anyone one else suffer with feelings of numbness? i have been mostly anxiety-free today, but i think i would rather have the anxiety back than feel this numbing feeling. i feel little to no connection with the things around me, like my partner and hobbies that i usually enjoy. i’m also getting easily irritated today, which makes me feel worse; it’s like the only feeling i can get is annoyance. this happens to me every once in a while, and comes without warning. if you struggle with this, what do you do to get out of it? i usually just wait it out, but it sometimes can last for several days.

Hi yes I was literally just thinking this exact thing today. Like sometimes you are so exhausted or numb to all the stuff going on in life in addition to the OCD that you can’t even bring yourself to cry or feel anything yk?? I try to cry but it feels so artificial even though I know under normal circumstances I would cry. These days it takes like SO much for me to cry idk. But anyways sorry for ranting but I also relate to feeling easily irritable. Like even the slightest things make me have the urge to yell or scream at things or people. and I really don’t want to do that bc I don’t want to hurt anyone emotionally. I also had to the urge to take the cup my mom was sipping out of and put it back in the cup holder bc she was slurping it a lot and it was just super triggering for some reason. like I can’t handle some noises and stuff sometimes. to get out of it, I try to drink a lot of water bc idk I get this refreshed feeling and such. Since this is a new feeling I don’t really know what else to do other than just sit with the irritability and not say anything or listen to music and redirect my annoyance I guess you could say?? Anyways I really hope you can not feel numbness anymore because I don’t wanna feel that way either.