Can ocd make me lose interest in things. And sometimes not make me hungry and feel like eating?

Is it normal to have doubt when I read this out? I don’t know just feel so drowned with anxiety

@user18848 OCD thrives and creates constant doubt - are you currently in any treatment for it?

@NOCD Advocate - Evelyn I’m not in any treatment no. When I meantioned these thoughts to my therapist she said it was just the anxiety worrying about a same thought because I didn’t have compulsions. But I think my compulsions are to keep googling symptoms and asking someone if I’ll ever do it

@NOCD Advocate - Evelyn It was just Christmas and she took 2 weeks holiday so I’m going to talk to her next week about it and say it’s more serious. It seemed to have triggered very badly after an episode of my cyclical vomiting syndrome. Because before that I knew the thoughts were there but they didn’t bother me as much

@user18848 Are you seeing an OCD specialist or a regular talk-therapist? I ask because before I did therapy through NOCD, I used to see a general talk-therapist. I didn’t know I had OCD at the time but looking back at how I described how I was feeling/doing, I explained textbook OCD symptoms of my obsessions and compulsions. However she didn’t see that and continued treating me for just anxiety, though treatment for OCD is different. In your case with the googling and asking for reassurance, those are definitely compulsions so not sure why your therapist would say otherwise. Mental compulsions are also a thing that sometimes get overlooked, such as self-reassurance, rumination, covering “bad” thoughts with “good” ones, etc.

@NOCD Advocate - Evelyn I’m just seeing a cbt therapist she says she is sure it’s just anxiety and I don’t have depression or ocd. I’m just not sure, seeing a psychiatrist on the 18th just want help to be honest

@NOCD Advocate - Evelyn Im sure she said that because I have times when the thoughts are completely gone and I feel fine. They just come out of nowhere sometimes and can last a while. She said I have generalised anxiety and panic disorder

@NOCD Advocate - Evelyn I will talk to her about it again and just tell her how serious it’s been and sticky the thoughts are with the worry

yeah, everything you've described is normal with ocd

Just have an obsession of getting depressed because I’m so scared that I’m depressed or I might develop it which will result in suicide. Suicide is so scary to me I don’t want to do it but I have doubts coz I feel deep down maybe I do

@user18848 i understand how you feel, i went through that. it was the most terrifying thing. but these signs don’t mean you have depression and wanna commit sui**ide. it just means you’re so stressed and overwhelmed with your thoughts that the last thing you want is food.

@Anonymous Thanks. I just wonder all these thoughts all the time they make me sick to the stomach I feel so shit all the time

@user18848 Hey , how are you doing ? I saw your comments here randomly and you described 100% what I’m thinking and feeling . It would make my day if you could answer me and maybe have a chat since you have the experience on what I’m going threw . First things first plz just tell me that you are doing good

@Anonymous How are you doing ? :)