down a huge rabbit hole regarding this phrase and it's stressing me out. Sometimes, yes, it is that deep. But other times, it really isn't. I keep finding myself torn between these two ideals. I've been seeing all these videos regarding the rise of anti-intellectualism and the anti-woke mob, all that. These videos make me extremely worried about cancel culture and moral guilt, and they had me rethinking every morally wrong, gross, questionable thing or thought I ever had. I saw many comments saying that yes everything is that deep and it feels like my mind is on constant security and asking myself "what would the internet think about the things I've thought of or may have done?" On one hand, I feel like if I say "it's not that deep", I feel like a hypocrite or a bad person or an idiot. But on the other hand if I say "it is that deep", my OCD begins to spiral and analyze everything about myself. It's not healthy to overanalyze everything but it's also not healthy to ignore bad things. It's very stressful Does anyone relate to this?
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So I got dumped today by my situationship. For background, we talked for like 3 months, and I just recently lost my virginity to her. We only had sex twice. After she said we should still be friends, goofily (reassurance-seeking) I asked “but the sex was good right?” And she told me it was “good for a virgin” which hurt my feelings, then going even further she said “not in my top ten.” This made me CRY, like on the spot, right there in front of her (not the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever done…. But definitely in my top ten). I started having intrusive thoughts about how I’m unattractive/unworthy of love. She asked me why I was crying, but I just said “I don’t like myself very much,” which is always the underlying problem with me. And she reassured me that I’m “not a bad person” and “it’s not because you’re not smart or not beautiful.” But the reassurance made me spiral more, bc I was thinking “I didn’t even mention feeling unattractive or stupid, she can just tell that I am.” Then it kept getting worse and worse, “I’m unattractive/unlovable/stupid. I’m not good at sex, I’m not good at anything.” I had to stop myself and realize it was OCD obsessing over the things “wrong” with me. I think I started this post wanting reassurance, but now I think I want to know if anyone has any tips on accepting criticism as someone with OCD, bc it always sends me down a “there is something wrong with me” spiral.
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any of y’all feel like every single thing you say is some sort of manipulation. like you’re not genuine at all and everything you do is to get something out of something? the same with therapists too. i feel like ever since i was a kid i’ve manipulated my therapists in some way, like to look like the victim or so they’d think about me a certain way. like therapy could never help me cause i can’t tell when i’m lying or manipulating or whatever. i’ve seen someone mention something similar on here and just wanted to see what y’all thought!
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