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- Kyky
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I watch adventure or suspense movie. I can forget my ocd. Do breathing, exercises are great and medication or call a friend
I’ve had to deal with severe anxiety my whole life and I’m sorry you suffer with it too. What I do to try to help myself to calm down with whatever I am worried I draw and listen to music. Both are two things I absolutely love to do. If you can try to find something that you love to do as a hobby or that you’re into, maybe it can help you to relieve some of the stress you have to deal with. Going outside for walks can help too. I tend to do that the most and just put in my earbuds and just let myself escape into the music and out of the real world for a bit. It personally helps me a lot. Hope my tips and my experience can help you. Take care.
Painting or any form of art such as drawing too is very good and therapeutic. You can allow yourself to create with colors and make abstract art to express your emotions and how you feel or whatever you love to paint.
I get that way sometimes. Usually what works for calming me down is 4 square breathing - breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, out for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds. This usually de-escalates me enough to be able to calmly look for my missing item. If I can’t find it, sometimes I ask a friend or family member.
Yeah I get that. I don’t feel that way about this but I do for other obsessions. I tend to try and fight it by reminding myself that everyone does things like that. So maybe a mantra you could repeat could be something like, “Everyone loses their keys. It’s not stupid of me or bad of me.” It won’t work immediately but I’ve found that if I repeat it enough, I can get through to myself and past the OCD.
Thank you for the advice I will try this method
I hope it helps you!!
breathe.
I tried the painting guys it’s helping
I’m very glad it is:)?
Thank you ?
I tried mindfulness last night to fall asleep the first time it helped. But when I lose stuff I feel like I won’t get back and I start calling myself stupid and how could I do such a dumb thing like that
@ohkay
Thank you guys for the advice ?
I wanted to start painting to see if that will help
No problem:)
Feeling so helpless! This anxiety is causing me to be so stressed to the point where I can’t eat or sleep. I’m so exhausted. Can anyone provide tips on what helps calm you down?
Hello! I've been struggling with my anxiety lately to the point where I'm often unable to feed myself enough - then I cycle through being exhausted and unable to think/focus on work, and then more anxious. Does anyone have any strategies? Does trying to eat something small bit by bit help? I'm having a tough time even doing that ...
I get anxiety every single time I have a stomach ache and you know how often I have a stomach ache every single day I get anxiety every single day about the same things and even more things but it’s not just that so much things trigger it and I feel so misunderstood like people think oh you have a fear of throwing up well no one like throwing up or get over it but it’s not that simple I’m traumatized like I’d rather do something I absolutely hate than throw up. I literally avoid everything I can’t eat this can do that can’t share. i have to take vitamin c everyday to improve my immune system I don’t like travel because I’m scared of motion sickness I get scared on rides thinking someone will Throw up on me I cant drink even though I’m underage and alcohol is disgusting but still I can’t be around little kids because they have too many germs. I always think I have a fever and I’m constantly checking my temp. I’m constantly feeling my head and my cheeks to make sure they’re not hot. I get scared to go to my cousins house because they are always sick I can’t eat at certain restaurant i have to check dates on food. I can’t wear certain clothes. i have dreams of myself throwing up. When I get intrusive thoughts/ images about me getting sick or someone else. I Literally can not function on certain days from the past I got sick there is so much more how will this ever stop how will I ever be able to function I avoid so much and I literally miss out on so much things because of this like I literally want to shut down in my room and never come out that’s how bad it is. I have this extreme fear of getting sick/ vomiting and OCD has latched onto that fear ever since I was little and I have to do all these compulsions and this is just a list of some of the things I have to do. Anyone else relate?
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