Hi everyone! So I have a subset of OCD called sensorimotor OCD. Does anyone else have this? I have had obsessions with breathing, blinking, and now how my lips/mouth feels when I speak. I am constantly aware of how my lips feel and how my mouth is moving when I talk and it is so distracting and debilitating to the point where every social interaction feels so forced and unnatural. I feel like I will never forget about this thought. It is so embarrassing and feels so ridiculous. Has anyone had experience with this? I’m feeling very alone and trying to find the right therapist... thanks in advance.

I absolutely hate this obsession. I constantly am hyper focused on how my mouth moves when I talk and specifically with certain letters like b, m, and p. I just hate the feeling and I try to say different words to avoid those uncomfortable feelings and I just feel so unbelievably worn out. I don’t want to be around people and talk to people but I have to for my job so I am constantly focused on my mouth. To the point where I say the wrong thing or (even today) run into walls?? I am completely zoned in on one thing and it is so painful because I fear the next time I have to talk to someone. I am normally pretty social so it makes living my life so hard and debilitating. I just don’t know where to turn anymore :( I can’t afford the type of therapy that I need. And idk where to even look. The therapist I have right now isn’t super specialized in this and wants to try biofeedback. It’s not helping me and I’m just wasting time becoming more miserable.

I don’t know the specific terms, but I definitely have body focused obsessions and compulsions. Both with things I can’t control. So my heart is a big one - obviously can’t control that. And my face is the other big one - which I can control but after years of people criticizing my facial expressions (or lack thereof) I can’t stop thinking about it when I’m around people

I focus all the time on my groin area and everything I feel, ocd makes it 10 times stronger. A touch, a tickle... to the point that my mind even creates sensations

Yes I have the same thing. It’s the worst!!!

I had bladder ocd in the past. I would worry about “what if I pee my pants?” And it sometimes caused my bladder to actually leak! I had to wear bladder control pads for a few years. It made it almost impossible to do anything and I was always so embarrassed and humiliated. I felt so alone. I was constantly trying to hold my urine, at times my bladder would hurt. It was HORRIBLE. But that one had actually gone away. Now sometimes I get sensorimotor ocd about my breathing not being right or that I just don’t feel right.