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- Mbriones
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- MarcosMarcos
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- 5y ago
Write about it
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- axolotlaxolotl
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I’ve had obsessive existential thoughts, too...it can get really hard. In my experience, embracing the uncertainty is the way to get thru it. Like: “Maybe life is meaningless, I don’t know! And I’m gonna live my whole life not knowing. Thinking about it more won’t give me a definitive answer, so I’m just gonna accept this and move on to the next part of my day” and then I take a walk or eat a taco or whatever. Just keep living your life and see what happens...eventually the anxiety will spike, then lessen, and you’ll get through it. Hang in there!
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- MbrionesMbriones
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- 5y ago
Thanks ljb, just curious how are you now? does it still bother you, how long did you recover?
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- axolotlaxolotl
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- 5y ago
I’m doing much better now! For me, it started at the end of May and lasted through the summer, off and on...last intense episode was in early September. It was really hard, but I kept up w therapy and trusted that in time my anxiety would lessen. There are definitely some things that still trigger those thought patterns, but I can dismiss the thoughts much more easily now (the anxiety lasts minutes, not days). The way you feel right now is not how things will always be! Be patient and try not to engage w the obsessive thoughts - easier said than done, I know, but worth the effort. Routine, distraction, exercise - whatever gets your mind off things is good. That’s been my experience anyway - hope it helps!
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Just want to ask if you will still feel normal after recovery of existential ocd? Im just anxious that I will never be normal again. I am thinking if I sucessfully recovered thid OCD will everything get back to normal as before? I really appreciate your answer. Thank you.
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- Cami16
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Is anyone experiencing existential OCD as well?
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- Blake K.
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- 2y ago
Going through existential ocd
Hey everyone, this is my first post here and I just have to get stuff off my chest. It started so randomly and so recently. I (21 m) came to accept my morality and my death at a fairly young age following watching 'UP' and my grandfather passed away. But a youtube video talking about a character struggle with their death as part of a character arc, that one line made my mind fall into a rabbit hole on death, what is death, what's after death, what's life, it's meaning, is there a God, what am I doing with my life, what do I want to do? And is it worthwhile? I felt like I like was slowly disconnecting from reality and that nothing was worth it. My interest like guitar, combat sports, pro wrestling and video games didn't bring me comfort. I've even have trouble eating, just two bites of a chicken sandwich felt like 30 bites. I've just keep thinking about my life and my inevitable death and I couldn't focus on anything else. I think it's because I feel like I'm at a war with my mind, people say life is to short and at the same time to not rush it. I am a Christian and I do believe in an after life of peace but I question what's real and what's not and I don't ever feel happy. Is anyone else going through what I'm feel I really need help.
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