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Let yourself cry. I’ve shed plenty of tears over my OCD. There’s nothing wrong with it and you’ll feel better once you do. It’s healthy to allow yourself to break down, but not to stay down. So, once you’ve had a really good cry, get up and dance or watch a funny movie. I’m sending you lots of hugs. You’re going to get through this❤️❤️
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How are you usually handling your panic attacks? The best thing you could do is to just let them come. Even though you think you’re about to get a heart attack or something else that scares you, say to yourself “if it happens, it happens. I can’t worry about it”. Continue to do what you’re doing in the moment, don’t learn the brain that there’s something serious. You could use the same way to handle OCD thoughts, just let them be, don’t pay attention, do your thing. For me this has been curious in my recovering.
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I think it’s actually a sign of sanity if you’re afraid of going crazy in situations like this because it doesn’t even occur to insane people.
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I can just say that I’ve got this harm OCD as well and I’ve been through exactly the parts you mention, exactly. I know it’s scary. Reassuring yourself will not make it better though, you have to start living with the uncertainty and not pay so much attention. It’s really hard in the beginning but it’ll be easier since you will not take it serious after a while. And if you haven’t talked to a therapist yet, please do that, and be 100% honest, it’ll help you faster :) Stay strong! ❤️
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Well when my panic attacks come, I always think I’m going to do something crazy or that I’m going to go crazy or lose my mind. Which makes them even worse ! And so when I feel like crying , I feel like I’m going to get so depressed that I will become suicidal which scares me even more, but my type of OCD is harm OCD so I’m constantly trying to make sure I’m not going crazy so that I won’t do anything embarrassing or stupid enough to ruin myself
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You’re right but how can I stop my mind from racing so much. I took a Xanax and I’m just trying to relax and be myself but I’m constantly on alert of what “could” happen
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I’ve recently been struggling a lot with OCD. I have had OCD for a long time I just didn’t realize it until more recently. About seven months ago I developed panic attacks one day randomly at work. I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital where they told me it was just a panic attack and I assumed I would snap out and be better within a few days. However it didn’t. Here’s where it gets scary, I was staying at my then boyfriends house while dealing with blurry vision, anxiety attacks everyday, and more (unsure of what was going on). But at some point I saw my bfs (pew pew 🔫) on his table and it sent me into an anxiety attack after sudden thoughts that I was going to hurt myself with it. I begged him to put it away when I’m not looking so I didn’t know where he put it. He did. These thoughts lasted for about four days but began to go away. (I thought that was it and I would be back to normal). Unfortunately though I ended up moving back in with my family when we couldn’t get my panic attacks under control in time for me to get back to work and pay bills. However, coming home brought up a lot of trauma from when I was kid. My anxiety got worse but I didn’t have those thoughts again. About two and half months ago though, I got sick and went to the hospital where they gave me steroid pills and a steroid shot but sent me into some kind of psychiatric event. Ever since then though, I have been suffering from harm OCD, I have had moments of intense anger that I usually have to completely walk away and go on my own because of how intense they are, and it feels like it’s getting worse. Today I felt fine until about and hour and half ago where I started to dwell on the fact that my suicidal thought was influenced by my OCD and at the moment my OCD is at the worst it’s been. This caused me to get suddenly really depressed and I started crying thinking about how I can’t handle this. I then saw a post talking about how suicide rates are high for people with this form of OCD and it made me question if I am mentally strong enough to pull through this. I fear that at times I’m getting worse. I have good days but I have a lot of bad days. Unfortunately this sent me into such a bad panic attack I went over to my nanas crying about how I can’t deal with this. I took a 0.25 mg Xanax which helped calm down the panic attack portion of it but my brain is still uncomfortably active. I guess I just need hope. I’m so saddened by this. It’s like my life took a total 360 in 10 months and got even worse since the steroid shot. Idk what to do about it. I can’t stop the spiral. I talk to two different therapist weekly and start more next week, making it 5 times a week. I feel no improvements…
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