just realized i’ve been doing mental compulsions this whole time

like compulsions you do in your head. maybe repeating certain words or phrases as such to help the anxiety go down or calm the obsession for a little while

@getwellsoon I keep saying no, I love him I love him.

@getwellsoon Oh i see ok. Well either way it sucks :(

@kd88 It can also be mental reviewing, like going over a particular event, memory, retracing your every move, thought and emotion trying to reassure yourself you didn’t do anything “bad”

@kd88 I have been struggling with pocd since my baby was born too. When was your baby born? How old is he/she? How old are you? I’m always excited to find other parents who struggle with the same themes. Makes me feel less alone ❤️ so sorry you’re experiencing this though. It is terrible.

@Freemeofocd Hello, my daughter is now 4 and my son is 2. I am 32 yrs old. When i had her i had no idea what it was..it was a nightmare went to see a dr and was told it was ocd which i had no clue of what it was. They explained to me what it was and it all made sense. So i got on meds and was on it for about 8 months. It helped me tremendously. I was able to get back to my normal self and just simply went away for like 3 yrs. Then last yr when my grandmother passed away i felt it come back and it scared the hell out of me. And felt like i had fallen back to square 1 because it had been so long since i had not had that. Right now I'm on meds again so 🤷‍♀️ idk..i guess i just have to rough it out. How about u?

@kd88 I am 29, and my daughter just turned one. I’ve struggled with all types of ocd since I was a young girl but never realized it was all actually ocd until now. Once I hit highschool my pocd flaired up. It was quiet for awhile and then I had my daughter and it came back. Well, all ocd came back. And then pocd got really strong about a month ago. I read a really horrible story at work (I work in a criminal defense law firm) - so that triggered my worst episode yet. That, on top of the pandemic, being a new mom, splitting with my babies father. It has been really overwhelming. I was just starting to feel better and I had a horrible nightmare too on Saturday that launched me into a new pocd related episode. So now I’m obsessing over that. I started medication a couple weeks ago. What medication are you on? And, if you don’t mind me asking, what happened in the nightmare that triggered you? If you don’t feel comfortable sharing I understand. I’m just curious because I’m going through something similar.

Ohhh I see what you meant now! What medication are you on?

@Freemeofocd I am on sertraline generic brand for zoloft n u?

They do, it will start to kick in soon tho usually after 3 weeks. Well I'm glad I'm not alone and we all have struggles:( do u talk to anyone about it?

Also I've been on it since mid june