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- whatiffer
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I struggle with this too. I’ll plan something that I’ll really want to do, then I just can’t do it or I stop wanting to. I feel like I’m stuck or something
One don’t get frustrated with urself , if you can’t do something you can’t do something. It’s okay to feel not okay. Start out with small things , like somethings it’s hard to go to the gym for me. So I tell myself do 5 weight lifting exercises then run for 20 minutes. And if I’m feeling bad that day I’m good with 3 exercises and maybe 10 minutes running. Don’t compare yourself with other people who you think can do more than you. You’re living life with OCD that’s fucking hard but you’re doing it, you’re a warrior dude be proud of it.
I do this a lot. I find planning something with a friend makes me have a higher chance of actually going out.
Thank you all so much for helping me feel like I am not a loser after all. I will try RedMax's suggestion of starting with small goals and working my way up to the bigger ones and accepting that it is ok that some days I am not ok. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Yes has happened to me too
Relatable
I’ve been struggling with this so much this week... I get so excited by free time to get stuff done and then when the time comes I won’t get out of bed or just disappear into procrastinating. I’m so angry with myself for the years lost, I think redmax has great suggestions there... acceptance, self compassion and finding ways round the problem. I guess we need to accept working with our limitations more as I feel I can’t let go of how I think my life should look or be... which definitely doesn’t include ocd!!!!
Me too
Does anyone else feel that they could be really great and really happy if they would just get out of their own way? I’ve had anxiety issues all my life, and am only now learning how my anxiety stems from my ocd. I can see that its been the basis of a lot of choices I made, and I fear it always will. I now feel like I am unhappy with life because I do not let myself be the person I am due to fear. I think naturally I am a free spirit, I love nature, adventures, and learning new things. In my heart I’d love to explore the world and make a difference, but I’m scared my OCD won’t allow me to do this. Its hard when all you want is to be free and you feel so confined by your own mind.
Has anybody out here ever been so depressed and anxious that you feel as if you’ve completely let your life go? For example: I haven’t gotten a haircut in months, I wear the same clothes all the time (no motivation to wash them even though it’s downstairs,) my apartment is an unbearable mess (all my life before this disease I was neat as a pin,) my mailbox is probably flooded from not checking it for weeks, I’ve been putting off projects I’d like to do that I know will make me feel better, my to-do list has stayed stagnant for over half the year, I never wear make up or do my nails like I used to… I feel like a terrible bum. Everyday I just sit on the couch and pray to survive the day and then it ends there. Oh, and I’m sure my car looks terrible, as I haven’t been the one driving it lately. I’m also always stressed about money and hang onto every penny I possibly can even if it means taking away necessary things. I feel like I’m going to explode. :( If any of you have ever let everything go before, how did you go back to normal/bring it all back together? I’m afraid I’m going to live this way forever. Any advice would be so incredibly appreciated. I would be so ecstatic to hear your story — we may be able to help each other even. Thank you so much.
I spend a lot of my day just waiting for another panic attack to hit me. I live with anxiety about having more anxiety. Some days I do well and then I get tired from work or whatever and then it feels like my brain struggles to stay positive and have peace.
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