- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 6y
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.
Hey Ashley! I’m going through something of the same, I urinate myself when going to the toilet which is odd and my ocd is 90% having to do with urine and poo impurity insecurity. Can you give me some tips on how you overcame this issue because peeing yourself is just something horrible as a 25 year old
I also constantly hold my urine and I’m a mess and can use whatever advice you have to offer ?
Does anyone else struggle with OCD when it comes to breathing? I've had this for about two years now on and off and finally had enough and came on here to say this. When I try to explain this to other people, therapists, etc. they just don't get it, so maybe someone on here does. I literally cannot stop thinking about my breathing and when it is at its worst, the very act of breathing feels incredibly uncomfortable. It feels like the walls are closing in on me, I constantly feel like I'm having to catch my breath, and I constantly feel the urge to take a giant, "complete" breath and that is the only way I feel comfortable. It's usually manageable during the day, but at night when I try to go to sleep it's awful because when my brain has nothing else to focus on it reverts to the breathing. People tell me to just stop thinking about it but I literally cannot. Can anyone else relate or am I all alone on this one
Hi , I have Sensorimotor Ocd and i dont know exactly what to do because it feels like everythings a trigger and i just want to be alone without it , Every day after school i want to watch tv , Play Video Games or just lay in my bed in peace after an exausting day but i cant stop thinking about my sensations and i basically have all of them Swallowing , Breathing , Saliva and Blinking. Every time i research it triggers something even more and im just wondering how to stop getting triggered.
i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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