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- 3y ago
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- 3y ago
Hey, I’ve experienced what you’re talking about for a few years now. What I do to help ground myself is find something to touch; cold, hot, textured, anything that will bring your senses back down from dissociation or derealization. I also recite derealization mantras I’ve found on YouTube. The dream-like state you’re feeling is from the overload of adrenaline, so do something stress relieving: watch something funny and familiar, cry with a friend or to yourself, go outside into the breeze, or do something physical. Take some deep breaths to help calm down the heart rate and bring the adrenaline back. And just remember: you’re not crazy, and you’re not going through psychosis or having delusions. That’s the OCD talking! I experienced derealization for a year straight with no break, and thought there was no end, but there absolutely is. Be kind to yourself, and when you feel inclined to check who you are, who your family is, etc., just remember that it is not you in charge, but your OCD that’s trying to get a reaction out of you. Get good sleep, make sure you’re moving and busy, and no abundance of caffeine and no drugs. It took patience and time, but eventually I trained myself to not escape into derealization or depersonalization when I was stressed out, which at least kept me more realistic and comfortable.
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- 3y ago
This was so helpful! Thank you
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- 3y ago
I'll add up this : don't ever forget that OCD-related people are way more "normal" than "normal people" no matter the theme of OCD. The big difference is that we think far more than common people so as a matter of fact we develop far more thoughts than common people it's all logical. The truth is, everything we experience daily as OCD-related people is experienced by everybody except that we max out our thoughts and feeling by as already said the fact that we think A LOT and it's also due to our oversensitiveness that lead us toward anxiety.
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- 3y ago
I had that ocd 16 years ago it was so scary because I had thoughts about being delusional and having schizophrenia I would make myself think bizarre things and think what if I'm delusional I would doubt if I was sane. What helped me was people who are truly delusional and crazy they don't realize it and they don't fear it like we do they really do believe thier delusion. This also really helped me sometimes I would jump to another ocd theme and I would not be scared of being delusional anymore because I was focused on another ocd theme. If I were really delusional it wouldn't stop just because lol.. And finally knowing that it was just ocd messing with me so I just ignored it until it went away😊
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- 19w ago
This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
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- 19w ago
I feel like there’s no way out of this. everyday i’m anxious and depressed from these thoughts. i feel like i have to constantly question if it’s OCD or not. the panic attacks are insane and i freak out. and a compulsion i have is looking eveything up on the internet when im stressing to know that it’s just my OCD and im not in danger. but looking things up add on to my thoughts and i start thinking “what if” actual suidcal people think. do others with this theme whenever they do something like if im taking a picture it’ll be like “yeah you look happy people will wonder what happened when your gone” LIKE i DO NOT want to end my life. or even as simple as cleaning my room, “yup keep it clean so when your family goes through your stuff” then i panic and can’t even do anything. those thoughts distress me so bad. i’ll sit there and think how good my life is or when im having a good day my thoughts will be like “NOPEEE what if your just saying that to convince yourself” it never shuts up and genuinely makes me think i have SI or something. i hope this reaches the right people just to know im not alone. Even when i do get better in the back of my mind it’s always “people who want to are the same a day before too” im genuinely scared and im scared one day im going to just snap and do it because its “too much” do i need to go to a mental hospital! i feel insane.
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