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Me too :) x
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I'm new here so not going to put everything on here yet. It would take a long time. But for example I take 2 hours a time just going to the toilet with lots of routines and hand washing. I can't use public bathrooms any more and so going out anywhere is very difficult. My rituals are so severe that I have hardly any control and hardly any life anymore. I want to get better but have no idea how to do it or how to help myself. I'm so sick of OCD ruling me. I want my life back
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Same here ??♀️
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Awesome job just the fact that ur looking to help ur self I would say next look for a informative book to further help ur self. Def a huge help
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I've just bought myself a new book to try and find some help. Tried Brain Lock book but it didn't help at all. Hopefully this one will have some practical help. I really hope so. I was on Chlomipramine r years ago but moved abroad and for various reasons couldn't get it. Now moved somewhere else so am hoping I can get back on it. I've tried CBT twice years ago but it didn't work but both of the therapists weren't any good. I've had OCD for about 15 years but it has got so much worse in the last year or so. Mainly because I got a urinary infection last year which triggered off the contamination fears which then led to all the rituals in the bathroom etc etc and the hand washing. I'd had a urinary infection a few years ago and it had started the contamination fears but the one last year really set it all off big time. And things have become unbareable and I just want to get better and take back control one day
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- 25w
I've never seen a therapist or been diagnosed, so I went surfing through to find this community. I've seen a lot of OCD symptoms written online. Here is what I experience that I feel may be OCD. If any of you guys agrees, please let me know. I have only ever been able to call my mom by her first name. I have never been able to not do that. She tried to make me call her mom once as a kid but it felt so wrong that I started crying. Everytime I see a wet floor sign, I say "piso mojado" out loud. I have plenty of harsh intrusive thoughts, such as committing acts of violence when I see people not using their turn signals, interrupting performers at a concert. I make myself re-press on my phone alarms 10-12 times each day in the same rythym until it feels fully set to go off. Light switches get flicked off and on, I can't stand not doing it. I have to double-check everything and make myself re-look through the same drawers at work for hours. I love to write, but I never get far because I need approval from others. My head is also always filled to the brim with thoughts which has made writing and things like memory a lot harder. I can't use spoons. I can only use forks for almost everything. I can't stand them. That's all I can think of for right now. Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
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- 19w
Hey all, This is so strange to share this, and I have been judged by others and misdiagnosed many times. About a year ago I worked with an OCD therapist and it was really triggering. For me my thoughts are mainly about suicidal ocd and harm ocd centered around my children of all things. Fear that I could or would want to hurt them, then feeling so horrible that I believe I’m suicidal then I go back and forth on that. After reading a few of your posts, it makes me truly have a bit of hope that I can overcome this.
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- 18w
Im having a OCD specifically contamination OCD flare up all month and I don’t want to feel this way going into March, I’ve thrown out clothes, towels, stayed up for hours doing compulsions, washed my hands till they crack and bleed, I have washing pilling up cause I’m so overwhelmed by all the extra things I’ve added cause I thought it was contaminated. It’s completely draining me to the point where I’ve become sleep deprived and are avoiding part of my home because they are deemed contaminated to me…I only moved in a few months ago, I had a roach problem and using baits and insecticides really messed with my ocd too. anyone have any tips or tricks to make this easier? I wasn’t doing this bad in January :( thankyou in advance :)
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