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- 4y ago
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Man I've been there. Hang in there buddy, it gets better. I've had times when I've felt so strong and my OCD seemed like it just upped and left for good. Then bam, like a bus hitting you, a thought pops into my head and haunts me for days. But trust me, it gets better
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Yeah usually I get over a thought within a few days, and I feel better! but this particular thought just keeps coming back, and I start ruminating over it again, it’s so frustrating, try my best not to reassure myself but it feels so real!
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Sounds rough, I've had thoughts feel so real that it felt like if I didn't gratify the feeling by going through my OCD "rituals" my life would literally be ruined. And that fear that comes with the thoughts just builds and builds until it's all consuming and thinking about either the repercussions of it or how to avoid it occupies so much of your mental space and emotional capacity that you're like physically tired. I've been there, it's tough. Maybe you should try the SOS function on this app everytime you have an "episode" (lol, sorry for that word) or think about going to see a therapist and getting it all out
- Date posted
- 4y ago
All the time
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Exactly they feel so real and your mind is just exhausted and u actually feel psychically tired. I find exercising and keeping busy can help. I know it gets better but I haven’t had a thought that’s bothered me this long and a long time. Which makes me think it’s real! It’s never ended with ocd! I’m on the list for therapist but can find one I want so may look to go private. Have u tried the therapists on here?
- Date posted
- 4y ago
I haven't yet, I've been trying to cope with it and find ways to alleviate some of my anxieties on my own. Just trying to live with the thoughts and impulses. I think I've been about 40% successful. I think.its just the purist in me that thinks all my issues can be cured by me since it's me who somehow created them subconsciously in the first place. But I'm pretty sure that I'm wrong or at least somewhere on my journey to that conclusion I've been wrong. But I'm gonna stick it out, if I seriously can't deal anymore I'll try to find a good one
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- 18w ago
I was doing fine with my schizophrenia ocd (fear of developing schizophrenia/psychosis), mostly because I was obsessing on something else for a bit, but something caused it to come back. I was at work yesterday and checked out a customer, he didn’t know English very well and was very quiet. However, when he was leaving, he said “thank you” loudly while walking out and I told him to have a good night, but since I couldn’t see his face nor his mouth move, I worried that I hallucinated the whole thing and he in reality didn’t say anything while he was leaving. The voice that said it sounded a bit different, however it could’ve just been since I had only heard him talk quietly before. I’m still wondering if I hallucinated this and it freaks me out, causing my ocd to make me believe I’m developing schizophrenia/psychosis or losing my mind again. I also always read that the difference between those with schizophrenia/psychosis is those with OCD have insight and know their thoughts are crazy, but then that leads me down a spiral if what if I DONT think those thoughts are crazy? What if I actually believe them and become delusional/lack insight? So a statement that would be helpful otherwise made it worse for me. One night I had a panic attack super bad because I couldn’t convince myself I didn’t believe I was in a dream and hallucinating. Any advice on beating these constant thoughts and how to cope with it? :/
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- 11w ago
OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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- Date posted
- 10w ago
I don’t know how to deal with the thoughts that come and barely gone. Usually, the brain often remembers and forgets things. People with OCD however struggle with trying to forget the intrusive thoughts because of the imbalance trying to convey what is real and if the thoughts in your head will come true. Just for the past few days, I was having fun and suddenly hit with a wave of obsessive thoughts and making me stuck with nowhere to go.
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