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- student
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- 5y ago
I also feel that I am constantly wasting or misusing time. If I take a break from school I start to feel guilt y and as if I will be to behind to finish a task.
Yessssssss.... ? it’s effecting my work. I was looked over for an AP job because of it... “time management” was one of their reasons...and this is the reason why?
I can relate obsessing with my work over and over again thinking I will do something wrong and I am not good enough a person where I am currently employed and this habitual negative thinking is affecting my work most often and also taking a toll on my health. Sorry for my bad English
I think I may be starting Luvox. Anyone else tried this?
I am trying to tell my self “so what” when facing my obsessions. If I don’t finish the work I need to do...what’s the worst that could happen. I get fired? I’ll find another job. Any job that would fire someone over missing a few deadlines is not worth working for. I don’t know if this helps, but I’ve been trying it. It my be a mild compulsion to tell this over and over again but it’s quicker and interferes less.
Yikes @ahmed... I do the same thing.. like with making phone calls. My therapist gave me a card that says “TAKE ACTION” I put this card in places i will find it when i need to take action... for exposure she had me call for my refill just out of the blue without rehearsing... the anxiety only lasted a short time AND , I didn’t run out of luvox...that month ☺️ so taking action was better than the compulsion of going over and over and over the phone call before I actually made it. That takes a lot... but I would try it more often if I was losing hair... (hair...another obsession)
@Tijeras do you find that Luvox has any extreme side effects?
How is it affecting your health?
I think negative and over thinking causes muscles fatigue, hair Loss, etc
I’m on luvox! I like @student. What sucks is when you run out... I obsess over making phone calls and rehearse all the possibilities b4 I dial a number so... I often run out????♀️
None so far... at first I was sleeping well when I took it at night then the more I took at night I wasn’t sleeping... so I started taking it i. The morning... I’ve also gained 10 lbs but it is said NOT to cause weight gain??♀️ I’m also 41 so that could be it? No nausea or headaches though.
I always have to check that everything is perfect and in order. I am afraid that my things will be ruined. When I am out I have to check clothes, shoes, bags, when I get home I do the same thing. Then I check the cabinets, the drawers, I have to check if something is missing and ask for help because it all seems to me messed up. Does anyone do this?
Hello, I’m new here. I don’t have a formal diagnosis, just sharing my experiences with my obsessive thoughts. The only compulsion I really have is note taking. I feel the need to hoard most of my thoughts and write extensive to do lists, even scolding myself in notes like “be better!” or “STOP being the way you are.” When driving or unavailable to write things down, I have to repeat the thoughts in my head so I won’t forget until I can “save” them. Does anyone else have any experience with this fear of forgetting/not living the perfect life? My notes also revolve around anything someone might causally mention, taking turmeric for example. Will I ever incorporate that into my routine? No, but I write it down just in case because otherwise I’m convinced I won‘t live a healthy, fulfilling life. This all started when I lost a relative and also my house. I wonder if those losses made me subconsciously afraid to lose more? I don’t know. On the bright side, my current medication has been helping my depression. I am able to function and get out of bed, for the most part. But when I am in class or work, I have such crippling self doubt. I don’t feel like I am capable of anything. I don’t trust myself with any tasks. It really gets me down, my thoughts just spiral and I can’t see myself being able to hold down a job that involves working with people…that leads to more note taking of how I can improve. I get such anxiety if I don’t know every little thing there is to know, necessary or not. I get so caught up in it that I can’t even do the bare minimum I DO know without messing up. Even my class notes are full of irrelevant notes from my obsessive thoughts that appear during a lesson, and a girl that sits near me laughs because of how crazy my notebook looks.
Sometimes I have so much going on in my head at one time - and I have layers of intrusive thoughts one on top of another - all together and sometimes I don't know or remember which one caused my anxiety but I have to go back and solve them or reproduce the feeling that came up so that I can "disregard" it properly. It gets so exhausting because I'm always chasing after random thoughts and feelings all about similar themes - that are constantly getting triggered - by silly things. The fear is - I won't know its ocd unless i go back and solve them. I think this might be a compulsion? Does sitting with the discomfort with this Also work?
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