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Redownloaded this app for this exact reason. Day after drinking is the most anxiety inducing thing for me. I’ve also been there with panicking about colleagues judging me for what I may or may not have said (even if we were all drunk). I’ve spoken to my therapist about this … it’s just still extremely difficult to sit sure the feeling
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It is SO hard to sit and accept it, isn’t it! The utter panic and urgency to get answers completely takes over. Feeling right back at square one today!
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@cupcake55 That’s my feeling too and I never sleep well after a night of drinking so I wake up feeling adrenaline running and it’s just the worst. Up right now waiting for my friends and boyfriend to wake up so I can get some reassurance. maybe I should go for a walk? Already tried an ice cold shower
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@cupcake55 I’m sorry you’re feeling back to square one, what’s your plan to try to feel more yourself today?
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@Nyc0011 Don’t forget the reassurance will help you for all of 10 minutes and you’ll just want more….reassurance is a cruel mistress! 😂
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@cupcake55 A cruel mistress 😂 thanks for making it lighthearted. Sorry to pivot the conversation towards myself. Rereading your post, I will say progress is never linear so even if you feel you took a step back, you’ll never start from zero again since you have the knowledge. What are things that you enjoy doing or that you find help with the perfectionism ?
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@Nyc0011 That’s ok, we are all in this together! I know, and that’s exactly what I would say to someone else. I’m so bad at taking my own advice. I’m not sure, it’s hard when it comes to feeling disorganised at home because my answer would be to have a little tidy up…but I guess that would also become a compulsion too. :(
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@cupcake55 I feel like we’re very similar. I tidy up too as a way to keep my mind busy. It’s a sense of controlling my environment so yes can definitely become compulsive. do you enjoy reading? I have a ton of great book recommendations that can get you outside your head a little bit!
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@Nyc0011 I find that I struggle when things are out of my control. It can be so hard to know if you’re just performing a basic task or if it’s becoming a compulsion. I love reading! I’m going away next weekend and I was just thinking yesterday that I need some new books to devour 🥰
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- 19w
Hey everyone, I just wanted to share something I’ve been struggling with, especially around making decisions. It’s really hard for me to feel confident in the choices I make, even when I know what the right thing is. I constantly find myself needing validation from others—whether it’s about something small or something really important. For example, at my job, I might know exactly what I’m doing and have done it right a bunch of times, but I still feel the need to double-check with someone or ask if it’s okay. It’s like this fear kicks in, and I start imagining worst-case scenarios—like what if I mess up and someone gets hurt, and then I get blamed or even end up in jail or prison. I know that sounds extreme, but these thoughts just come automatically, and they feel so real in the moment. This has been going on for maybe a year or two now. Even outside of work, the same thing happens. Like recently, I’ve been trying to figure out a gym schedule—my girlfriend wants to go with me, and I’m trying to plan the times and make it all work. But instead of just choosing what works best for me, I overthink it. I go back and forth in my head, and I ask other people what they think, even though deep down I know this is something I should be deciding for myself. It’s my life, but I still need that reassurance from others, and I don’t really know why. It’s exhausting to always doubt myself and to feel like one wrong choice could lead to something terrible. I’m trying to work through it, but I just wanted to put it out there and see if anyone else deals with this or has advice. Thanks for reading.
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- 17w
I'm struggling with a lot of doubts today, but trying the best I can to keep on living my life 🥲 I'm on 150mg of Sertraline right now, and honestly, I'm feeling a lot better than before. Do I still get triggered? Yes! But I'm handling it easier. The only issue is, I feel like I'm obsessing over recovering? Not if I'm doing it "right," but more so getting to a point where I feel "perfect." That's not possible, I know. Even before OCD spiraled out of control, I struggled with other issues on a daily basis. But life felt simpler back then, and I didn't have this magical (and annoying) ability to remember every single bad thing that's ever happened to me or every single intrusive thought I've ever had in extreme detail 😭 Whenever I'm feeling okay, I can not help but think, "Remember how bad it was (insert time-frame)?" And then my mind zip zaps through every instance I've ever felt anxiety, like...? I don't even know if it's me doing this or if its OCD, but it frustrates me so, so much when it happens. Anyway, that's all for now... If anyone can relate, we're in this together 🤍 Hang in there!
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- 15w
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.
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