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Me... That's why I am afraid to talk to a therapist/psychiatrist about my intrusive thoughts. I'm scared they'll think I'm a danger or something and institutionalize me and I'll have to be away from my kids😞
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If you find the right therapist it is so helpful. I have felt like my therapists and psychiatrist are the only people on my side
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Wtf?! For attention? That's some BS. Nobody would ever purposely have panic attacks and intrusive thoughts for attention. That is an awful thing so say to someone. I am sorry you have to deal with that
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Thanks. He just is really uninformed and refuses to take the time to learn anything about panic attacks, anxiety or OCD. I send him articles/videos all the time. He never reads them
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Oh oh oh! Me! It's a beast!! I love him more than he will ever know and love being a mommy, but I think I have ROCD about not mothering well. I'd love to join a lady tribe!
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Oh thank goodness I’m not alone!! I’m petrified that someone will take her away from me because of my “mental illness”!
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My hus and is angry at me all the time bc of the ocd and panic attacks
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Similar in my life. It was very mean and toxic. Made the anxiety worse and whittled me down. Still not recovered. That's why I'm here. I had an advertisement on social media and clicked.
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@Samantha Are you still together? We have been on the brink of divorce for the last 3 years but can’t financially do it right now especially since covid
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@Samantha There’s a lot of gaslighting on his part and he blames me for “98.6%” of his misery. I am doing all of this work on myself and he is doing none. It’s very frustrating
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@Mel99 We didn't make it...it was a nightmare.
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@Mel99 Good on you for growing into your own!!
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Having support is is definitely helpful. Have you talked to your husband about the ocd and panic attacks? He needs to understand that it isn't something you can just help and can be debilitating. My OCD comes out in irritability sometimes so I end up yelling at my kids too. I try hard not to, but when they don't listen the first time it's hard not to. I just take it day by day.. If it's a day where I just can't pick myself up my husband is pretty good at stepping in. This last week and a half has been really bad but I'm trying to get better. I'm trying to bring myself to find a therapist and psychiatrist but I'm just terrified of medication and talking to people about my issues.
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Yeah my husband is not helpful at all. My panic attacks trigger his anxiety and it turns into a huge fight.
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He tells me I’m doing it on purpose for attention 🤯
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I know it’s scary to be so open with someone about this stuff but it really is amazing when you get that support from someone who is trained to help. And you don’t ever have to take meds if you don’t want to! I take them and they do help me but I totally understand the argument against them and feared side effects.
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Smh. That's just awful, I hope he realizes that is out of your control and it's a scary time for someone to go through. I wish more people would take the time to research and learn about mental health issues.
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Ain't that somethin? I am right there with you! It's so good we found our way on here! How did you find out about NOCD?
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I’m not sure actually. I started getting emails but I’m not sure when I signed up for them
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I’m actually more scared of a member of my family or my husband trying to take her away. I’m a first time mom so it’s a very loaded situation
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When you're feeling like this, make sure your little one is in a safe place. Playing some music or going outside with them on the porch and exercising, little things like that can go a long way!
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I’m just finding it very difficult to overcome the anxiety attacks when my daughter is right there. Sometimes I get angry and yell at her and I feel so awful. She’s only 3 1/2 but we Still talk about it I talk to her about my panic attacks in my OCD
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Aww, for me I would just want to cry all the time. Be on my phone looking for information all the time. Clean up, text a friend, talk on the phone with a good friend, etc. Instead of connecting with my child.
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How do you fight this and take care of them at the same time that’s my biggest struggle right now
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You stay in the moment with them, adjust your expectations for yourself and your little one, and do your thing when they are asleep.
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@Samantha I can’t really choose when the panic hits though. I wish it would wait until she’s asleep that would be really nice!
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@Mel99 Ah I am trying not to reassure you and it is so odd to not comfort another mom having a rough time!!!
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Please if someone can reply! I really just need someone to talk to. I don’t even know how to control my OCD. It honestly feels like it’s controlling me. Everyday my mind focuses on every bodily sensation I have and it’s like a broken record player, I have horrible health anxiety and my OCD just makes it worst just thinking about it everyday. It feels like everyone who I explain it to looks at me like I’m stupid/crazy. I use to be much more tame with my OCD, I use to eat things without worry, now I can’t even touch things I use to eat without worrying that I’ll get an allergic reaction (despite eating them BEFORE,,,but my mind tells me otherwise) and omg worrying about heart attacks, pulmonary issues..and I couldn’t even enjoy my own child’s birth because my mind was on high alert thinking I would hemorrhage any second or develop pre-E (complications of postpartum) I was miserable for the first couple of months of my baby’s life and I didn’t know what to do. And now, I’m pregnant with my second (4wks) and all the OCD thoughts and anxiety is coming back at me and I have no one to talk to, I feel lonely. And even if I considered taking a pill, I’d worry about being allergic to it and refusing to take it. I ruin everything for everyone. I remember I ate out one night and I started to think “you’re gonna pass out! You’re gonna pass out! (Without ever passing out before) and I had to leave! I feel like I ruin the mood for everyone when I don’t even try to, and I hate it.
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I just wanted to ask any mothers their experience with having children & the positive experiences they’ve had despite their diagnosis (even the small moments of joy)? I have always yearned to have children & grow a family however recently OCD has made me question this desire (though when I’m back to thinking rationally my heart knows I’m meant for motherhood). though I’m not oblivious to how difficult it must be, I thought it would be nice to see the good amongst the bad, not just for me but for anyone else feeling a similar way 🫶🏼
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I'm roughly 2 months pregnant and I'm struggling so bad with OCD (specifically surrounding psychosis/postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, etc). I'm so discouraged because I was sub-clinical for over a year and this pregnancy and the hormones are undoing all of my progress. And it actually seems so much harder than BEFORE when I was at a low point. It feels like the hormones are ruining my brain and making me lose my mind. I keep looking over my shoulder, getting intrusive images of scary hallucinations that I might start to get, i fear hurting myself or my baby, etc. Psychosis in pregnancy is 1 in 1000. That's not that rare. I feel like I just upped my chances of my biggest fear happening and I have so much regret and fear around that. I'm also a Christian and I'm relying on God so much more now than ever, but I'm afraid of that too because people in psychosis often have religious delusions and I can't tell if I'm slipping into that or if God is really just using this trial to pull me closer to him. I just feel so defeated. I feel like ERP just isn't going to work for me because the hormones are a whole different animal that "normal" people with OCD don't have. Like they're making me immune to ERP or that ERP isn't for people like me and I'm hopeless.
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