HJW1015
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Stanny Stanny
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Extreme avoidance of situations I felt most anxious in, copying others to feel normal, changing my opinions/behavior all of the time to try and please everyone or even myself, sooo many things
hopeful for hyggehopeful for ...
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Oh, I did these things too, but I didn’t think of it as OCD. Guess I thought of it as anxiety or depression.
JoyousEffortJoyousEffort
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I medaled in extreme avoidance too 🥇🙌
JoyousEffortJoyousEffort
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Re-reading text conversations over and over after sending messages. Not even because I wished I’d said something different, just… because. 🔁
Stanny Stanny
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Yep!!
nikkiinikkii
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having harmful thoughts about my dog and feeling stressed out about it and couldn’t stop worrying about it
unknown unknown
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I think the fear of getting lice after I got it once. I would wear my hair in a tight ponytail all throughout 4th grade because of it
Giving upGiving up
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I was so worried I did a secret blood pact and got HIV. I mostly would do things symmetrical because it “felt wrong” if I didn’t. I had to chew one bite on the left and the next on the right. The left always had to get the last bite too because I didn’t like the right side and it felt bad.
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22:22 scary numbers
One of my first memories of OCD was from when I was about 8-12 years old. I’ve always struggled with sleeping and prone to twisting and turning due to my brain going like 🧠 🗣️🗣️🗣️ Anyways once I couldn’t sleep and got out of bed one of my parents said, with compassion, ”oh it’s so late, why are you awake it’s school tomorrow” and when they followed me to my room I saw that the time was 22:22 and I felt a really scary feeling in my chest (today I know it was anxiety) and from that day on the time 22:22 🕰️ followed me for years. I was twisting and turning and feeling anxious about my digital clock (I’m a 90s girly) turning 22:22. I could get issues taking deep breaths, being sweaty, uncomfortable and scared and feeling like ”ITS SOON 22:22 AND WHEN THE TIME PASSES IT WILL BE TOO LATE”. I never really understood exactly what was going to be ”too late” but I’m guessing it was getting too little sleep absolutely blown out of proportion. As soon it passed 22:22 it was all good and I could fall asleep 😴 I don’t struggle with those numbers today instead I smile and feel compassionate towards little me. Still OCD sucks, I still struggle with sleep times to times and do have some magical thinking but the big difference is that I logically know that it’s not real even if it emotionally sometimes feel that way. Take care out there. If this made you feel less lonely, wanna share your first memories of OCD? ❤️
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