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- 3y ago
It can also come about with postpartum depression.
It's said in the book with different mental illnesses that OCD must not be a result of medication or other conditions But they can contribute of course
PANDAs. I just had a functional medicine consult where they ran a bunch of tests so I’ll be interested to see what types of things that reveals.
Yup, my OCD started with a concussion.
I can't answer your question, but just thought I'd comment because my issues really began affecting my life after birth too. While most people wouldn't call my birth traumatic, I was faced with choices that now keep me up all night a year and a half later...even though I know my babies are fine. (I opted for a C-section at 37 weeks for twins, even though my goal the whole time was a 38 week natural birth. I have myself convinced their brains and lungs are going to cause them issues and have read basically every study and article on long-term effects of early term births.) I think the trauma of childbirth (especially your story), along with the hormonal changes, can lead to PTSD.
I would say it's more because of the Stress you've gone through and not the condition itself
+ hormones of course
@Daria Alexandrovna I agree with you Daria
Possibly? 🤔 The earliest memory I have of having intrusive thoughts was when I was about 5y and I went to a funeral of a pregnant woman whose baby was still in the womb. There was ice under the casket to keep it from... well, you can imagine. I became interested in my breathing pattern to prevent myself from dying. It got much darker after becoming pregnant, and subsequently giving birth. I'd also like to point out that even though my mother never got a diagnosis, she likely suffers from it.
I had never really had OCD symptoms like this a few months ago. I had struggled a little bit with anxiety and had always had a fear of uncertainty but I’ve never felt a 24/7 pain anxiety, guilt and fear like this. I was pretty happy😭 Have others had this experience as well? Did it just show up randomly from one intrusive thought that you couldn’t brush off? Is it possible to get back to how you were before or will I have to “manage” for the rest of my life?
Has anyone spent time thinking of what might have caused their OCD in general or their current episode to start. I thought about all the times I used to self harm by hitting myself in the face or previous accidental concussions and I sometimes beat myself up about it. I briefly thought about a brain tumour too. I just think "Why me?" "Why now?". This summer coming is suppose to be the best one I've ever had and OCD decided to rear its ugly head at the worst possible time. I wish it came up when I had nothing to look forward to and no hope because at least then I wouldn't fear it ruining everything. Now when I started to build my life back up I have to deal with this. I just hope being with the love of my life and travelling with her will take my mind off all the memories and thoughts.
I believe I’ve always had intrusive/OCD thoughts. When I was younger I always repeated phrases because my brain went “if you don’t do this your whole family will die” but it wasn’t anything too bad. However, when I was 15 I entered my first relationship. I had divorced parents and didn’t know what love was - so it ended up being abusive and I did not know. He forced me to disclose all the people I found attractive as well as all the “unpure” thoughts I had. He deemed fantasizing cheating - which I respected - but also caused for a lot of intrusive thoughts to make me freak out. He also gaslit me and accused me of cheating for the lightest things (gave my cousin a side-hug) and prohibited me from getting male friends because he thought I’d cheat (I’ve never been unfaithful or even flirted w another man. I’ve always had strong morals about it) I believe this trauma is what made my ocd what it is now, since I’m used to being accused for stuff I didn’t understand or have control over. I believe that understanding OCDs roots allows me to heal because it reminds me that I could exist without this thoughts and still had a good moral compass.
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