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Yes most def. it makes you feel extreme guilt until you can no longer feel guilty. With harm ocd, it makes you unable to even hurt a spider. It makes you the most pacifist person in the world.
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I am someone who is very sensitive and therefore have a lot of empathy. this causes my ocd mainly to not want to hurt others. I am very careful with my words and afterwards worry a lot about things that I have or have not said. moreover, I also fear that I will make others sick and that I will destroy something of theirs (eg their car by accidentally bumping into it with my shoe...). I also pray a lot because i think when i don't do it something bad will happen to my friends and family....
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Do you get scared that music you listen to or overhearing things or watchinf a movie maybe is a "sign" when it sounds like its telling you that you don't really love your partner or your relationship is bad?
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I don't have the signs in this way. When somebody dies i have to pray because otherwise somebody near me Will die the same way. I think what you are saying is almost the same but in a different way. It's like you OCD speaking i guess...
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I’m here to tell you that yes you aren’t alone in this :)
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Do you get "signs" with it?
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Define signs?
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@flynnyuh Like a sign of your character? A premonition?
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Oh definitely! I feel others pain so intensely it hurts! Then I feel like I somehow caused their pain! I also get ‘bad feelings’ which I often work out I have picked up from someone else.. I.e someone down or in a bad mood around me.. subconsciously I absorb it! Then my OCD tells me that because I have this ‘bad feeling’ that it’s because something bad is going to happen or has already happened! Then I’m back into checking everyone is ok 😩 My flatmate will often say to me ok stop and think.. what could this bad feeling be? Is it yours or is it someone else’s.. do you want to give it back to them? That helps!
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Is there a way to be sure that you're an empath? I'm not completely sure if I am. My cousin who is an Empath and can also talk to spirits says she can tell I am but im unsure.
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- 25w
so. oh lord. half my ocd symptoms could be autism. (not that im looking for a triple diagnosis including adhd, its just interesting to explore) this little ol rabbit hole started with my friend, who happens to be autistic and passionate about how their own condition works, when they started slowly easing the convo into an autism screening and by the time i realized what he was doing it was “oh my god ur kinda right i might be wrong for denying all this time that i could have autism” always thought my experience with texture/sensory as a toddler (and now) was ocd, because thats mainly what made adults call me ocd, more blatant ocd signs aside (such as touching things “just right”, ordering items etc) wondered why i was like that when theres not even a *direct* link between ocd and sensory issues (not the same as somatic ocd) thought i just happen to be an extremely sensitive person since i was born, now realizing that couldve been a sign of autism, along side many more “quirks” ive always had anyone with autism and ocd that can tell me what their experience is like? what about when u were children? especially if u snuck under the radar until u were older, my parents have said only a few times in the moment that i remind them of an autistic kid but dont think i have it
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Hi guys, This is my first post on here, as I’ve been scared to be vulnerable in this way. I’ve had a lifelong journey of mental health, diagnosed with a myriad of things, and misdiagnosed with others. When I got diagnosed with OCD, things started to click and treatment has been going well. There’s still a disconnect, things I do that are different than others and aren’t compulsion or obsession related. The reason I’m posting is to ask if anyone has been diagnosed with OCD/Autism and how you navigated that comorbidity. Thank you to anyone who shares
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Hello everyone! This is my first post since downloading the NOCD app and wanted to share a little about my life with OCD. I was first diagnosed when I was 17 but truly started noticing there was something going on with me as early as 10. To summarize: I have the repetitive ritualistic type of OCD. Basically, I have a fear of becoming other people. I believe that if I perform an action, like turning off the sink or closing a door, or even breathing in and out while thinking about somebody, especially someone that I dislike, that eventually I will become just like that person or experience something they've been through that is negative; like health issues, personality issues, or social status decline. Simple example: I know this one dude named Richard, I worked with him in retail, and he told me about how his brother died at a young age. Now, it’s nighttime, and with that new information known about Richard, I believe, that If I take my contact out while thinking of Richard, or an image of him appears in my head while I’m taking out my contact, I believe that MY brother is going to eventually die too. What’s the solution?: I worked with another kid in retail. His name is Mikey, he was decently put together, and his brother didn’t die. So that means: Now with my contact still on my finger, I put it to my eyeball, and keep tapping at my eyeball with my contact while trying to get an image of Mikey perfectly timed, so that I can cancel out the image of Richard and save my brothers life. This is a challenge because the image of Richard, or I should say, the fear that my brother could die from this thought, is strong, and often times I have to think of other people (from other life experiences) along with Mikey just to feel confident that I got the image cancelled enough to move forward. Every day, I complete many actions and with every action comes a thought or image of some person I’ve encountered in my life that I’m either afraid of becoming or obtaining the same negative life experiences, which therefore means I also have all the othet people in my mind, at the ready, that cancel them out too. Every day I cancel people out and repeat actions disguised to the public. Sometimes it’s noticeable, but knowing how to cover your ugly side while making sure you don’t mess up your future with the wrong thought is just what I call life. I’m a man with a thousand people in his head and its been an EXHAUSTING journey. But through therapy and acceptance of myself, I have found a way to love with it. Like anything else, there are horrible days and okay days, but this is apart of me forever and im lucky to share it all with you! Can anyone relate?? Feel free to comment or reach out! - Matt
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