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@swill297 - thank you for the advice, I've tried that but then I get paranoid about things like pesticides and diseases like E. Coli and Listeria
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@J - thank you so much, I'm also emetophobic so I understand how scary that is. I was misdiagnosed with anorexia originally as I just wouldn't eat, it took them a while to figure out the obsessions behind it and that I was ritualising a lot of other things too. I'd love to talk, not many people understand how scared I am, and think I'm overreacting. Take care
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- 6y
I have gotten sick once before in the last decade, but it was quite mild. It helped me. That was 3 years ago. 4 days ago was our nightmare. Sick for hours. Actually getting sick. Violently. It was awful. I wanted to die. The next day and the next day and even now I am afraid of everything. I also know that I am alive, the world has a lot to experience, we are stronger than we think and we have to keep going. I am trying to not think about it. Obsess over it (I am, but I am also allowing rational thoughts to penetrate through as well.) This has controlled my Life for a decade... ruined so many things. I am trying (and I fail. I am scared. I am scared it will happen again at any moment. I still am not 100%, but I keep trying to put one foot and one thought in front of the other and no matter how slowly... move past, and forward.) It is just a moment in time. Remember that. A terrible moment, but just a moment.
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- 6y
Maybe try eating things that don’t have to be cooked I’ve had bouts where my contamination ocd acts up and eating fruit or veggies usually helps until it calms down
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- 6y
I get it I’ve had those times too hopefully you will be able to eat soon
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- 6y
Been there... I have struggled with OCD and gastritis for years and also emetophobia. On Sunday, I got violently ill out of nowhere. My nightmare. I can tell you I’m still struggling. But you’re strong. I got down to 118lbs (I’m a 6’1” male) I would only eat like 3 things. ( I am up to 155lbs) You can do this. It sucks, but you’ll Live through it all. I am freaked out about everything at the moment. What comes next? But, I ran towards something I couldn’t stop. If you need help, I’m here to talk. We have to find ways through this fear and thoughts. We can do that together in this community. In my thoughts stuck in bed.
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@tigerlia I’m sorry to hear that, and I understand. We should absolutely talk. Hang in there! You’re not alone.
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I on the other hand don’t have that kind of ocd, but when I’m feeling too anxious I can’t eat at all, so I can only imagine what you’re going through. You are strong! Take care ?
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@J how did you deal with getting sick, any tips? Also an emetophobic and it's hard to eat.
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@J thank you for sharing your story, very helpful. Stay strong!
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- 25w
I can't stop thinking about ending my life. I feel like I'm not even living, I'm just surviving. Everyone is capable of being a person and functioning and I'm just stuck here avoiding everything. My psychiatrist said my ocd is severe and it will all take time and I'll start erp and I'm already on medication but I just feel so depressed and like I won't be able to handle erp and it's already too late for me. I feel inhuman, it's debilitating. My major theme is just fear or contamination, I can't even make myself a meal I can't touch anything in the kitchen. I get stuck in the shower for 2 hours and when I don't shower because I'm depressed I feel like a walking germ. My hands are a mess, my school work is shit, I avoid and avoid and I'm just so tired of "living" like this. My psychiatrist said they don't have any therapists available right now like.... excuse me? What do you mean u don't have any 😭 I honestly don't even know why I'm typing this becuase nothing helps, nothing ever will. I'm so deep into this I can't get out, my room looks like shit, I can't live in this body anymore, I really can't. I let everyone down, I am and will be such a dissapointment. I don't have any dreams or goals or passions I just wasn't made to be here. I don't know how or who to ask for help like there's nothing anyone can do, I'm already on meds. I can't keep being like this, seeing everyone judge me for acting insane.
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- 24w
back in october i made my first post about my specific type of ocd, how it mixes in with my day to day and how i “deal” with it. i talked about the starting point, how it gradually got worse, and then how it was going just a few months ago. i always think it’s insane how much can change in just the course of a small to a large amount of time. right now, i honestly feel like garbage. to be quite sincere i really want to give up, i’m barely holding on by a thread. and if i cut that thread, i really doubt anyone would care. i’ve never considered myself to be a suicidal person, and i still don’t consider myself that right now. it just gets to a point where it’s just, a lot to deal with. i don’t really enjoy things a lot nowadays. sure i have good days like everyone does, like today, when i was just enjoying my day without worries. but then it all comes crawling back twice as bad the following days. i take online college so i’m usually just stuck at home most of the time. but, when i do decide to actually go out and leave my house, my ocd just explodes because i have this whole routine i need to do or else i feel like i’ll contaminate wherever i end up going. i’m not going to go really deep into my compulsions because it’s hard enough to live with them, much more having to type them all out in detail. but when i go out my compulsions go from wiping down all my stuff i’m going to use after showering, to washing my clothes/cleaning the washer + dryer. i also have separate things (or two of the same thing) i use specifically in my house, and items i use when going out. such as shampoo/body wash, deodorant, lotion, hair curler, etc. as if that’s not draining enough, i also feel the need to fast a couple days prior to any plan i make because i’ve forced myself to believe i need to feel empty in order to be clean. i’m not sure if that’s my past eating disorder talking, or my ocd, but my brain can’t help but think any food in my house is utterly and completely contaminated. i’m so tired of this feeling, feeling like nothing will ever be clean again. feeling like my ocd is trapped in my childhood home. feeling that wave of diseases rushing through my veins the moment i step foot into what’s supposed to be “home”. and i’m so scared of therapy because what if i do get healed, and then everything comes rushing back the second i step into my room. i’m planning on moving somewhere far from my current house in this next coming year, so sometimes i feel like just waiting it out. but it’s insufferable when going to hangout with someone. i miss my friends, my family, and my partner. it’s crazy to me that i’m dealing with all this at the young age of 18 but, i’m sure lots of people have it way worse. i just want to find a way out, any possible way. but i keep pushing myself deeper and deeper that when i finally find a way, it will no longer exist.
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- 22w
I'm having awful stomach pain and nausea and it's really worrying me and scaring me
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