- Username
- Makki23
- Date posted
- 4y ago
you are concious of how you feel. that is the first indicator that you are normal and just experiencing an episode. your perspective is unique and tailored for you, you are doing everything correctly. even right in this moment you are where you need to be. these thoughts will pass and come to strengthen you.
i feel like that makes sense when the mind runs out of things to analyze and pick a part and bully you about it starts analyzing the mind itself so that way everything that made sense to you no longer does and everything is confusing and scary ive definitely been in some weird thought spirals where i dont feel like anything makes sense hang in there i hope you can find some relief and know that this community is here for you š
Thank you!!
Hi Makki! Anything could be an OCD obsession; I unfortunately cannot provide reassurance to you :( (and actually there's no way I could verbally prove to you that you and I are thinking "normally" ^^) Yet, OCD can be isolating and make us doubt our experiences and actions - that's something you probably experience with other themes (?) Is there anything you found particularly triggering with this fear?
I definitely agree, I get triggered that I'll never feel normal or will lose it and go crazy
@Makki23 I've been struggling pretty often with the same kind of thoughts and there's unfortunately no other option than sitting with uncertainty >< You cannot know for sure how different someone else's experience can be and even if someone would make you take a test that could prove you that you are not a psychopath for example, your mind would probably start make you doubt the result or your answers, always and forever looking for more certainty ^-^ I hope it'll get less intense, don't be too harsh with yourself :) Take care ā”
@frenchbadger Thank youā„ļø
I think even these thoughts are thinking like a ānormal person.ā Not to get weirdly philosophical, but this reminds me of descarteās āI think therefore I am.ā The fact that youāre thinking about if youāre thinking normally shows that youāre aware of normal and abnormal thinking, so youād notice if you were thinking weirdly, especially because youāre hyperaware of your thinking. Haha does that make any sense? It was kind of rambly. I also think if you were truly thinking abnormally, your friends/family/anyone would have said something or noticed
I think I get what you mean, it's normal ocd thinking?
@Makki23 I even know people without ocd that fall into that weird existentialist hole, so Iād go as far as to say normal normal
I am having existential ocd, like im feeling nervous when I am thinking about life and especially what happens after death. I am not like this before. Will I ever be back to normal?
Hey, I havenāt been on here in a longgg time and this isnāt necessarily OCD related but I want to tell someone how Iām feeling in the hopes that maybe someone else sort of relates and then maybe we can talk? I donāt know, Iām just a little scared at the moment and could do with some comfort I guess. Ok so the best way to describe how Iām feeling is empty. Iām not sure that I actually feel emotions much anymore. Iām not happy or sad and itās scaring me, but obviously at the same time it isnāt because the only proper emotions Iām experiencing right now are hopelessness and emptiness. I just want to be able to feel again and I really donāt want this to be a big problem. Does anyone know if itās even possible for me to get my emotions back? Can I back to normal, although Iām not too sure how normal feels anymore, or how feeling feels anymore. Also, Iām not even sure if that is whatās going on with me. I can barely feel things but at the same time my brains like nah itās probably nothing, youāve just not got any reason to feel anything right now. I feel exhausted and without motivation everyday. Thank you to anyone whoās read this, I hope nobody relates but please tell me if you do. I just want to talk.
At this point Iām pretty sure Iām psychotic. I have intrusive thoughts all day long of me doing a bunch of things that I never and will never do. Images of me poking out my own eyes in all sorts of other horrific things that will have to do with self mutilation. These images have been haunting me for two years with the persisting fear that I will act out on these things one day despite me never wanting to do so. Now on top of these thoughts I am dealing with something else. I keep thinking about the fact that thereās no escape from life other than death and it makes me feel scared and trapped. I canāt stop thinking about this that thereās no escape. Itās scaring me. I want to live I have no desire to die but once I get the intrusive thought about not being able to escape this life is scaring me. I believe Iām going through depersonalization because nothing feels right my surroundings feel unfamiliar I feel unfamiliar. I feel like an alien in a place that seems unknown to me. This all started after I had a panic attack in the shower three weeks ago over my intrusive harm thoughts and in the moment I actually thought that my life was over and that I was about to act out on it but of course I didnāt because itās just a thought and an obsessive fear. Something I would never do but it felt so real in that momentI almost passed out from the fear. The day after that I felt like nothing was real and Iām still in depersonalization and having panic attacks on the regular but today I got that thought about not being able to escape life and how weāre basically all trapped here. I canāt stop thinking it and itās making me feel sick. Maybe if I Felt more connected to myself and my surroundings stuff like this wouldnāt bother me but that panic attack destroyed me. Does this sound like OCD or something else?I was completely normal and fine three weeks ago yes I had my intrusive thoughts but they werenāt scaring me or controlling me like they are now.
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