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Think of OCD like a really good fighter. Think of your fighting move like an emotion you feel. When you're absolutely anxious you go in for a punch and your fist is caught and OCD retaliates and you get hurt. When you're calm you try a new move and you get a sweeping kick. No matter what move you use (the emotion you have) OCD is still fighting you and knows how to get you trapped back in. I'm not sure if that makes any sense but it sounds familiar to what I've been through.
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i totally understood that. i wish things were different but this is just how it is. i’ll get through this, eventually this will just be another thing i dealt with.
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@LiamC1 It's best to think of it as any other obsession. I treat POCD as a sequel to HOCD and I guess you're supposed to feel worse with POCD but I remember being way more panicked having HOCD. HOCD is also when I learned about having ROCD which came before. So I guess I might have some sense of mindfulness or intrusively "what if that means you don't have OCD? this is real" Anyway you got this, keep going.
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- 23w
I struggle so bad with intrusive thoughts. They can be so bad that I'll cry because I KNOW that's not how I feel or want to do. (Too embarrassed to say what they're about) I'll constantly try to figure out why I have them, and constantly figure out what they mean, causing me to constantly circle around and around. I had to get on anxeity meds, which helped a little but the thoughts still happen. How do you help yourself with this? How do you know that you're just not some physcopath? 😅
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I’m on my period and o think my ocd feels a little worse today… I feel anxious and like something bad is about to happen, like I can’t move or talk cause I’ll freak out or snap and do something. Also I had a gronial response about an SA topic and I feel horrible, I’ve noticed that I do have these gronials as if I’m actually into that but idk if it can happen that you have the gronial and think “oh I’m horny, not about this but I am” is that possible? Idk how to say it… also I think I just want reassurance but I’m also scared…
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Hey yall, having a tough time. I’ve been struggling with intrusive thoughts while I self pleasure and it GENUIENLY feels like I enjoy them for whatever reason. And then now about half an hour later it’s like okay it’s a sexual thought but I might not actually like it. Idk I just really hate myself, because I basically genuinely liked it in the moment
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