- Username
- Meggg
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I loved Turtles all the way down, such a great book! I think most of mine are about touching things and germs, it starts a thought spiral and gives me horrible anxiety
Stay strong Meg! In response to your question about thought spirals, I have relationship ocd - so my thought spirals focus around my bf cheating on me. It’s hard for us both but we are pushing through. If he is the right one then we will make it together, if not I’ll find someone who is. It’s very very challenging at times because I’ve had periods where I have had to call or text him constantly (we are in a ldr) and when he doesn’t reply or pick up I have gotten straight up panic attacks puking my guts out...! But I’m starting to see a small light at the end of the tunnel one year into treatment
Same I am at a friends and I don’t like staying at friends because I get anxiety from the thought of saying no so if I want to go home I feel like I can’t say it because I think they will not want me to come back or will hate me or something. Then I need to hand wash and then everything goes down-hill and that is why I like the comfort of my own home.
The hardest part of my life is the fact that I am in middle school and am bullied! It is soo hard that I even had I time were I dealt with self harm! But I saw a consoler and she helped me but that give me anxiety too like one person said they freeze when they think of it. I don’t like sharing my thoughts that is why I am undiagnosed I struggle with it but I can’t share anything because that gives me anxiety! Life is hard! I am soo happy that I found this app.
Thank you sooo much guys OCD may make our live horrible but we have each other it really helps to now people go through the same things I do. It feels great to have a shoulder to lean on when I don’t have one at school. It really sucks when they make fun of your illness because they think it is funny if they new what I went through. Thank you soooo much???
And sooo happy y’all are reading my fav book I love books because they take me away from my reality
Same!
Im so sorry you’re bullied, i was bullied in middle school and high school and a piece of advice that might only just serve as words of encouragement: karma always gets the bullies, keep staying strong!
Just started reading it today!
Karma does get the bullies!! I was a total loser weirdo apparently in high school and got bullied constantly - but now everyone thinks I’m the cool chick, beautiful and have a successful career. All hope is not lost! I never thought I’d be the beautiful, cool chick and to this day I still find it utterly shocking that anyone would think that (if they only knew how my teen years were!!)...!
Has anyone ever had a fixation on words? It sounds weird but sometimes I get obsessed with the meanings of words or whether I understood something I heard or read, and then that intrusive thought distracts me from the conversation, book, tv show, etc. and I freak out because I feel like I can’t track/retain information normally. If I don’t have that thought I’m fine, but if it pops up, it’s so hard to get unstuck.
I'm religious, so anyone else who is religious I need to know if this happens to y'all. When I read the Bible, which I want to do twice a day, I feel like I have to reread and reread stuff bc if I didn't comprehend it properly, something bad would happen, or my fears would come true. I also have intrusive thoughts that come into my head about what I'm reading and the thoughts will say something bad about the Bible or about God, and it's like I know God knows I didn't say it but I have to "undo" the thought by getting up out of my seat completely, and saying something that "undoes" it then I can sit back down and read. Sometimes I also shake my head or hit myself in the head trying to rid of the thought. And say "no, no, of course not" and stuff like that trying to undo the thought that intruded...
These last few days my ocd had been maybe the worst it’s ever been. Currently, I am trying to do schoolwork assignments but I’m having a hard time reading because my mind is reading too fast and just skipping over the words then I feel frustrated like I have to go back and read the words carefully one by one with the same brain effort put to each word. Then I feel like I need to go back and look at how much I’ve read up to now and how much I need to read still and compare and it’s a never ending cycle of frustration. My mind is also racing about negative past events on top of that
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