- Date posted
- 3y ago
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I question the same thing. Sometimes way more.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yep. Existential ocd
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I started just accepting this is MY reality and Iām okay not knowing why. I just know Iām here and living my life with meaning. I have struggled with the existence of others too- which hard when itās your family. But itās all just thoughts- there was a time you didnāt have these thoughts and these questions didnāt matter. Itās all ocd.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I had searched "questions that scientist ask" the same ones that came out the same ones I have I just have to accept that no one knows and move on. I never had these questions either before or I might've but I would move on from it easily and forget but I agree.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Dose anyone also get this sence of unease when it reminds you that your actually alive? And even panic
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- Date posted
- 21w ago
Thatās kinda my question. All my thoughts feel so realistic and so now I doubt if they are ocd and if I just canāt make my mind up about something and Iām using ocd as an excuse or something idc I feel like this post is word vomit.
- Date posted
- 18w ago
Really bad theme right now is death, I keep thinking about how one day or at any moment my heart will stop my brain will stop & my memories & everything I know will all fade away. It is giving me so much anxiety Iām only 18, but I realize it all happens to us it is bound, we are born to die. I know itās a silly thing to be scared because itās not helping the quality of my life worrying about it and even when I do die, I wonāt care , if you donāt have a working brain then how can you care š¤·āāļø. It is tainting my everyday life currently & honestly making me terribly depressed & it is giving me derealization & making me feel nihilistic, Iāll remind myself itās okay but then with my ocd i donāt stop thinking and thinking about it and itās seriously so hard to stay present in the moment because this thought just feels like I canāt scrub it away itās miserable I struggle with religion, but I do pray to anything thatās out there possibly listening, because it is comforting, it just feels like this whole experience Is pointless & I am afraid of the unknown and what is to possibly happen but Iām subjected to it anyways so why should it matter
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 7w ago
I used to get caught in a loop with existential thoughts very frequently. Every question made my stomach drop: (TW: existential questions) ⦠⦠... "Why does anything exist at all? What will death be like? Is anything even real? Is there any meaning to this? Is the universe infinitely big, and if not, what's beyond it? Are there multiverses? Has the universe been around forever? Will the universe end for good, or will it keep going forever? What is forever like? What even IS reality?" It would get so overwhelming that I remember lying on the floor in a fetal position for hours because I felt like there was no escape. I spent most of my days reading articles and watching videos about theoretical astrophysics and philosophy in a desperate attempt to "figure it all out." Of course that only made me more anxious, raised more questions, and kept me trapped in the cycle. Things started to improve once I learned to turn TOWARD reality, rather than away from it, and ERP really helped me do that. I learned that these questions weren't the problem. I learned that I can actually handle the anxiety that arises when exposed to these ideas and concepts. I don't have to figure anything out to make the anxiety go away; it arises and passes away on its own. Ironically, bringing myself into the present moment and becoming more aware of reality helped me escape the cycle of existential dread. Because of that, this topic no longer takes over my life. If I'm triggered by something I see, hear, or think, I may still feel a little twang of anxiety, but then it just goes away. "Maybe, maybe not" has been the single most useful phrase of my life. Do you ever get trapped in a cycle of existential questions? Are you worried that the ERP approach would be too scary to handle? If so, I'm happy to give my advice.
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