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I think you should talk to a professional about it. My OCD has always been there, but didn't get really distressing until a few years ago. Sometimes, if you can catch and work on early signs of OCD, you can prevent worse anxiety from it. If you don't have OCD, that's actually a good thing. It's not fun and it gets really bad sometimes. If you talk to a trained specialist, you may get more of a sense for what you're going through and what next steps to take 🙂
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it technically is an anxiety disorder (but im honestly not even sure why it’s classified that way). so many emotions can accompany ocd, not just anxiety i.e. despair, terror, hopelessness, self hate etc.
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@Jenny_depressed_af oh period!! i did not agree with that classificatuon
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For some themes my OCD manifests much more in depression than in anxiety. Other themes it’s shame and others it’s anxiety. OCD can bring out all the bad emotions.
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These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.
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so i was on instagram and it came up with other signs of ocd then someone commented this doesn’t mean you have ocd now im stressed that its not ocd background - i had so-ocd for a few years then got treatment for it but am now on the waiting list for further treatment for other stuff but i dont have another theme which makes me feel like its not ocd my day to day life consists of touching the door handle every time you go past it or someone will die, and inability to send emails without re reading loads of times and getting other people to check because im scared i wrote something bad but the what if it’s not ocd thought is triggering me now and i don’t know what do
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Does anyone else ever feel like they don’t feel “bad enough” to have OCD, or that they don’t feel “the right way” for it? Or like they’re just saying they have OCD as an excuse? Because i was so much better for like 3 weeks now and now im on my period and i started doubting again. So because of that im scared that i was feeling to good and that my fear is actually true.
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