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i think ocd just strips you of your personality and emotion at some points :( like sometimes you’ll feel happy and then the next second you’re just emotionless
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This is so true. It’s happened so many times where I feel like I’ll never bounce back but then I do but right now I feel like I won’t ever be able to bounce back again.
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I can relate. I could actually sense my emotions being forcefully turned off when I was in a relationship. One day I loved him, the second moment I couldn't feel anything for him.
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Ocd is exhausting. It does make you feel something one day and then turns emotions off for everyone and everything the next day . Do you find you bounce back pretty easily or does it take time?
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@Niki.s I had a terrible terrible time in that relationship. HOCD + ROCD (above that I didn't know I had OCD all along) + toxic relationship. It's was the most difficult and worthless thing I had experienced. It was extremely hard to bounce back but would fall back within days. Now my emotions are completely turned off after breakup, I feel nothing at all. I think the only thing beneficial out of OCD is numbness rn cause I have had enough pain lol. There was a time when I would pray t God to make me feel jealous, insecure...anything but I wanted to feel something when OCD turned my emotions off. It was that bad. 😐😂
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@lolocd I’m sorry to hear that. but I completely understand , I’m at the point where I just need to feel some emotion i want to feel like me again.
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@lolocd I experienced exactly what you did to a T. its nice to know that I'm not alone :). I didn't know it was OCD either, I just thought I was going crazy 😂, he was really messed up too, he actually texted me last night 😬
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@lolocd I know exactly how u feel. I've struggled on and off with HOCD and ROCD since I was 13 and I'm 23 now. Just know that while OCD can mask your emotions/feelings at times, it cannot rob u entirely of those emotions. OCD is a liar, and will always try to get you to believe the worst. Don't give up, things are going to get better and you are never alone!
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Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
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I think when people are saying OCD is egodystonic is really triggering me and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I’m going through a really bad relapse and right now I’m trying to figure out if my thoughts are truly egodystonic, like I how do I know I won’t act on them, how can I trust my emotions and everything. I feel really confused and I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore or how I carry on with life because it’s so long and I’m so unsure of everything that’s going on in my head. Like how do I know that this is OCD and true desires/urges. I’m so confused.
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