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- BF109G-6
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Working actually helps me. It gives my mind a break and when I get home I feel better because I go into work mode.
Its helped me before but when triggered I'll be in hell
It depends: if you’re staying home from work because work triggers you, that’s avoidance and won’t help. I’d encourage you to go and face the triggers. If work has nothing to do with your obsessions, it’s just difficult because you’re having a bad day, I’d say stay it’s okay to stay home every now and then. You have sick days for a reason and mental health issues are valid reasons for using them. Are you in treatment? Or doing any self treatment like using an ocd workbook? I’d hate to see you quit your job when a job can actually be helpful and important for recovery (giving you a sense of independence and self worth and purpose and routine.)
are there free ocd workbooks on the internet?
@Daria Alexandrovna Not free but cheap. I recommend: - The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-mindfulness-workbook-for-ocd-a-guide-to-overcoming-obsessions-and-compulsions-using-mindfulness-and-cognitive-behavioral-therapy_jon-hershfield/9725959/ - The ACT Workbook for OCD: https://www.amazon.com/ACT-Workbook-OCD-Mindfulness-Obsessive-Compulsive/dp/168403289X
@pureolife Thank you!!
My main obsession these days is HOCD so work is triggering. But when I'm having a bad day at home and then I have to go there makes me miserable. Closest to treatment I have currently is Zoloft. I've never heard of a ocd workbook
@BF109G-6 Definitely buy a workbook! Zoloft will take the edge off of your anxiety but won’t help you learn how to properly deal with triggers and use ERP to lessen your obsessions. Give them a try!
@pureolife I think I will. Thanks!
I've been back and forth on what to suggest if people say they want to quit their job, since I've seen the outcome of both sides in different situations. If the job itself is not making you miserable I would say keep it. If you need a mental health day however, you are entitled to a sick day. I've had days where I was so panicked I needed to leave. I've told myself I wanted to leave my job before I found another one, and I was advised by my former therapist not to. I ended up losing that job in January and start a new job next week, but being unemployed is brutal when you have anxiety. The job gives structure to your day. Don't just leave without a plan of what you will do, whether it be a new job or an activity to occupy your time and structure your day. OCD can be tough, but sometimes you just have to wait out the anxiety.
Yess waiting out the anxiety is 100%. And trying not to analyze and figuring anything out. Just living
Thats helpful. Thanks
Honestly, idk. I felt really bad at my uni, wanted to cry every second. But in the end, it pushed me to do at least something, talk to somebody, and communication helps a bit with time.
So I got better while doing different activities and when I'm at home I feel bad
Thanks Daria
Yes I think that it's important to force yourself even to create those zones of not thinking, so you can try to concentrate on something else
how do you all deal with going to work while having ocd? i have to go to work tomorrow for the first time in a while and i’ve been obsessing really bad the past couple of weeks. i’m scared i won’t actually be able to function or anything because all i’ve been doing every day all day has been obsessing. i’m really nervous. any advice will be appreciated.
So my husband has been off work a couple of months due to me having some pretty severe health problems, not associated with OCD. His Family medical leave has run out and he is returning to work. I’ve been struggling with this because when he’s home my OCD is non existent. When he’s here I feel safe, and I don’t fear because he’s here with me and I feel like he would stop me from losing it if I were to. My recent fear is that when he goes back to work he won’t be here to stop me if I were to lose my mind, I get thoughts of what if I lose my mind, what if I run out in traffic, what of I go to a neighbors house and try to harm someone. I NEVER want to do anything like that, but the thought and fear of it and the urges are very REAL! I know I’m supposed to sit with the uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and urges but my god that’s impossible for me, I go straight into panic attacks and freak out! I’m doing ERP but I’m in the very beginning stages of it, and I’m really struggling to cope. My fear is I’ll forever be debilitated by this and it will cause my husband to lose his job, and we will lose everything. Can anyone help me to find extra resources on how to cope and deal with this, or any hope? I would greatly appreciate it. This is the WORST condition to ever have to deal with. :(
Hey everyone! I’m new to this app, but not new when it comes to OCD treatments. A few years ago I had to leave school/ my job in order to work on my mental health which was hard but needed. Mentally things have more or less gotten better OCD wise but I still really struggle with protectionism. I started a new job within the past 6 months that is challenging, but I enjoy enough to hopefully stay at for a few years. As of the past two weeks I have been really struggling with ruminating over my performance at work. I have been trying really hard to learn all the moving parts of the job, but because of lack of mentoring and constant little hiccups I have been stressing. Currently I have been overwhelmed/ overthinking so much that I have been messing up my work and it seems like my coworkers are pretty annoyed by constantly having to correct me. It’s honestly my worst fear as a perfectionist to feel like a burden. My intrusive thoughts as of late is that they are going to think I don’t care or try hard enough, that they talk bad about me to each other, and that they are going to fire me. Has anyone else experienced this type of OCD perfectionism that affects there performance within school or work and if so is there anything that you did in order to help recenter yourself in the moment to stop your brain from running in circles?
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