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Also... I read something yesterday. On wanting to be happy... It doesn't have to be constant bliss. Yanno? I'm not wording this great. But we can have really bad day and still be happy people. I think part of happiness is learning to keep going, not just to never have bad days. I'm a hypocrite though... I totally worry about messing up the world. But logically we won't right? My therapist told me once: OCD tells us that we have to stop ourselves because if we did what we wanted we would be bad people. But if we don't want to be bad people, why would doing what we want make us so? Shouldnt it lead us to be great people? That would make more sense wouldnt it?
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I agree. Im good with having bad days, I think I mean more along the lines of peace in my mind and heart. I want to be at peace rather than chaos.
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@luchalysol Yeah. When do you feel the most peace? Maybe try to immerse yourself more in those things❤
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@Daisy102 When Im lifting at the gym. I try to go 5-6 times a week currently but it has been hard to stay consistent over almost the last 2yrs.
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@luchalysol That's so awesome! That's a long time, even if its not a perfect habit. What did you so before then? Is there anything else that makes you happy? Or is there a way you can work more physical activity into your daily life/errands?
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So relatable. That's one of my big fears. When I die I want to leave a good legacy. But if you weren't bothered at all by the thought, why did you write it here? If you weren't bothered at all, would you have expressed frustration about it? Maybe. Maybe not.
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I feel you. I wanna get better, I really do, and Im doing my homework, but Im scared that if I learn to not care about the thoughts that it might open the doors to making them true. I wanna be a good person, awesome mom, and help others. I don't wanna live with these thoughts, distress, anxiety, insecurity, bitterness. I wanna be happy. I feel you ??
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Yeah. I'm sorry luchalysol... Its hard to focus on other stuff sometimes. Or all the times haha?? But hey know I'm over here thinking of you. Daisy is sitting in bed cheering you two on. Go WeWillPrevail!! Go Luchalysol!!
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Thanks girl! Its the worst, I love to sing and i have a hard time doing even that. What Im glad is helping is going back in the gym. Ive noticed that while Im there, there's moments where my thoughts and ocd are gone.
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@luchalysol Sweet. Yeah we just gotta cherish those moments. The hard part is you can't be in the gym all the time. So you gotta find a new strategy for the rest of the day. I'm sorry that singing is an OCD target. It really sucks when it tries to kill things you love. What holds you back from it?
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Do* sorry. I mean before you started going to the gym what was your release?
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I got my first noticeable onset of ocd just this year, so its fairly recent
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Oh you too? I only found out I had OCD in November 2019. Rocks your world, doesn't it??
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Looking back, Ive had symptoms since I was 12, but mostly checking, being scared of people sleeping in the day or scared of dolls and I had to put them in the closet every night of I couldn't sleep. But its never been harm ocd like it is now and it terrifies me
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@luchalysol Oh sweetheart!!! I started when I was 12. And YES. The harm thoughts are so bad I'm so sorry. It really sucks. I worked as a volunteer with preschoolers in school and I was always really afraid I would hurt the. Or bring a weapon. It SUCKED
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@Daisy102 Yes! Im terrified of being alone with my son and others. Ocd targets my son the most. I also have ptsd from chikdhood trauma with my abusive brother, so it fuels my thoughts. My brother would constantly wish me dead and he was open about it. My ocd takes the form of me being my brother all the time. It sucks
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@luchalysol Wow. That really sucks. A lot.
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@Daisy102 Yeah, he would torture me and in 3 separate occasions to the extent I thought he actually was gonna kill me. Which then makes me wonder if it runs in my family.
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@luchalysol Oh crap. That does not help in the least huh. I'm sorry that you have to deal with that. I gotta go... But keep thinking. Ill be back love??
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@luchalysol Maybe think about what relationship you would LIKE with your son... Like if OCD went poof. Talk in a bit??
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@Daisy102 I think about it all the time, even before he was born. I never have lived up to that expectation and I feel bad about it. I was genuinely making a bunch of changes and progress was going great, until ocd hit. I truly was looking forward to him coming home and now Im terrified to even be arpund him
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@luchalysol Hmm... So immediate problem is the harm OCD? If that were gone you would be able to keep progressing on the rest. So.how do you overcome the fear? You know how. ERP. It sucks. It might help to make a hierarchy. Like looking at him with others around is a 1, and spending a whole day alone with him is like a 10. Then you can work on the lower numbers and work up. Its so hard though! So we love you and are pulling for you and the process might take a while but you're not done yet. You see the problem and you are strong enough to progress??keep me posted please❤❤❤
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@Daisy102 Id continue with the progress I was already making. Im currently in therapy and we did make a hierarchy. Yes, my son's father and I agreed that I won't be unsupervised with our son until my therapist deems it appropriate for exposure. We are on thefirst few exposures so I don't wanna go too strong. Im aware its a process, and as much as I wanna run away, I have to keep trying for my son. I wanna be the mom for him I didn't have. I might have made many mistakes since he was born, but Im willing to do whatever it takes to be the mom he deserves.
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@luchalysol That sounds really great. I love that you're working on it and you have somewhere to go. Know I love you and I'm praying for you. I think you're a great mom because youre willing to go through heck for your little boy. You got this pal!!!!!!!?
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Yeah. That's super tricky though cause what do you do. Sounds like you like exercise... Is there any way you can keep excercise going the rest of the day? Like when you aren't in the gym, what do you do every day? Can you work in some excercise as breaks or an element of the task? Like study for a set time, then do some physical activity for a break, and study again? Would that mayyybe help?
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I have my side business when Im not at the day job, sometimes I get so focused I forget about ocd but it usually doesn't last long. Or Ill ruin it by noticing I haven't had thoughts and they come back.
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@luchalysol Ahhh haha. OCD is obnoxious. I get that though. That tricky cause you cant leave easily huh. What do you do? Is it like a desk job?
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@Daisy102 My day job is a desk job, my business is not for the most part.
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I had a really hard day yesterday. I had a memory come up, of a thought i had years ago, when my OCD was still fairly fresh. I remember that i was fantasizing, and i had a thought pop in of one of my obsessions, and for a second, i think i may have entertained it- maybe even enjoyed it. I talked about this with my first therapist and was able to move past it, but it has remained one of my stickiest and most horrible thoughts. Yesterday i tried to think through it again, and i definitely had an arousal feeling. I have this terrible fear that i could enjoy my obsessions if i just let go. I don’t want to be the kind of person who enjoys these things. I have a life and a family that i love so much, i’m just so deeply afraid of being irreparably evil. I feel like i’ve done something horrible, and that it’s only a matter of time before people find out. I don’t even necessarily know what the thing is that i’m supposed to have done. My brain offers a myriad of options, of course, but i’m usually able to talk myself through them- or when i’m not, have a family member talk me through them. I’m afraid i’m fooling them all. I just want to be a good person, but i feel like such an imposter. I want to be loved so desperately, but i feel like anyone who can find it in themself to love me must be evil too.
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That's what OCD feels like. Especially the constant questioning and doubt and the more you do it, the more you doubt yourself and it ends up leaving you open for other 'attacks'. I left the house today with my mom to run errands and things were fine, like my intrusive thoughts weren't bothering me that much in the beginning though they're constant in the background. Then when we stopped to get a drink from this store before leaving, I got more anxious because there were lots of kids around (it's afternoon here and i guess school was coming out). Kids were walking around in school uniform and I just told myself to keep looking away because i knew that my intrusive thoughts were going to flare up. Obviously that just made it worse and I just wanted to run away and crawl into a hole or something. Then a few minutes passed and then my brain said what if you were leering at the kids or looking at them inappropriately. And then my brain kept telling me that I wanted to or must have filmed one of them even though it's not something I want to do and know deep down that I didn't do it and don't want to. Ever. I just felt so disgusted with myself, I had to stop myself from crying on the way home. I hate this disease and I hate that its made its home in my head.
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Hey guys. I feel like no one will even reply to my post. I feel anxious af. I could barley eat a plate of soup. I feel so drained and fatigued and feel the anxiety in my stomach. I'm just so worried I don't even have harm ocd anymore. Its just... I grew up in a household where swatting people was normalized like if you did something really naughty. I never really questioned it and I grew up thinking it was an okay thing and would sometimes swat someone when they are being naughty growing up and even recently. I would never swat someone at full force or enough to make someone cry just more like a hard tap to get their attention but it feels automatic? And even then it's really really rare for me to do, i much rather talk sternly or tell someone. When i do swat its bc like if someone scared me I guess I hit their hand and say "THAT SCARED ME" and we both start laughing or if my older niece was roughhousing with her younger sister and the younger one gets hurt and the older one laughs, I swat the older one once or twice on her arm as a discipline and say "what is wrong with you??? Why are you laughing? You are much older than her! You could've seriously hurt her." And idk how but i never thought like how wrong this is?!... and I feel like sh/t like ocd keeps saying "well you have swatting impulses when someone is misbehaving or if someone scares or hits you, meaning if you get an impulse to do something really evil instead, you wouldnt be able to control yourself huh?" And I started to get so anxious and scared. Ive NEVER acted out on the harm ocd thoughts (nor do i even want to) ive been getting daily for 4 years even when they are misbehaving. But i get so scared like WHAT IF I get an impulse to do the evil thoughts? What if I lose control?! Is this a history of violence/ low impulse?! Does this mean i would act out on my fears?! I've never wanted to do these thoughts before but i get scared like what if I do one day? This whole day ive been ruminating and asking ai for reassurance. I feel terrible. I feel like a horrible person. I started to cry. I just cant anymore. I feel this weight on my chest. I feel so evil so irredeemable. I f/cking suck. I hate myself so much right now. I feel so much guilt and shame. Why am I still here anymore? Maybe i dont even have ocd and maybe i never did. This is just breaking my heart. I want to change and unlearn this swatting behavior as well for sure. :(
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