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I have both. Some panic attacks have an obvious triggers. Others come out of nowhere.
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How have you managed? I guess just roll with the punches and teach yourself that the panic will subside (that’s what I’m planning on doing anyways lol )
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For me, I usually feel a buildup of anxiety until it becomes too much and I have a full blown anxiety attack. There have been times where it feels like it comes on more suddenly, but I’m still able to recognize that I had a lot of anxiety leading up to it and anything minor can push me over the edge. But I’m happy to say I have t had an anxiety attack in a while :) maybe what you’re experiencing are panic attacks, which are said to have no specific trigger?
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I can relate to what you’re saying about that slow build up. I’m thinking I might need to be more aware of what those sensations feel like so I can recognize them and do some grounding techniques to avert a full blown attack. Just recently the sudden onset has thrown me off. That’s awesome you haven’t had one in a while! Have you been doing ERP?
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@Atlas_21 Makes sense! You can do it :) I’ve been doing ERP yes!!! It’s definitely helped. I also have more down time since I can work from home during the pandemic and some of my old daily stressors have been reduced, so I think that’s made a difference as well
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@krisbliss Great to hear you’re doing better :) I hope to get to that point. I know it takes time.
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@Atlas_21 You will!! Believe in yourself and in erp!! Best of luck ❤️❤️❤️
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I believe the feeling triggers the thoughts. OCD is saying “I’m feeling anxious, that must mean I’m about to lose it or do harm!” I had to disengage from what I was doing, but chose to do mindfulness meditation until the panic subsided. It’s terrifying though- I’m sorry you experience this too.
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@ScarlettA I hear you- it can feel self defeating. Mindfulness takes practice though- one trick is to not ruminate during mindfulness, something I tend to do. I have to never answer the OCD’s questions. Once I do, i go down the rabit hole. We are all still learning- it’s a challenge
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@ScarlettA Yeah… stopping the rumination is key, but even with that still comes anxiety - it’s part of OCD trying to rope you in because you’ve dismissed it. We’ve got this though!!
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I don’t have an official OCD diagnosis, but I will be asking my doctor tomorrow if I can get referred to a psychiatrist to get an official diagnosis. The way I came to the conclusion that what I’m dealing with is OCD is because a month and a half ago I just started having the most horrible disturbing intrusive thoughts that go against all my values and beliefs and attacking the stuff/people I care about the most out of absolutely NOWHERE. Mind you, I have never had anything like this happen in my life. I feel that I have always been someone with a peaceful mind and one of the worst intrusive thoughts I can ever remember having before this happened, was “what happens if I cut my finger right now” while I was cutting fruit. That’s pretty much it. After this whole horrible intrusive thought spiral started happening I was so scared because I have never had such awful intrusive thoughts like this that were the complete opposite of me, it just quite literally started out of NOWHERE, and that’s what was so scary and terrifying. It was like my whole life got turned upside down because of this and I’ve been mainly isolating in my room, feeling so much anxiety and dread and guilt/shame. I get four of the same thoughts and one intrusive image repeating over and over again even if I would not try to think about them, and it caused me so much distress and anxiety that I would be so anxious and cry everyday just thinking how I could ever possibly think such horrible intrusive thoughts like that. It’s caused me insomnia which I’ve never dealt with before and I went three days in a row without being able to sleep no matter how hard I tried (even while taking melatonin). Other days I struggle so much to fall asleep due to the intrusive thoughts being much more present at nighttime, and even when taking melatonin that doesn’t do anything because of my mind being so active and having so much anxiety. Is this what they call an OCD flare up? After constantly looking up all the symptoms of ocd (the more and lesser known ones alike), I noticed there were some symptoms of it that I displayed in childhood when the ocd could’ve been more dormant or mild you could say (skin picking), because once again I have never had such horrible intrusive thoughts like this out of nowhere and constantly repeating in my mind that felt like they were out of my control. I noticed that these intrusive thoughts started on the second day of my menstruation when I was in a lot of pain and was feeling very emotional/stressed. One of the things I’ve heard a lot is that during the menstruation cycle is when ocd flares can happen more often due to the increase in hormones during that time, and I wonder if that’s what happened to me? I’m also overall such a big over thinker and have been for as long as I can remember. I also have had anxiety and depression since middle school as well. Any insight would be very much appreciated 😭
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Hi!! My names Calista R. Woodbury-Rabon. I recently got married in March of this year. And have been struggling with my severe anxiety disorder since I left my toxic 3 year relationship about a year ago. Over the past several months, I have noticed that I go through phases where: I have a full body “anxiety attack”. Or at least that’s what I call it. For example : when we went to cookout and they told us they were out of the chili for walking tacos. I had a full blown anxiety attack or at least what I thought was an anxiety attack and starting hyperventilating and crying. Therefore, the only solution (in my mind) was that I wouldn’t be able to calm down until I had the walking tacos. Another example : My husband bought me a pajama set that was only recently put out because it was a patriotic item which means that after the summer it’d be gone… I ended up picking up the wrong size. So that night when I went to put on the Pajamas and realized they were too small I started hyperventilating and crying. All because these $17 pajamas did not fit me and it was no fault of my own. Whenever this happens, I usually end up spiraling and crying and saying a lot at once very quickly. And I usually look crazy and don’t make a lot of sense. Usually after the spiraling is over with I’m very exhausted and usually will cry myself to sleep. My husband more often than not will say stuff like “it’s not that big of a deal you can get something else.” << when it has to do with food etc. OR “we can just buy another set of pjamas the next time I get paid.” << in relation to the pajamas in this instance. But honestly no matter what him or anyone else tells me in that moment. All that matters is that I can feel the anxiety in my bones. And I can’t breathe and in that moment my world as I know it has ended. I’ve tried taking online free “quizzes” to find out if I acctually have OCD and they’ve been negative. I also did some research and learned that you can have all the symptoms for a OCD “flare-up” but present no active case of OCD or symptoms. So I guess what I’m trying to find out is if I don’t have “OCD” than Is this out of body experience caused from my “severe anxiety disorder” diagnosis ? Or just anxiety in general?? Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you also aren’t sure!! Means a lot to me..❤️🩹
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So I have been trying to work out over the past 5 years where my OCD come from and have began to realise that ruminating on where it comes from is actually a compulsion in itself. I believe mine come from having a low self esteem and a lot of stress in my life at that time. I then attended talking therapy to try and understand my feelings and intrusive thoughts and all this did was fuel the OCD further because trying to assign meaning to the thoughts is actually the opposite of what we should do. Does anyone else feel like they know what triggered there OCD?
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