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- 3y
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y
Yes and I want quiet to “think through” my thoughts but it just makes it worse.& I don’t want to be around anyone because I’m scared I’ll get an intrusive thought about it
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yes
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Yes from my gf
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- 3y
Yeah I have ROCD and I want to from my fiancé
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@AnonymousA Same! And I also isolate from my fiancé. My wedding is in 2 months. It is so hard.
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Yeah and that leads to major depressive episodes.
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Same
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All the time. But I push through it and make sure that I visit people even if I find it hard to text them
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Yes definitely, it feels very isolating
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Yes
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Yes. Sometimes it it makes me want to isolate. Other times, it makes me want to be around people. Just depends on what type of intrusive thought I have.
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I basically isolated for about 3 years. I didn't even know it was ocd, please don't isolate, it'll make things worse hun
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It’s so hard not to isolate though. Ocd feels so scary that it’s hard being around people because you’re scared they’ll trigger an ocd spike and you’ll have to deal with it
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- 3y
@Earlymockingjay That's exactly why I avoided literally everyone, trust me...it makes things so much worse because its strengthening the ocd. Its letting it know that you're afraid, and that will only cause you to isolate more. Don't let the ocd win, i wish I would've had someone tell me that
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@Earlymockingjay Facts
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- 24w
Last night I was staying at my boyfriend’s house and couldn’t sleep. I felt like i desperately needed to go back to my parents and clean and organize my room. This has happened a few times before when I was staying at his place. Since then he’s been very upset with me. Does anyone else’s partner do this? Any advice? It’s been hard. He’s made me feel so shameful for having OCD. As if it’s not tough enough /:
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I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
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- 12w
I have HOCD and ROCD and it makes me wanna puke all day I live with my husband
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