- Username
- croutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Username
- worryqueenworryqueen
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yes oh my god I thought I was the only one... I can't do anything without feeling like I'm being watched. Can't even get up at night to go to the bathroom without thinking about some insane scenario where someone snuck into my room while I was gone for like a minute. I have to have a night light on and have to check under my bed and in the closet almost every night to make sure I'm safe (in my mind). It's a constant struggle especially with going out and being around other people, especially men as you said. With all the news and media spreading these violent and sick stories you can't help but think that you'll be next :/ I'm always worried about being assaulted or kidnapped etc and it affects my trust in other people and who I'm surrounded by. I feel crazy, that there's no way to prevent it happening to me at least once in life since it seems so common.
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- croutonscroutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
my body is constantly tense and on edge and i’m always exhausted from it tired i wish i could make it stop but nothing ever makes it go away i can never get rid of the feeling. i never go out at night or try to go anywhere alone and if i do it’s basically like i can’t even enjoy myself or have a nice time bc my mind is racing the entire time w thoughts of like yep this is the time it just is really exhausting and it sucks especially that no one IRL actually can understand this
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- MarkitoMarkito
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I faced similar thoughts after a period of harm ocd, these are kind of the flip side of „What-if I hurt others“... quite common for OCD sufferers and to be treated with therapy...my therapist explained me that all OCD thoughts are rubbish and mean nothing but to scare us...face and accept them as OCD thoughts and try not reacting or giving them any meaning. NO matter what the theme is...
- Username
- croutonscroutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
yes exactly i am the same way at night especially i am very on edge and panicky and it’s like my mind is constantly flighting with itself like i think of it like one half of my brain is like oh it’s over ur done or whatever other bs it makes up and the other half is like god stop it’s not real yknow? like i feel crazy cause i’m so aware that it’s so insanely unlikely that anything would happen in my own home especially after every night i check over and over again to make sure i’m safe... and i have no idea what caused this but it’s been like this for as long as i can remember every night when go to bed or am alone at home or alone anywhere at night i feel vulnerable especially when i sleep alone and it’s drainibg
- Username
- croutonscroutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
yes exactly ohmygid
- Username
- croutonscroutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
thank y’all for getting me wow this is nice to know other people do this
- Username
- MarySMaryS
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Are y’all in treatment?
- Username
- croutonscroutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
no! i’m on zoloft but it really only helped with my depression.. have any of you had success with any other meds?
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- Username
- croutons
- Date posted
- 5y ago
i don’t know why i am constantly so afraid and anxious when i am alone especially at night like all i think about is is someone looking at me or watching me or is someone going to break in etc it’s the worst possible thing to feel like this fight or flight bodily response and emotional response and mental response 24.7 i am so tired and like lately i’ve been obsessing over thoughts about people having repressed memories and wondering if it’s possible idk i just wish i could relax or at least know why i feel like this so i could understand it and learn control it but i have no idea what my triggers even are it’s just a constanr state of being
- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’ve been dealing with intrusive violent images/urges/thoughts for months now. Lately it’s gotten worse. Sometimes when I see a person i automatically imagine hurting them, sometimes to see if I enjoy the thought or not, or sometimes it just appears in my head and I try to cut it off immediately. It’s like i just can not interact with people because I can’t tell if I’m a risk or not. If I’m capable of hurting them or not. I hate it because I’m all day trying to get an answer to whether I want to harm people or not. I’m constantly asking myself: have you ever desired the thought? Do you want to do it or not? And all of the above makes me feel anormal and like a psycho. And of course, another doubt comes into my head: do you really don’t want to be a bad person? And it’s a never ending disturbing and frustrating cycle... I can’t stop it, it’s driving me crazy and it makes me desperate. Is all this even normal?
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- iamokay
- Date posted
- 2y ago
does anyone else have this? is this normal?
okay so i’ve had anxiety since i was atleast 8 and ocd since i could remember. and i’ve always done this thing where i’m like omg what if this is a sign and it stresses me out so much.. lately i’ve been having harm ocd thoughts worrying about hurting my partner and then yesterday i came across a tik tok video of a girl doing a reading and in the video she said whatever you’re thinking just do it and make that change and then in my head i’m like " what if this is trying to give me a sign about my harm ocd thoughts, what if it’s telling me to do it" but the thing is i would never hurt anyone nor even want to think about doing it.. these thoughts make me so anxious is this overthinking and does this count as intrusive thoughts as well? i’m always worried and think that what if one day i start to listen to my thoughts about thinking it’s a sign and it makes me SO ANXIOUS. is this normal for ocd/anxiety and how do i get rid of it?
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