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I'm scared of going outside, too. I gave myself homework to go and take a walk every day. My grandparents always insisted on me not talking about my mental health (Ocd and depressive episodes) but I just recently started to question them making decisions over my head. Fuck that. A lot of people that I don't know very well but still trust them, know about my disorders. I think it's key to not talk about it as if it's something you need to be ashamed of. If you do that, people might really continue to think that it's shameful. But it's not. Even mentally healthy people have their traumata whether they realise that or not. So if you decide to be more open about yourself, give a fuck about yourself and don't give a fuck about their opinion about your mental health, in case it would only consist of destructive criticism and prejudice.
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- 6y ago
I'm not sure if you're asking shirekat or me. My obsession when I go for a walk is, that I might release my thoughts into my surroundings and become vulnerable to people who could read them. My compulsion to this was to control the ground whether I could see thoughts that I might have dropped. It shares similarities to symptoms that occur with psychosis but it is part of my Ocd. I talked about it with my psychiatrist and he explained that this is a fairly rare symptom but it exists.
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- 6y ago
People will judge you know matter what. I think as long as your happy who cares
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- 6y ago
Unfortunately, I'm not happy. I panic outside but I'm unhappy inside. I miss seeing people. ?
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Can you do it gradually? Face your fears
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- 6y ago
I was starting to but my safe person just recently gave up on me. I feel like I'm back at square one.
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What happens when you try to go outside? What makes you panic
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- 6y ago
Therapist, meds and goals, even if baby steps,to habituated to the anxiety of getting out.
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Habituate
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