- Date posted
- 4y
- Date posted
- 4y
Yeah, I cycle through: microplastics, climate change, the US being stolen from Native Americans, slavery and how it affects people today, corruption, shareholder capitalism, and ever-increasing taxation and resource scarcity against perpetually sinking wages... and this, for me, is a good phase 😹😹 The rest of the time, my struggles are false memory and real event themes, relationship, contamination, and harm... I don’t get help for the first group; to me, obsession with those things just makes me feel like a decent citizen. It’s even harder not to obsess when you know almost half the country isn’t even aware of all the strife and pending crises. All that has helped me with these things has been donating money and gratitude journaling... and trying to pollute as little as possible.
- Date posted
- 4y
Yea. After a stressful event that took place in my country I couldn't sleep for a week and started endlessly researching about this one issue and its ramifications. I think it might be "I have to know" compulsion, and some things are really not that easy to "just know" some questions ain't have answers either. So I think observe the urge but don't do extreme research. Might also be seen as just compulsive info hoarding
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- 4y
Right, those are great insights!
- Date posted
- 4y
Great advice, thank you so much
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- Date posted
- 23w
Curious.... the news has been terribly distressing for me and has stirred up OCD. Compulsive rumination and checking (news stories) are my go-to when OCD is triggered. Today, I purposely did not listen to my news podcast as I do every morning. I feel better-ish. Is this avoidance, or is this self care? Would continuing to listen to a podcast be exposure with response prevention applied to the compulsions that go with it? Thanks in advance!
- Date posted
- 21w
i’ve unfortunately fallen into the cycle of trying to figure out my thoughts and find answers as to why i feel so distressed. this still pertains to the situation regarding changing my room for those reading who have seen my multiple posts over the last few days. i’ve been so distressed and in so much panic about it. i’m also panicking over my other room looking so different from when i left it. it’s been making me feel crazy because to me there’s no reason for my anxiety to latch so hard onto something that seems so minuscule. i was thinking i was having anxiety over change, but it’s like symptoms of ocd too that’s making it really hard for me to let go. SO i started thinking maybe it was perfectionism ocd? i’ve realized over time that i do compulsions to where things have to feel “just right”, but i also do that with any environment i’m in. like it HAS to feel cozy to me and provide me comfort in order for me to feel at ease. and this change is causing me to panic because there’s something wrong that i can’t find an answer to. maybe the different colored carpet? but it’s also more than that it feels like. however, now it’s spreading into other areas of my house where i’ve always been fine in and possibly to just any area i’m in at all. hence why it’s making me feel crazy because there’s no reason for me to be THIS distressed over that as i’ve never really had this problem before. and when i did it would last maybe an hour to a couple of days at most, but this has been going for over 2 weeks with my really bad anxiety being this week. i’m doing a little better, but it’s still hard when i can feel that panic waiting for me to acknowledge and just engulf me in the ocd cycle. i’m also analyzing basically any feeling i have so i just feel off in general and like i’m going insane. i’ve been so hyper focused on how i feel and that will send me spiraling too. multiple themes then start coming in like existential ocd and fear of solipsism. not to mention my harm and contamination ocd that just adds on when i’m this vulnerable. then i worry if no one is real, then no one feels the way i do. or just in general that what if no one feels the way i do. honestly, i think being out of college and in my house with nothing to do is causing me too much time with my thoughts. which is why i’m so distressed about everything that pops into my brain.
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 20w
Not sure if this is OCD or ADHD or both, but sometimes I get really stuck on a topic to the point that it's obsessive and somewhat debilitating but still fun. Does anyone else get caught up on random topics (in a slightly unhealthy way)? This part of my mental health issues is one I don't mind as it has contributed a lot of joy to me through different fandoms and groups in my life. Just curious what obsessions (positive) you guys have and if you consider it a blessing, a curse or a blerse lol
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