Does anyone experience their OCD trying to sabotage any happy experience? It’s like when I have a good time or experience a happy moment my OCD reviews the experience trying to find something bad about it. For example it reviews everything trying to find something that I could have done or said wrong or a possible negative outcome that could come from the experience. I hate it because it feels like it doesn’t want me to experience joy! I am happy and then at night I wake up super anxious about what if’s. It’s almost like my my OCD wants me to stay trapped in this little routine where it knows everything said or done is “safe” and anything outside of it is an possible threat. Idk if I’m making sense but it makes me so mad…

Maybe,MaybeNot

Date posted: 4y

yep! I do this

fairy

Date posted: 4y

Yess, that happens to me a lot! every time I go out with my friends I feel very anxious and I just think about what I said, my OCD try to turn my good memories into bad ones :(

Mary Hinchliffe

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 4y

Yes I for sure experience that! I hate OCD for this reason 😭 I guess we just have to keep doing the things even when they're difficult

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